The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 - English language |
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... employed himself for a consider- able part of his life . Considered separately , each may justly be termed a whole , and complete in itself ; ta- ken together , they are constituent parts of one Work , The Author entered on this inquiry ...
... employed himself for a consider- able part of his life . Considered separately , each may justly be termed a whole , and complete in itself ; ta- ken together , they are constituent parts of one Work , The Author entered on this inquiry ...
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... employ , they do not understand the princi- ples whereby , in any instance , the result of their ap- plication is ascertained ? The propagation of the arts may therefore be compared more justly to that variety which takes place in the ...
... employ , they do not understand the princi- ples whereby , in any instance , the result of their ap- plication is ascertained ? The propagation of the arts may therefore be compared more justly to that variety which takes place in the ...
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... employed . In respect of the end , an art is either useful or elegant ; in respect of the means , it is either mechanical or liberal . The true foundation of the former distribution is , that certain arts are manifestly and ultimately ...
... employed . In respect of the end , an art is either useful or elegant ; in respect of the means , it is either mechanical or liberal . The true foundation of the former distribution is , that certain arts are manifestly and ultimately ...
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... tists , or accustomed to employ and examine the works of artists in that particular profession . I MENTIONED some arts that have their fundament- al principles in the abstract sciences of geometry and arithmetic X. INTRODUCTION .
... tists , or accustomed to employ and examine the works of artists in that particular profession . I MENTIONED some arts that have their fundament- al principles in the abstract sciences of geometry and arithmetic X. INTRODUCTION .
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... employ the term . For , in the first place , that it ought to be ranked among the polite or fine arts , is manifest from this , that in all its exer- tions , with little or no exception , ( as will appear after- wards ) it requires the ...
... employ the term . For , in the first place , that it ought to be ranked among the polite or fine arts , is manifest from this , that in all its exer- tions , with little or no exception , ( as will appear after- wards ) it requires the ...
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