The Philosophy of Rhetoric, 1. köideA. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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Page ix
... remarks as may be thought too minute and particular , if just , they will not , he hopes , on a re - examination , be deemed of no consequence . Those may serve to il- lustrate a general observation , which are scarcely worth notice as ...
... remarks as may be thought too minute and particular , if just , they will not , he hopes , on a re - examination , be deemed of no consequence . Those may serve to il- lustrate a general observation , which are scarcely worth notice as ...
Page xvi
... remark might , if ne- cessary , be exemplified throughout the whole circle of arts , both useful and elegant . Valuable know- ledge therefore always lead to some practical skill , and is perfected in it . On the other hand , the prac ...
... remark might , if ne- cessary , be exemplified throughout the whole circle of arts , both useful and elegant . Valuable know- ledge therefore always lead to some practical skill , and is perfected in it . On the other hand , the prac ...
Page xvi
... remarks now made regard only the advancement of the arts themselves ; for though the useful are of slower growth than the other , and their utmost perfection cannot always be so easily ascertained , yet the acquisition of any one ...
... remarks now made regard only the advancement of the arts themselves ; for though the useful are of slower growth than the other , and their utmost perfection cannot always be so easily ascertained , yet the acquisition of any one ...
Page xvi
... remark at pre- sent , that the direct end of the former , whether to delight the fancy , as in epic , or to move the pas- sions , as in tragedy , is avowedly in part the aim , and sometimes the immediate and proposed aim , of oratory ...
... remark at pre- sent , that the direct end of the former , whether to delight the fancy , as in epic , or to move the pas- sions , as in tragedy , is avowedly in part the aim , and sometimes the immediate and proposed aim , of oratory ...
Page xx
... remarks are made , which serve as so many rules for directing future practice ; and , from comparing such general remarks together , others still more general are deduced XX INTRODUCTION .
... remarks are made , which serve as so many rules for directing future practice ; and , from comparing such general remarks together , others still more general are deduced XX INTRODUCTION .
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