The Philosophy of Rhetoric, 1. köideA. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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Page xvi
... always understood more than building merely for ac- commodation , are to be considered as of a mixed na- , ture , wherein utility and beauty have almost equal influence . THE elegant arts , as well as the useful , A 4 INTRODUCTION . vi.
... always understood more than building merely for ac- commodation , are to be considered as of a mixed na- , ture , wherein utility and beauty have almost equal influence . THE elegant arts , as well as the useful , A 4 INTRODUCTION . vi.
Page xvi
... equal them . The same thing might pro- bably be affirmed with regard to painting , sculpture , and music , if we had here as ample a fund of materi- ` als for forming a comparison . 1 BUT let it be observed , that the remarks now made ...
... equal them . The same thing might pro- bably be affirmed with regard to painting , sculpture , and music , if we had here as ample a fund of materi- ` als for forming a comparison . 1 BUT let it be observed , that the remarks now made ...
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... equal latitude . But this is certainly a perversion of the word from its ordinary sense , through an excessive deference to the manner and idiom of our in- genious neighbours . Indeed , when an author varies the meaning in the same work ...
... equal latitude . But this is certainly a perversion of the word from its ordinary sense , through an excessive deference to the manner and idiom of our in- genious neighbours . Indeed , when an author varies the meaning in the same work ...
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... equal , is that of Young : One day his wife ( for who can wives reclaim ! ) Levell❜d her barbarous needle at his fame f . To both the preceding kinds , the term burlesque is applied , but especially to the first . Of the third species ...
... equal , is that of Young : One day his wife ( for who can wives reclaim ! ) Levell❜d her barbarous needle at his fame f . To both the preceding kinds , the term burlesque is applied , but especially to the first . Of the third species ...
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... equal subject of humiliation , ( he being both the person laughing and the person laughed at ) and these two subjects must destroy one another . With regard to others , he appears solely under the notion of inferior- ity , as the person ...
... equal subject of humiliation , ( he being both the person laughing and the person laughed at ) and these two subjects must destroy one another . With regard to others , he appears solely under the notion of inferior- ity , as the person ...
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