The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 - English language |
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Page xvi
... 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 ...
Page xvi
... 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 ...
Page xvi
... 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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