The Art of Discourse: A System of Rhetoric, Adapted for Use in Colleges and Academies, and Also for Private StudyC. Scribner, 1867 - 343 pages |
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accordingly action æsthetic analytic proofs Anglo-Saxon applied arguments Aristotle attri attributes of quality beauty belong cause CHAPTER character Cicero clear common composition condition confirmation constitute coördinate copula degree Demosthenes denominated denote determined distinct distinguished division effect elements elocution energy English language enthymeme euphony example excitation exemplifications exercise exhibit expression faculty favorable feeling founded furnish grammatical harmony hearer Hence ical imagery infer intelligence invention judgment kind language Latin language logical melody ment mental metonymy mind addressed motives narration narrative nature necessary object observed occasion orator oratory particular partition passion peculiar peroration persuasion poetry presented principle processes of explanation proof proper properties of style proposition propriety Quintilian reason reference regard relation requires resemblance respect Rhetoric selection sensible sentence sounds speaker speaking species spect speech substance successive syllogism Synecdoche taste tence term theme thing tion trope truth unity whole words writer
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