The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 - English language |
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... manner wherein the composition of this Work has been conducted , and the time it has taken , is , not to enhance its value with the public , but to apologize in some measure for that inequality in the execution and the style , with ...
... manner wherein the composition of this Work has been conducted , and the time it has taken , is , not to enhance its value with the public , but to apologize in some measure for that inequality in the execution and the style , with ...
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... manner , do we not frequently meet with expert artisans , who are ignorant of the six mechanical pow- ers , which , though in the exercise of their profession they daily employ , they do not understand the princi- ples whereby , in any ...
... manner , do we not frequently meet with expert artisans , who are ignorant of the six mechanical pow- ers , which , though in the exercise of their profession they daily employ , they do not understand the princi- ples whereby , in any ...
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... manner they are best discriminated . In real life , however , any two of these , 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 ...
... manner they are best discriminated . In real life , however , any two of these , 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 ...
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... 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 degrees , excel the ancient ...
... 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 degrees , excel the ancient ...
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... manner instantaneous , and the quality of any new production in these is immediately judged by every body ; for all have in them some rudi- ments of taste , though in some they are improved by a good , in others corrupted by a bad ...
... manner instantaneous , and the quality of any new production in these is immediately judged by every body ; for all have in them some rudi- ments of taste , though in some they are improved by a good , in others corrupted by a bad ...
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