The Philosophy of RhetoricT. Tegg, 1841 - 396 pages |
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... qualities than purity and perspicuity . These were there- fore his highest aim . The best ornaments out of place are not only unbecoming but offensive . Nor can any thing be farther from his thoughts than to pretend to an exemption from ...
... qualities than purity and perspicuity . These were there- fore his highest aim . The best ornaments out of place are not only unbecoming but offensive . Nor can any thing be farther from his thoughts than to pretend to an exemption from ...
Page viii
... qualities of style strictly rhetorical ...... 211 213 ..... 214 ib . 216 Part I. Part II . SECT . III . The unintelligible ... 2. The learned . SECT . I. CHAP VIII . SECT . II . CHAP . IX . SECT . I. May there not be an excess of ...
... qualities of style strictly rhetorical ...... 211 213 ..... 214 ib . 216 Part I. Part II . SECT . III . The unintelligible ... 2. The learned . SECT . I. CHAP VIII . SECT . II . CHAP . IX . SECT . I. May there not be an excess of ...
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... qualities above mentioned , are of this number , is undeniable , since we can produce passages full of vehemence , wherein no image is presented , which , with any propriety , can be termed great or sub- lime . * In matters of criticism ...
... qualities above mentioned , are of this number , is undeniable , since we can produce passages full of vehemence , wherein no image is presented , which , with any propriety , can be termed great or sub- lime . * In matters of criticism ...
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... qualities of each of the forementioned sorts of ad- dress ; all which agree in this , an accommodation to affairs of a se- rious and important nature . for his character , and the most entire confidence in his integrity and judgment ...
... qualities of each of the forementioned sorts of ad- dress ; all which agree in this , an accommodation to affairs of a se- rious and important nature . for his character , and the most entire confidence in his integrity and judgment ...
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... qualities of real dignity and importance are degraded , by being coupled with things mean and frivolous , as in some respect standing in the same predicament . example of this I shall give from the same hand . For when the restless ...
... qualities of real dignity and importance are degraded , by being coupled with things mean and frivolous , as in some respect standing in the same predicament . example of this I shall give from the same hand . For when the restless ...
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