The Philosophy of Rhetoric, 1. köideA. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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Page xi
... sole or even principal test of demerit in li- terary productions , they ought not to be altogether overlooked . Whatever is faulty in any degree it were better to avoid . And there are consequences regard- ing the language in general ...
... sole or even principal test of demerit in li- terary productions , they ought not to be altogether overlooked . Whatever is faulty in any degree it were better to avoid . And there are consequences regard- ing the language in general ...
Page xvi
... quaintance with these is one step , and but one step towards science . Thus in the common books of a- rithmetic , intended solely for practice , the rules laid down for the ordinary operations , as for numeration , A 2 INTRODUCTION . " iii.
... quaintance with these is one step , and but one step towards science . Thus in the common books of a- rithmetic , intended solely for practice , the rules laid down for the ordinary operations , as for numeration , A 2 INTRODUCTION . " iii.
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... solely an internal taste . It is that pleasurable sensation which instantly ariseth on the perception of magnitude , or of whatever is great and stupendous in its kind . For there is a greatness in the degrees of quality in spiritual ...
... solely an internal taste . It is that pleasurable sensation which instantly ariseth on the perception of magnitude , or of whatever is great and stupendous in its kind . For there is a greatness in the degrees of quality in spiritual ...
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... solely from the imagery she employs , or the strange assemblage of related ideas presented to the mind . This end is effected in one or other of these three ways : first , in debasing things pompous or seem- . ingly grave : I say ...
... solely from the imagery she employs , or the strange assemblage of related ideas presented to the mind . This end is effected in one or other of these three ways : first , in debasing things pompous or seem- . ingly grave : I say ...
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... solely as an auxiliary , humour predo- minates . The comic poet bears the same analogy to the author of the mock - heroic , that the tragic poet bears to the author of the epic . The epos recites , and , advancing with a step majestic ...
... solely as an auxiliary , humour predo- minates . The comic poet bears the same analogy to the author of the mock - heroic , that the tragic poet bears to the author of the epic . The epos recites , and , advancing with a step majestic ...
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