The Philosophy of RhetoricHarper & Brothers, 1849 - 455 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 48 - 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.
Page 407 - 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 251 - For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, saying, Fear not, Paul ; thou must be brought before Caesar : and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
Page 309 - For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell, Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 363 - 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 334 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : 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 14 - H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did it by ; Else, when with greatest art he spoke, You'd think he talked like other folk.
Page 379 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page 289 - Every one knew how laborious the usual method is of attaining to arts and sciences ; whereas by his contrivance, the most ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, may write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, law, mathematics, and theology, without the least assistance from genius or study.
Page 57 - Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time.