The Philosophy of RhetoricHarper, 1845 - 435 Seiten |
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... arts . Logic , whose end is the discovery of truth , is founded in the doctrine of the un- derstanding ; and ethics , under which may be comprehended economics , politics , and jurisprudence , are founded in B 2 INTRODUCTION . 17.
... arts . Logic , whose end is the discovery of truth , is founded in the doctrine of the un- derstanding ; and ethics , under which may be comprehended economics , politics , and jurisprudence , are founded in B 2 INTRODUCTION . 17.
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... truth , that observations de- rived from the productions of an art , can be of no service for the improvement of ... truths were first discovered which have had such an unlimited influ- ence on the most important arts , and given man so ...
... truth , that observations de- rived from the productions of an art , can be of no service for the improvement of ... truths were first discovered which have had such an unlimited influ- ence on the most important arts , and given man so ...
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... truth . Thus the orator at once fills the imagination with the immensity of the object , kindles in the breast an ardour of affec- tion and gratitude , and by so many accumulated evidences , convinces the understanding , and silences ...
... truth . Thus the orator at once fills the imagination with the immensity of the object , kindles in the breast an ardour of affec- tion and gratitude , and by so many accumulated evidences , convinces the understanding , and silences ...
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... truth , be affirmed of English comedy in general ( for there are some exceptions ) , that , to the discredit of our stage , as well as of the national delicacy and discernment , obscenity is made too often to supply the place of wit ...
... truth , be affirmed of English comedy in general ( for there are some exceptions ) , that , to the discredit of our stage , as well as of the national delicacy and discernment , obscenity is made too often to supply the place of wit ...
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... truth ; for restraining from wrong conduct , than for in- citing to the practice of what is right . Nor are these the sole restrictions ; it is not properly levelled at the false , but at the absurd in tenets ; nor can the edge of ...
... truth ; for restraining from wrong conduct , than for in- citing to the practice of what is right . Nor are these the sole restrictions ; it is not properly levelled at the false , but at the absurd in tenets ; nor can the edge of ...
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adjective admit adverb affirmed ambiguity antonomasia appear application argument ascer beauty catachresis cause circumstances clause common conjunctions connexion connexive consequence considered contrary critics denominated denote discourse doth Dunciad effect eloquence employed English equal eral evidence example exhibit expression farther former French frequently give grammatical hath hearers Hudibras ideas idiom imagination impropriety instance justly kind language Latin latter Lysias manner meaning ment metaphor metonymy mind moral nature necessary never noun object obscurity observed occasion orator particular passage passion perhaps periphrasis person perspicuity phrases pleonasm poet preceding preposition preterit principles produce pronoun proper properly qualities Quintilian reason regard relation remark render resemblance respect ridicule sense sensible sentence sentiments serve signified sion solecism sometimes sophism sort sound speak speaker species Spect spondee style syllables syllogism synecdoche Tatler tence term things thought tion tongue tropes truth verb vivacity wherein words writers
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 374 - Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer ; thy name is from everlasting.
Seite 52 - 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.
Seite 35 - Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Seite 432 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Seite 123 - But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes ; and the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...
Seite 315 - 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.
Seite 311 - 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.
Seite 398 - God is not a man, that he should lie;. neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Seite 61 - 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.
Seite 207 - We next went to the school of languages, where three professors sat in consultation upon improving that of their own country. The first project was to shorten discourse by cutting polysyllables into one, and leaving out verbs and participles, because in reality all things imaginable are but nouns.