The Philosophy of Rhetoric, 1. köideA. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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Page ix
... perhaps , on the whole , more pleasing and more instructive , than too scrupulous an uniformity . To the eye the inter- change of hill and dale beautifies the prospect ; and to the ear there is no music in monotony . The au- thor can ...
... perhaps , on the whole , more pleasing and more instructive , than too scrupulous an uniformity . To the eye the inter- change of hill and dale beautifies the prospect ; and to the ear there is no music in monotony . The au- thor can ...
Page xvi
... ; it not only traces the operations of the intellect and imagination , but discloses the lurk- ing springs of action in the heart . In this view it is perhaps the surest and the shortest , as well as Xiv INTRODUCTION .
... ; it not only traces the operations of the intellect and imagination , but discloses the lurk- ing springs of action in the heart . In this view it is perhaps the surest and the shortest , as well as Xiv INTRODUCTION .
Page xvi
George Campbell. perhaps the surest and the shortest , as well as the pleasantest way of arriving at the science of the human mind . It is an humble attempt to lead the mind of the studious inquirer into this track , that the follow- ing ...
George Campbell. perhaps the surest and the shortest , as well as the pleasantest way of arriving at the science of the human mind . It is an humble attempt to lead the mind of the studious inquirer into this track , that the follow- ing ...
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... perhaps with- out exception , the ordinary terms , which are consider- ed as literally expressive of the latter , are also used pro- miscuously to denote the former Now admiration , when thus applied , doth not require to its production ...
... perhaps with- out exception , the ordinary terms , which are consider- ed as literally expressive of the latter , are also used pro- miscuously to denote the former Now admiration , when thus applied , doth not require to its production ...
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... Perhaps the word impassioned would answer better . + This animated reasoning the Greek rhetoricians termed dovolns , which , from signifying the principal excellency in an orator , came at length to denote oratory itself . And as ...
... Perhaps the word impassioned would answer better . + This animated reasoning the Greek rhetoricians termed dovolns , which , from signifying the principal excellency in an orator , came at length to denote oratory itself . And as ...
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