The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1776 - 511 pages |
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... rules , which men are taught to use me- chanically , a good practical arithmetician may be formed , who neither knows the reafons on which the rules he works by were firft eftablish- ed , nor ever thinks it of any moment to inquire into ...
... rules , which men are taught to use me- chanically , a good practical arithmetician may be formed , who neither knows the reafons on which the rules he works by were firft eftablish- ed , nor ever thinks it of any moment to inquire into ...
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... rules , as hath been already hinted , which muft carefully be followed , and which ferve the artist instead . of principles . An acquaintance with thefe is one ftep , and but one step towards fcience . Thus in the common books of ...
... rules , as hath been already hinted , which muft carefully be followed , and which ferve the artist instead . of principles . An acquaintance with thefe is one ftep , and but one step towards fcience . Thus in the common books of ...
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... rules of action upon others . POETRY indeed is properly no other than a particular mode or form of certain branches of oratory . But of this more afterwards . Suffice it only to remark at prefent , that the direct end of the former ...
... rules of action upon others . POETRY indeed is properly no other than a particular mode or form of certain branches of oratory . But of this more afterwards . Suffice it only to remark at prefent , that the direct end of the former ...
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... rules of compofition , in narration , de- fcription , argumentation , are obferved ; and the fame tropes and figures , either for beautifying or for invigorating the diction , are employed by both . In regard to verfification , it is ...
... rules of compofition , in narration , de- fcription , argumentation , are obferved ; and the fame tropes and figures , either for beautifying or for invigorating the diction , are employed by both . In regard to verfification , it is ...
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... rules of compofition are difco- vered , or the method of combining and dif- pofing the feveral materials , fo as that they may be perfectly adapted to the end in view . By the fourth , we arrive at that knowledge of hu- man nature ...
... rules of compofition are difco- vered , or the method of combining and dif- pofing the feveral materials , fo as that they may be perfectly adapted to the end in view . By the fourth , we arrive at that knowledge of hu- man nature ...
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