The Philosophy of RhetoricHarper & bros., 1854 - 435 pages |
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... discover that , on a question so nice and curious , there should , without any previous communication , be so remarkable a coinci- dence of sentiments in everything wherein their sub- jects coincide . A man must have an uncommon con ...
... discover that , on a question so nice and curious , there should , without any previous communication , be so remarkable a coinci- dence of sentiments in everything wherein their sub- jects coincide . A man must have an uncommon con ...
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... discover , it implies no presumption to affirm , that we shall never excel them so far in poetry and eloquence , if ... discovering the means by which our accommodation is effected , so it generally requires examina- tion , time , and ...
... discover , it implies no presumption to affirm , that we shall never excel them so far in poetry and eloquence , if ... discovering the means by which our accommodation is effected , so it generally requires examina- tion , time , and ...
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... discover to what partic- ular purpose each attempt is adapted , and in what circum- stances only to be used . The fourth and last is to canvass those principles in our nature to which the various attempts are adapted , and by which , in ...
... discover to what partic- ular purpose each attempt is adapted , and in what circum- stances only to be used . The fourth and last is to canvass those principles in our nature to which the various attempts are adapted , and by which , in ...
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... discover the origin of this defect , and that both from the nature of the thing and from the customs which obtained among both Greeks and Romans . First , from the nature of the thing , for to persuade presupposes in some degree , and ...
... discover the origin of this defect , and that both from the nature of the thing and from the customs which obtained among both Greeks and Romans . First , from the nature of the thing , for to persuade presupposes in some degree , and ...
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... discover an unexpected similarity in objects which , at first sight , appear the most dissimilar and hetero- geneous . Thus high and low are coupled , humble and su- perb , momentous and trivial , common and extraordinary . Addison ...
... discover an unexpected similarity in objects which , at first sight , appear the most dissimilar and hetero- geneous . Thus high and low are coupled , humble and su- perb , momentous and trivial , common and extraordinary . Addison ...
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Page 411 - Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 367 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock : and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not : for it was founded upon a rock.
Page 396 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 197 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Page 133 - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.
Page 344 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 309 - Some say, he bid his angels turn askance The poles of earth, twice ten degrees and more, From the sun's axle ; they with labour push'd Oblique the centric globe.
Page 353 - That palter with us in a double sense; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope.
Page 247 - To this succeeded that licentiousness which entered with the restoration, and, from infecting our religion and morals, fell to corrupt our language ; which last was not like to be much improved by those who at that time made up the court of king Charles the Second ; either such...
Page 54 - He reads much; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.