Essays on rhetoric: abridged chiefly from dr. Blair's lectures on that scienceJ. Murray, 1784 - 384 pages |
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... appear very early , in a thousand inftances ; in their partiality for regular bodies , their fondness for pictures and ftatues , and their warm attachment to whatever is new or aftonishing . The moft uninformed peasants receive plea ...
... appear very early , in a thousand inftances ; in their partiality for regular bodies , their fondness for pictures and ftatues , and their warm attachment to whatever is new or aftonishing . The moft uninformed peasants receive plea ...
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... appears in its most uncultivated ftate , the Savages have their ornaments of drefs , their war and their death fongs , their harangues and their orators . The principles of Taste muft , therefore , be deeply founded in the human mind ...
... appears in its most uncultivated ftate , the Savages have their ornaments of drefs , their war and their death fongs , their harangues and their orators . The principles of Taste muft , therefore , be deeply founded in the human mind ...
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... appears certain , was ac- quainted with no fyftems of the art of poetry : Guided by Genius alone , he compofed in verfe a regular story , which all fucceeding ages have admired . But this is no argument against the usefulness of ...
... appears certain , was ac- quainted with no fyftems of the art of poetry : Guided by Genius alone , he compofed in verfe a regular story , which all fucceeding ages have admired . But this is no argument against the usefulness of ...
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... appear to us more beautiful than others ; on far- ther enquiry , we difcover that the re- gularity of fome figures , and the grace- ful variety of others , are the founda- tion of the beauty which we discern in them but when we ...
... appear to us more beautiful than others ; on far- ther enquiry , we difcover that the re- gularity of fome figures , and the grace- ful variety of others , are the founda- tion of the beauty which we discern in them but when we ...
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... appear fublime . We discover the limits on every fide ; we perceive ourfelves confined ; there is no room for any confiderable exer- tion of the mind . Though exact pro- portion of parts enters often into the beautiful , beautiful , it ...
... appear fublime . We discover the limits on every fide ; we perceive ourfelves confined ; there is no room for any confiderable exer- tion of the mind . Though exact pro- portion of parts enters often into the beautiful , beautiful , it ...
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addrefs Æneid affembly affiftance againſt alfo alſo beautiful becauſe cafe caufe cauſe Cicero cife circumftances compariſon compofition confequently confiderable confifts conftruction converfation defcription degree difcourfe diftinction diftinguiſhed diſcover eloquence expreffion exprefs faid fame fecond feems fenfe fenfible fentence fentiments fhall fhould fignify figns figure fimple fimplicity fince fion firft firſt fome fometimes fpeaker fpeech ftate ftrength ftrong ftudied ftyle fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuppofe fyllable geftures genius greateſt guage hearers higheſt himſelf ideas imagination impreffion inftance itſelf ject juft kind laft language lefs manner meaſure metaphor mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary neral obferve object occafion orator ornament ourſelves paffage paffion paufes perfon perfpicuity pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffefs prefent profe proper propriety public fpeaking racter raiſe reafon refemblance refpect render requifite riety rife ſhall ſpeak ſtudy ſtyle Tafte Taſte tence thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion uſed words writing
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