The Philosophy of RhetoricT.B. Wait, 1811 - 517 pages |
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... produce new varieties , and even to make improvements on the species . " Expert men , " says Lord Bacon , " can execute and " judge of particulars , one by one ; but the general counsels , " and the plots and marshalling of affairs ...
... produce new varieties , and even to make improvements on the species . " Expert men , " says Lord Bacon , " can execute and " judge of particulars , one by one ; but the general counsels , " and the plots and marshalling of affairs ...
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... produce discoveries and acquisitions , which we of this age are as little capable of foreseeing , as those who preceded us in the last century were capable of conjecturing the progress that would be made in the present . The case is not ...
... produce discoveries and acquisitions , which we of this age are as little capable of foreseeing , as those who preceded us in the last century were capable of conjecturing the progress that would be made in the present . The case is not ...
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... produce their effect upon the hearers , will serve considerably both to improve the taste , and to enrich the fancy . By the former effect we learn to amend and avoid faults in composing and speaking , against which the best natural ...
... produce their effect upon the hearers , will serve considerably both to improve the taste , and to enrich the fancy . By the former effect we learn to amend and avoid faults in composing and speaking , against which the best natural ...
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... produce in the hearer . The word eloquence in its greatest latitude denotes , ' That art or talent by ' which the discourse is adapted to its end * . ' All the ends of speaking are reducible to four ; every speech being intended to ...
... produce in the hearer . The word eloquence in its greatest latitude denotes , ' That art or talent by ' which the discourse is adapted to its end * . ' All the ends of speaking are reducible to four ; every speech being intended to ...
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... producing this effect . Some are naturally inert and torpid ; they deject the mind , and indis- pose it for enterprise . Of this kind are sorrow , fear , shame , humility . Others , on the contrary , elevate the soul , and stimu- late ...
... producing this effect . Some are naturally inert and torpid ; they deject the mind , and indis- pose it for enterprise . Of this kind are sorrow , fear , shame , humility . Others , on the contrary , elevate the soul , and stimu- late ...
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