The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Band 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... former distribution is , that certain arts are manifestly and ultimately calculated for pro- fit or use , whilst others , on the contrary , seem to ter- minate in pleasing . The one supplies a real want , the other only gratifies some ...
... former distribution is , that certain arts are manifestly and ultimately calculated for pro- fit or use , whilst others , on the contrary , seem to ter- minate in pleasing . The one supplies a real want , the other only gratifies some ...
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... former towards perfection is , however , much slower than that of the latter . Indeed , with regard to the first , it is impossible to say , as to several arts , what is the per- fection of the art , since we are incapable of perceiv ...
... former towards perfection is , however , much slower than that of the latter . Indeed , with regard to the first , it is impossible to say , as to several arts , what is the per- fection of the art , since we are incapable of perceiv ...
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... former a man's own conduct may be well regulated , but the latter is absolutely neces- for diffusing valuable knowledge , and enforcing right rules of action upon others . POETRY indeed is properly no other than a particular mode or ...
... former a man's own conduct may be well regulated , but the latter is absolutely neces- for diffusing valuable knowledge , and enforcing right rules of action upon others . POETRY indeed is properly no other than a particular mode or ...
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... former cannot justly be considered as de- riving light and direction from the latter ; that , on the contrary , the latter ought to be regarded as merely affording a sort of intellectual entertainment to spe- culative men . It may be ...
... former cannot justly be considered as de- riving light and direction from the latter ; that , on the contrary , the latter ought to be regarded as merely affording a sort of intellectual entertainment to spe- culative men . It may be ...
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... former is perspicuity ; of the latter , argument . By that we are made to know , by this to believe . THE imagination is addressed by exhibiting to it a lively and beautiful representation of a suitable object . As in this exhibition ...
... former is perspicuity ; of the latter , argument . By that we are made to know , by this to believe . THE imagination is addressed by exhibiting to it a lively and beautiful representation of a suitable object . As in this exhibition ...
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