The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1776 - 511 pages |
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... produce new varieties , and even to make improvements on the fpecies . " Expert men , " fays Lord Bacon , " can execute and judge of particulars , one by " oné ; but the general counfels , and the plots " and marshalling of affairs ...
... produce new varieties , and even to make improvements on the fpecies . " Expert men , " fays Lord Bacon , " can execute and judge of particulars , one by " oné ; but the general counfels , and the plots " and marshalling of affairs ...
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... produce discoveries and acquifitions , which we of this age are as little capable of foreseeing , as thofe who preceded us in the last century were capable of conjecturing the progrefs that would be made in the prefent . The cafe is not ...
... produce discoveries and acquifitions , which we of this age are as little capable of foreseeing , as thofe who preceded us in the last century were capable of conjecturing the progrefs that would be made in the prefent . The cafe is not ...
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... the inftruments employed by eloquence produce their effect upon the hearers , will ferve confiderably both to improve the tafte , and to enrich the fancy . 1 By By the former effect we learn to amend and avoid INTRODUCTION . 45.
... the inftruments employed by eloquence produce their effect upon the hearers , will ferve confiderably both to improve the tafte , and to enrich the fancy . 1 By By the former effect we learn to amend and avoid INTRODUCTION . 45.
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... produce in the hearer . The word eloquence in its greateft latitude denotes , That < · art or talent by which the difcourfe is adapted to its end . ' ALL " Dicere fecundum virtutem orationis . Scientia bene " dicendi . " Quintilian ...
... produce in the hearer . The word eloquence in its greateft latitude denotes , That < · art or talent by which the difcourfe is adapted to its end . ' ALL " Dicere fecundum virtutem orationis . Scientia bene " dicendi . " Quintilian ...
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... producing this effect . Some are naturally inert and torpid , they de- ject the mind , and indifpose it for enterprise . Of this kind are forrow , fear , fhame , humility . Others , on the contrary , elevate the foul , and ftimulate to ...
... producing this effect . Some are naturally inert and torpid , they de- ject the mind , and indifpose it for enterprise . Of this kind are forrow , fear , fhame , humility . Others , on the contrary , elevate the foul , and ftimulate to ...
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