The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1776 - 511 pages |
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... . ONE reason , though not the only one , which the Author has for mentioning the manner wherein the compofition of this Work has been conducted , and the time it has taken , is , not to enhance its value with the Public is , vi PREFACE .
... . ONE reason , though not the only one , which the Author has for mentioning the manner wherein the compofition of this Work has been conducted , and the time it has taken , is , not to enhance its value with the Public is , vi PREFACE .
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... mention characters only in the extreme , be- caufe in this manner they are beft difcrimi- nated . In real life , however , any two of these , fometimes all the three , in various propor- tions , may be found blended in the fame per- fón ...
... mention characters only in the extreme , be- caufe in this manner they are beft difcrimi- nated . In real life , however , any two of these , fometimes all the three , in various propor- tions , may be found blended in the fame per- fón ...
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... confider ourselves as judges , unless we be either artifts , or accustomed to em- ploy and examine the works of artists in that particular profeffion . 3 I MEN- 1 I MENTIONED fome arts that have their fun- damental INTRODUCTION . 11.
... confider ourselves as judges , unless we be either artifts , or accustomed to em- ploy and examine the works of artists in that particular profeffion . 3 I MEN- 1 I MENTIONED fome arts that have their fun- damental INTRODUCTION . 11.
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George Campbell. 1 I MENTIONED fome arts that have their fun- damental principles in the abftract fciences of geometry and arithmetic , and fome in the doc- trine of gravitation and motion . There are . others , as the medical and ...
George Campbell. 1 I MENTIONED fome arts that have their fun- damental principles in the abftract fciences of geometry and arithmetic , and fome in the doc- trine of gravitation and motion . There are . others , as the medical and ...
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... , like the others above mentioned , to pleafe the fancy , and to move the paffions . But to treat it alfo as an useful art , and clofely connected with 3 the the understanding and the will , would have led to 20 INTRODUCTION .
... , like the others above mentioned , to pleafe the fancy , and to move the paffions . But to treat it alfo as an useful art , and clofely connected with 3 the the understanding and the will , would have led to 20 INTRODUCTION .
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