The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1776 - 511 pages |
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... truths , which , in a certain sense , are also fcien- tific , and answer a fimilar purpose . Our ac- quaintance with nature and its laws is fo much extended , that we shall be enabled , in number- lefs cafes , not only to apply to the ...
... truths , which , in a certain sense , are also fcien- tific , and answer a fimilar purpose . Our ac- quaintance with nature and its laws is fo much extended , that we shall be enabled , in number- lefs cafes , not only to apply to the ...
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... truth , is founded in the doctrine of the under- ftanding ; and ethics , ( under which may be com- prehended economics , politics , and jurifpru- dence ) are founded in that of the will . THIS was the idea of Lord Verulam * , per- haps ...
... truth , is founded in the doctrine of the under- ftanding ; and ethics , ( under which may be com- prehended economics , politics , and jurifpru- dence ) are founded in that of the will . THIS was the idea of Lord Verulam * , per- haps ...
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... truth , that ob- servations derived from the productions of an art , can be of no fervice for the improvement of ... truths were firft difcovered , which have had fuch an unlimited influence on the most important arts , and given man so ...
... truth , that ob- servations derived from the productions of an art , can be of no fervice for the improvement of ... truths were firft difcovered , which have had fuch an unlimited influence on the most important arts , and given man so ...
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... truth . Thus the orator at once fills the imagination with the immenfity of the object , kindles in the breast an ardour of affection and grati- tude , and by fo many accumulated evidences , convinces the understanding , and filences ...
... truth . Thus the orator at once fills the imagination with the immenfity of the object , kindles in the breast an ardour of affection and grati- tude , and by fo many accumulated evidences , convinces the understanding , and filences ...
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... , as well as in the pathetic ? Of the later comic writers , Congreve has an exu- terance of wit , but Farquhar has more humour . * Part III . Canto 3 . It may , however , with too much truth , It 66 B. I. THE PHILOSOPHY.
... , as well as in the pathetic ? Of the later comic writers , Congreve has an exu- terance of wit , but Farquhar has more humour . * Part III . Canto 3 . It may , however , with too much truth , It 66 B. I. THE PHILOSOPHY.
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