The Philosophy of RhetoricHarper & Brothers, 1859 - 435 pages |
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Page vii
... attention of any author . An author , so far from having reason to be offended , is doubtless obliged to the man who , free from captious petulance , candidly points out his errors , of what kind soever they be . INTRODUCTION ...
... attention of any author . An author , so far from having reason to be offended , is doubtless obliged to the man who , free from captious petulance , candidly points out his errors , of what kind soever they be . INTRODUCTION ...
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... attention from it . There is , indeed , one kind of address to the understanding , and only one , which , it may not be improper to observe , dis- dains all assistance whatever from the fancy . The address I mean is mathematical ...
... attention from it . There is , indeed , one kind of address to the understanding , and only one , which , it may not be improper to observe , dis- dains all assistance whatever from the fancy . The address I mean is mathematical ...
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... attention has been always given to morals , particularly in comedy , must be left to the determination of those who are most conversant in that species of scenic representations . One may , however , venture to prognosticate that , if ...
... attention has been always given to morals , particularly in comedy , must be left to the determination of those who are most conversant in that species of scenic representations . One may , however , venture to prognosticate that , if ...
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... attention , as on the accuracy of our conceptions here depends , in a great measure , our forming a just notion of the relation which ridicule bears to wit , and of the distinction that subsists between them . Let this , therefore , be ...
... attention , as on the accuracy of our conceptions here depends , in a great measure , our forming a just notion of the relation which ridicule bears to wit , and of the distinction that subsists between them . Let this , therefore , be ...
Page 49
... attention to a multiplicity of objects , and so to darken and perplex a plain question . This is particu- larly the case on those points on which there hath been a va- riety of jarring sentiments . The simplest way and the most ...
... attention to a multiplicity of objects , and so to darken and perplex a plain question . This is particu- larly the case on those points on which there hath been a va- riety of jarring sentiments . The simplest way and the most ...
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