The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 - English language |
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... given by phi- losophers , examined . Part I. The first hypothesis . Part II . The second hypothesis Part III . The third hypothesis . Part IV . The fourth hypothesis . ... 232 234 ib · 237 243 253 263 SECT . II . The author's hypothesis ...
... given by phi- losophers , examined . Part I. The first hypothesis . Part II . The second hypothesis Part III . The third hypothesis . Part IV . The fourth hypothesis . ... 232 234 ib · 237 243 253 263 SECT . II . The author's hypothesis ...
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... given to criticism by actual performances in the art . The principles of our nature will , without the aid of any previous and for- mal instruction , sufficiently account for the first at- tempts . As speakers existed before grammarians ...
... given to criticism by actual performances in the art . The principles of our nature will , without the aid of any previous and for- mal instruction , sufficiently account for the first at- tempts . As speakers existed before grammarians ...
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George Campbell. it I AM aware , that , from the deduction given above , may be urged , that the fact , as here represented , seems to subvert the principle formerly laid down , and that , as practice in the art has given the first scope ...
George Campbell. it I AM aware , that , from the deduction given above , may be urged , that the fact , as here represented , seems to subvert the principle formerly laid down , and that , as practice in the art has given the first scope ...
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... given man so vast a dominion over the elements , and even the most refractory powers of nature . It is evi- dent , therefore , that the artist and the critic are reci- procally subservient , and the particular province of each is ...
... given man so vast a dominion over the elements , and even the most refractory powers of nature . It is evi- dent , therefore , that the artist and the critic are reci- procally subservient , and the particular province of each is ...
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... given us the most perfect models , which have not , I think , been sufficiently imitated by later mathe- maticians . In him you find the exactest arrangement inviolably observed , the properest and simplest , and by consequence , the ...
... given us the most perfect models , which have not , I think , been sufficiently imitated by later mathe- maticians . In him you find the exactest arrangement inviolably observed , the properest and simplest , and by consequence , the ...
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