The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1776 - 511 pages |
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... thefe , or any ad- dition to them , except in a few inftances of notes , examples , and verbal corrections , fince they were compofed . It is alfo proper to obferve here , that fince tranfcribing the prefent Work for the prefs , a manu ...
... thefe , or any ad- dition to them , except in a few inftances of notes , examples , and verbal corrections , fince they were compofed . It is alfo proper to obferve here , that fince tranfcribing the prefent Work for the prefs , a manu ...
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... thefe is one ftep , and but one step towards fcience . Thus in the common books of arithmetic , intended folely for practice , the rules laid down for the ordinary operations , as for numeration , or numerical notation , addition ...
... thefe is one ftep , and but one step towards fcience . Thus in the common books of arithmetic , intended folely for practice , the rules laid down for the ordinary operations , as for numeration , or numerical notation , addition ...
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... thefe , when we rife from the individual to the species , from the fpecies to the genus , and thence to the moft extensive orders and claffes , we arrive , though in a different way , at the knowledge of general truths , which , in a ...
... thefe , when we rife from the individual to the species , from the fpecies to the genus , and thence to the moft extensive orders and claffes , we arrive , though in a different way , at the knowledge of general truths , which , in a ...
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... thefe words are , in this application , ufed fynony- moufly . This divifion is not coincident with that into the mechanical and the liberal . Phy- fic , navigation , and the art of war , though pro- perly liberal arts , fall entirely ...
... thefe words are , in this application , ufed fynony- moufly . This divifion is not coincident with that into the mechanical and the liberal . Phy- fic , navigation , and the art of war , though pro- perly liberal arts , fall entirely ...
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... Thefe , though later in their appearing , are more rapid in their advancement . There may , indeed , be in these a degree of per- fection beyond what we have experienced ; but we have fome conception of the very utmost to which it can ...
... Thefe , though later in their appearing , are more rapid in their advancement . There may , indeed , be in these a degree of per- fection beyond what we have experienced ; but we have fome conception of the very utmost to which it can ...
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