CHAP. I. Eloquence in the largest acceptation defined, its more general forms exhibited, with their different 21 CHAP. II. Of Wit, Humour, and Ridicule. 34 Sect. I. Of wit. 35 Sect. II. Of humour. 49 SECT. III. Of ridicule. 58 CHAP. III. The Doctrine of the preceding Chapter defended. 71 Sect I. Aristotle's account of the ridiculous ex. plained. 72 Sect II, Hobbes's account of laughter examined. 75 CHAP. IV. Of the Relation which Eloquence bears to Logic and to Grammar. 82 CHAP. V. Of the different Sources of Evidence, and the different Subjects to which they are respectively adapt 94 123 126 Sect. I. Of intuitive evidence. Page 894 Part I. Mathematical axioms. ibi Part II. Consciousness. 02 Part III. Common sense. Secr II. Of deductive evidence. 103 Part I. Division of the subject into scientific and moral, with the principal distinctions between ib. Part II. The nature and origin of experience. 111. Part III. The subdivisions of moral reasoning 117 1. Experience. ib. 2. Analogy 3. Testimony. 4. Calculations of chances. 130 Part IV. The superiority of scientific evidence re. examined. 133 CHAP. VI. Of the Nature and Use of the scholastic Art of syllogizing. 141. CHAP. VII. Of the Consideration which the Speaker ought to have of the Hearers as Men in general. 160 Sect. I. As endowed with understanding. 162 SECT. II. As endowed with imagination. 163 SECT. III. As endowed with memory. 168 SECT. IV. As endowed with passions. 172 Sect. V. The circumstances that are chiefly instru. mental in operating on the passions. 180 Part I. Probability. 181 Part II. Plausibility. 182 Part III. Importance. 190 Part IV. Proximity of time. 192 Part V. Connexion of place. 194 Part VI. Relation to the persons concerned. 196 Part VII. Interest in the consequences. 197 Sect. VI. Other passions as well as moral sentiments useful auxiliaries. 199 Sect. VII. How an unfavourable passion must be CHAP. VIII. Of the consideration which the Speaker ought to have of the Hearers as such Men in particular. 208 CHAP. IX. Of the consideration which the Speaker CHAP. X. The different kinds of public speaking in use among the moderns, compared, with a view to their different advantages in respect of eloquence. 215 Sect. I. In regard to the speaker. Sect. II. In regard to the persons addressed. 222 SECT. III. In regard to the subject. Sect. IV. In regard to the occasion. Sect. V. In regard to the end in view. CHAP. XI. Of the cause of that pleasure which we re. ceive from objects or representations that excite pity Sect. I. The different solutions hitherto given by Part II. The second hypothesis. Part III. The third hypothesis. CHAP. II. The nature and use of verbal criticism, with Sect. I. Good use not always uniform in her de- Sect. II. Every thing favoured by good use, not on that account worthy to be retained. CHAP. III. Of grammatical purity. Part I. By the use of obsolete words. Part II. By the use of new words. Part III. By the use of good words new modelled. 368 Part I. Impropriety in single words. |