The Philosophy of Rhetoric, 1. köideA. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... present work for the press , a manuscript was put into his hands by Doctor Beattie , at the very time that , in order to be favoured with the Doctor's opinion of this performance , the Author gave him the first book for his perusal ...
... present work for the press , a manuscript was put into his hands by Doctor Beattie , at the very time that , in order to be favoured with the Doctor's opinion of this performance , the Author gave him the first book for his perusal ...
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... Present use ... • · 300 CHAP . II . its principal canons SECT . I. Good use not always uniform in her decisions . The nature and use of verbal criticism , with ... 309 312 Canon the first ... · 315 Canon the second · · 318 Canon the ...
... Present use ... • · 300 CHAP . II . its principal canons SECT . I. Good use not always uniform in her decisions . The nature and use of verbal criticism , with ... 309 312 Canon the first ... · 315 Canon the second · · 318 Canon the ...
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... would be made in the present . The case is not en- These , though later in tirely similar in the fine arts . For their appearing , are more rapid in their advancement . There may , indeed , be in these a degree viii INTRODUCTION .
... would be made in the present . The case is not en- These , though later in tirely similar in the fine arts . For their appearing , are more rapid in their advancement . There may , indeed , be in these a degree viii INTRODUCTION .
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... present to the imagination , poverty in the midst of opulence , and thirst in one who is already drenched in water . A SECOND Sort , is where things compared are what with dialecticians would come under the denomination of disparates ...
... present to the imagination , poverty in the midst of opulence , and thirst in one who is already drenched in water . A SECOND Sort , is where things compared are what with dialecticians would come under the denomination of disparates ...
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... present century , in a book intitled Traité des premiéres véritez ; one who , to an uncommon degree of acute- ness in matters of abstraction , added that solidity of judgment which hath prevented in him , what had proved the wreck of ...
... present century , in a book intitled Traité des premiéres véritez ; one who , to an uncommon degree of acute- ness in matters of abstraction , added that solidity of judgment which hath prevented in him , what had proved the wreck of ...
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