The Philosophy of Rhetoric, 1. köideA. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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Page xvi
... 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 instance , the ...
... 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 instance , the ...
Page xvi
... frequently divided into the useful , and the polite , fine , or elegant ; for these words are , in this application , used synonymously . This division is not coincident with that into the mechanical and the liberal . Physic ...
... frequently divided into the useful , and the polite , fine , or elegant ; for these words are , in this application , used synonymously . This division is not coincident with that into the mechanical and the liberal . Physic ...
Page xvii
... frequent use among them , the deliberative , the judiciary , and the demon- strative . And I must acknowledge , that , as far as I have been able to discover , there has been little or no improvement in this respect made by the moderns ...
... frequent use among them , the deliberative , the judiciary , and the demon- strative . And I must acknowledge , that , as far as I have been able to discover , there has been little or no improvement in this respect made by the moderns ...
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... frequently lends her aid in promoting still nobler ends . From her exuberant stores most of those tropes and figures are extracted , which , when properly employed , have such a marvellous efficacy in rousing the passions , and by some ...
... frequently lends her aid in promoting still nobler ends . From her exuberant stores most of those tropes and figures are extracted , which , when properly employed , have such a marvellous efficacy in rousing the passions , and by some ...
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... In allusion to the Euxuides Axis , an expression which frequent- ly occurs both in the Iliad and in the Odyssey . Ibid . Part I. Canto II . Sect . I. Of wit . displays a soaring imagination Chap , II . 43 L RHETORIC .:
... In allusion to the Euxuides Axis , an expression which frequent- ly occurs both in the Iliad and in the Odyssey . Ibid . Part I. Canto II . Sect . I. Of wit . displays a soaring imagination Chap , II . 43 L RHETORIC .:
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