The Philosophy of RhetoricT.B. Wait, 1811 - 517 pages |
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... ELOQUENCE . CHAP . I. Eloquence in the largest acceptation defined , its more gene- ral forms exhibited , with their different Objects , Ends , and Characters 13 CHAP . II . Of Wit , Humour , and Ridicule SECT . I. Of wit 22 ib . SECT ...
... ELOQUENCE . CHAP . I. Eloquence in the largest acceptation defined , its more gene- ral forms exhibited , with their different Objects , Ends , and Characters 13 CHAP . II . Of Wit , Humour , and Ridicule SECT . I. Of wit 22 ib . SECT ...
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... eloquence SECT . I. In regard to the speaker 134 ib . SECT . II . In regard to the persons addressed 138 SECT . III . In regard to the subject 140 SECT . IV . In regard to the occasion 143 SECT . V. In regard to the end in view 144 CHAP ...
... eloquence SECT . I. In regard to the speaker 134 ib . SECT . II . In regard to the persons addressed 138 SECT . III . In regard to the subject 140 SECT . IV . In regard to the occasion 143 SECT . V. In regard to the end in view 144 CHAP ...
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... Eloquence and archi- tecture , by which last term is always understood more than building merely for accommodation , are to be considered as of a mixed nature , wherein utility and beauty have almost equal influence . The elegant arts ...
... Eloquence and archi- tecture , by which last term is always understood more than building merely for accommodation , are to be considered as of a mixed nature , wherein utility and beauty have almost equal influence . The elegant arts ...
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... eloquence , if ever in these respects we come to equal them . The same thing might probably be affirmed in regard to painting , sculpture , and music , if we had here as ample a fund of materials for forming a comparison . द But let it ...
... eloquence , if ever in these respects we come to equal them . The same thing might probably be affirmed in regard to painting , sculpture , and music , if we had here as ample a fund of materials for forming a comparison . द But let it ...
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... eloquence , or the art of speaking , in the extensive sense in which I employ the term . For , in the first place , that it ought to be ranked among the polite or fine arts , is manifest from this , that in all its exer- tions , with ...
... eloquence , or the art of speaking , in the extensive sense in which I employ the term . For , in the first place , that it ought to be ranked among the polite or fine arts , is manifest from this , that in all its exer- tions , with ...
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