The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 - English language |
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... least conceivable . In like manner , the utmost pleasure of which the ima- gination is susceptible by a poetical narrative or exhi- bition , is a thing , in my judgment , not inconceivable . We Britons , for example , do , by immense ...
... least conceivable . In like manner , the utmost pleasure of which the ima- gination is susceptible by a poetical narrative or exhi- bition , is a thing , in my judgment , not inconceivable . We Britons , for example , do , by immense ...
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... least , if not insidious . It is obvious , that either of these , far from being subservient to the main design , would dis- tract the attention from it . THERE is indeed one kind of address to the under- ' standing , and only one ...
... least , if not insidious . It is obvious , that either of these , far from being subservient to the main design , would dis- tract the attention from it . THERE is indeed one kind of address to the under- ' standing , and only one ...
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... least of tragedy , being upon the passions , the drama falls under another species , to be explained afterwards . But that kind of address of which I am now treating , attains the summit of per- fection in the sublime , or those great ...
... least of tragedy , being upon the passions , the drama falls under another species , to be explained afterwards . But that kind of address of which I am now treating , attains the summit of per- fection in the sublime , or those great ...
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... least capable of feeling the effect ; as it is certain , that when the effect hath its full influence on us , we have little inclination for investigating the cause . For these reasons , I have resolved to be brief in my illustra- tions ...
... least capable of feeling the effect ; as it is certain , that when the effect hath its full influence on us , we have little inclination for investigating the cause . For these reasons , I have resolved to be brief in my illustra- tions ...
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... not any thing real , but imaginary , or at least quite disproportionate to the effect ; or when the passion displays itself preposterously , so as rather Sect . II . Of humour . to obstruct than 50 Book I. THE PHILOSOPHY OF Of humour.
... not any thing real , but imaginary , or at least quite disproportionate to the effect ; or when the passion displays itself preposterously , so as rather Sect . II . Of humour . to obstruct than 50 Book I. THE PHILOSOPHY OF Of humour.
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