The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Band 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... sometimes un- naturally separated ; and that , by the mere influence of example on the one hand , and imitation on the o- ther , some progress may be made in an art , without the knowledge of the principles from which it sprang . By the ...
... sometimes un- naturally separated ; and that , by the mere influence of example on the one hand , and imitation on the o- ther , some progress may be made in an art , without the knowledge of the principles from which it sprang . By the ...
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... sometimes all the three , in various proportions , may be found blended in the same person . THE arts are frequently divided into the useful , and the polite , fine , or elegant ; for these words are , in this application , used ...
... sometimes all the three , in various proportions , may be found blended in the same person . THE arts are frequently divided into the useful , and the polite , fine , or elegant ; for these words are , in this application , used ...
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... sometimes the immediate and proposed aim , of oratory . The same medium language is made use of , the same general rules of composition , in narration , description , argmentation , are observed ; and the same tropes and figures ...
... sometimes the immediate and proposed aim , of oratory . The same medium language is made use of , the same general rules of composition , in narration , description , argmentation , are observed ; and the same tropes and figures ...
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... sometimes defined the art of persuasion . But that this de- finition is defective , appears even from their own writings , since , in a consistency with it , their rhetorics could not have comprehended those orations called ...
... sometimes defined the art of persuasion . But that this de- finition is defective , appears even from their own writings , since , in a consistency with it , their rhetorics could not have comprehended those orations called ...
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... sometimes used by rhetoricians and critics in a much larger and more vague signification , than has been given them here . Sublimity and ve- hemence , in particular , are often confounded , the lat- ter being considered as a species of ...
... sometimes used by rhetoricians and critics in a much larger and more vague signification , than has been given them here . Sublimity and ve- hemence , in particular , are often confounded , the lat- ter being considered as a species of ...
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admit adverb affecting objects analogy appear argument ascer axioms barbarism cause character circumstances common commonly consequently considered as endowed contrary deductive evidence defective verb degree different solutions hitherto discover doth Dr Johnson Dr Priestley effect eloquence employed English equal example excited experience expression favour former give grammatical purity hath hearers Hudibras humour hypothesis ideas idiom imagination impropriety instance kind knowledge latter laughter manner means memory ment mind moral nature neral neuter never noun objects or representations observed orator participle particular passions perhaps periphrasis perly person perspicuity phrases pity pleasure we receive poet preposition present preterit principal canons principles produce pronoun properly Quintilian racter reason receive from affecting regard relation remark render resemblance respect ridicule scholastic art Sect sense sentiments signifies sion solecism sometimes sophism sort speaker speaking species spect term ther thing tical tion tongue truth verb verbal criticism wherein words writers
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Seite 96 - 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 45 - rings of the world appear ; From each she nicely culls with curious toil, And decks the Goddess with the glitt'ring spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The Tortoise here and Elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled, and the white.
Seite 56 - She said ; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her beau demand the precious hairs : (Sir Plume, of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane...
Seite 400 - It celebrates the church of England, as the most perfect of all others, in discipline and doctrine ; it advances no opinion they reject, nor condemns any they receive.
Seite 402 - I was afraid of trampling on every traveller I met, and often called aloud to have them stand out of the way, so that I had like to have gotten one or two broken heads for my impertinence.
Seite 79 - So soon as that spare Cassius. 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 mov'd to smile at any thing.
Seite 374 - ... it requires few talents to which most men are not born, or at least may not acquire, without any great genius or study.
Seite 45 - And now, unveil'd, the Toilet stands display'd, Each silver Vase in mystic order laid. First, rob'd in white, the Nymph intent adores, With head uncover'd, the Cosmetic pow'rs. A heav'nly Image in the glass appears, To that she bends, to that her eyes she rears; Th' inferior Priestess, at her altar's side, Trembling, begins the sacred rites of Pride.
Seite 227 - The gates of hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way: But to return, and view the cheerful skies, In this the task and mighty labor lies.
Seite 266 - That the case is so will, I believe, on a careful inquiry, be found to be a matter of experience ; how it happens to be so, I am afraid human sagacity will never be able to investigate. This observation holds especially when the emotions and affections raised in us are derived from sympathy, and have not directly self for the object. Sympathy is not a passion, but that quality of the soul which renders it susceptible of almost any passion, by communication from the bosom of another. It is by sympathy...