The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1776 - 511 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 31
Page ix
... qualities than purity and perfpicuity . These were therefore his highest aim . The beft ornaments out of place are not only unbecoming but offenfive . Nor can any thing be farther from his thoughts than to pretend to an exemption from ...
... qualities than purity and perfpicuity . These were therefore his highest aim . The beft ornaments out of place are not only unbecoming but offenfive . Nor can any thing be farther from his thoughts than to pretend to an exemption from ...
Page 39
... qualities , when happily blended , correfpond in the rational to the thun- der and lightning in the natural world , which are not more awfully majestical in found and afpect , than irrefiftible in power ‡ . THUS eyes from with ...
... qualities , when happily blended , correfpond in the rational to the thun- der and lightning in the natural world , which are not more awfully majestical in found and afpect , than irrefiftible in power ‡ . THUS eyes from with ...
Page 49
... qualities of real dignity and importance are degraded , by being coupled with things mean and frivolous , as in fome refpect standing in the fame predicament . An example of this I fhall give from the fame hand . For when the reftlefs ...
... qualities of real dignity and importance are degraded , by being coupled with things mean and frivolous , as in fome refpect standing in the fame predicament . An example of this I fhall give from the fame hand . For when the reftlefs ...
Page 63
... qualities worked against them ; and his " love of his country went halves with his bi- 06 gotry . How he fucceeded we have heard " from our fathers . The revolution of one " thoufand fix hundred and eighty - eight faved " the nation ...
... qualities worked against them ; and his " love of his country went halves with his bi- 06 gotry . How he fucceeded we have heard " from our fathers . The revolution of one " thoufand fix hundred and eighty - eight faved " the nation ...
Page 83
... qualities of what- ever can pertinently find a place either in writ- ing or in difcourfe , or can truly be termed fine in the one , or eloquent in the other . CHA P. III . The doctrine of the preceding chapter defended . BEFORE I ...
... qualities of what- ever can pertinently find a place either in writ- ing or in difcourfe , or can truly be termed fine in the one , or eloquent in the other . CHA P. III . The doctrine of the preceding chapter defended . BEFORE I ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abftract addrefs affociation againſt alfo appear argument arifing becauſe Befides cafe caufe cauſe circumftances compariſon conclufion confequence confiderable confidered confifts contrary demonftration difcourfe diftinction diſcover doth effect eloquence evidence expreffed expreffion faid fame fatire fcience fecond feems fenfe fenfible fentiments ferve fhall fignified fimilar fince fingle firft firſt folely fome fometimes former forrow fpecies ftill ftyle fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe hath hearers himſelf Hudibras humour hypothefis idiom illuftrate imagination impoffible inftance itſelf juft kind laft language latter leaft leaſt lefs manner meaſure mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary nerally obferved object occafion oppofite orator paffage paffions perfon perfpicuity perfuade perly phraſes pleaſure poffible pofition prefent prepofition principles purpoſe queftion Quintilian raiſed reafon refemblance refpect refults regard remarked ridicule ſenſe ſhould ſpeak ſpeaker term thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tium truth underſtanding univerfal uſe verb wherein whofe words worfe