The Philosophy of Rhetoric, 1. köideA. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... produce new varieties , and even to make improvements on the species . 66 66 66 Expert men , " says Lord Bacon , can execute and judge of particulars , one by one ; but the general " counsels , and the plots and marshalling of affairs ...
... produce new varieties , and even to make improvements on the species . 66 66 66 Expert men , " says Lord Bacon , can execute and judge of particulars , one by one ; but the general " counsels , and the plots and marshalling of affairs ...
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... produce discoveries and acquisitions , which we of this age are as little capable of foreseeing , as those who preceded us in the last cen- tury were capable of conjecturing the progress that would be made in the present . The case is ...
... produce discoveries and acquisitions , which we of this age are as little capable of foreseeing , as those who preceded us in the last cen- tury were capable of conjecturing the progress that would be made in the present . The case is ...
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... produce their effect upon the hearers , will serve considerably both to improve the taste , and to enrich the fancy . By the former effect we learn to amend and avoid faults in compos- ing and speaking , against which the best natural ...
... produce their effect upon the hearers , will serve considerably both to improve the taste , and to enrich the fancy . By the former effect we learn to amend and avoid faults in compos- ing and speaking , against which the best natural ...
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... produce in the hearer . The word eloquence in its greatest lati- tude denotes , " That art or talent by which the dis- " course is adapted to its end * . ” * " Dicere secundum virtutem orationis . Scientia bene dicendi . " QUINTILIAN ...
... produce in the hearer . The word eloquence in its greatest lati- tude denotes , " That art or talent by which the dis- " course is adapted to its end * . ” * " Dicere secundum virtutem orationis . Scientia bene dicendi . " QUINTILIAN ...
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... producing this effect . Some are naturally inert and torpid ; they deject the mind , and indispose it for en- terprise . Of this kind are sorrow , fear , shame , humili- ty . Others , on the contrary , elevate the soul , and sti- mulate ...
... producing this effect . Some are naturally inert and torpid ; they deject the mind , and indispose it for en- terprise . Of this kind are sorrow , fear , shame , humili- ty . Others , on the contrary , elevate the soul , and sti- mulate ...
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