The Philosophy of Rhetoric, 1. köideA. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... never been invented . Besides , if by these the particular questions which come ex- actly within the description of the rule may be solv- ed , by the other such general rules themselves , as serve for the solution of endless particulars ...
... never been invented . Besides , if by these the particular questions which come ex- actly within the description of the rule may be solv- ed , by the other such general rules themselves , as serve for the solution of endless particulars ...
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... never excel them so far in poetry and eloquence , if ever in these respects we come to 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 ...
... never excel them so far in poetry and eloquence , if ever in these respects we come to 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 ...
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... never fails to disturb the operation of the intellectual faculty , must be re- garded by every intelligent hearer as foreign , at least , if not insidious . It is obvious , that either of these , far from being subservient to the main ...
... never fails to disturb the operation of the intellectual faculty , must be re- garded by every intelligent hearer as foreign , at least , if not insidious . It is obvious , that either of these , far from being subservient to the main ...
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... never rise to any thing superior , are dis- tinguished by the diminutive appellation of witlings . LET it be remarked , in general , that from one or more of the three last mentioned varieties , those ple- beian tribes of witticism ...
... never rise to any thing superior , are dis- tinguished by the diminutive appellation of witlings . LET it be remarked , in general , that from one or more of the three last mentioned varieties , those ple- beian tribes of witticism ...
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... never legally obtains ad- mittance . Those things which principally come un- der its lash are aukwardness , rusticity , ignorance , cow- ardice , levity , foppery , pedantry , and affectation of e- Sect . III . Of ridicule . very kind ...
... never legally obtains ad- mittance . Those things which principally come un- der its lash are aukwardness , rusticity , ignorance , cow- ardice , levity , foppery , pedantry , and affectation of e- Sect . III . Of ridicule . very kind ...
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