The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Band 1A. Constable & Company, 1816 |
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... English authors . He is entirely sensible , that an impropriety or other negligence in style will escape the notice of the writer , which hardly escapes that of any body else . Next to the pur- pose of illustrating the principles and ca ...
... English authors . He is entirely sensible , that an impropriety or other negligence in style will escape the notice of the writer , which hardly escapes that of any body else . Next to the pur- pose of illustrating the principles and ca ...
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... English . The French esprit or bel esprit , though on some occasions rightly translated wit , hath commonly a signification more extensive and generical . It must be owned , indeed , that in conformity to the style of French critics ...
... English . The French esprit or bel esprit , though on some occasions rightly translated wit , hath commonly a signification more extensive and generical . It must be owned , indeed , that in conformity to the style of French critics ...
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... English would say it is humorous . I shall add one example from Dr Swift . " I should be exceedingly sorry to find " the legislature make any new laws against the practice of duelling , because the methods are " C ८८ easy and many for ...
... English would say it is humorous . I shall add one example from Dr Swift . " I should be exceedingly sorry to find " the legislature make any new laws against the practice of duelling , because the methods are " C ८८ easy and many for ...
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... than in the adventures of the celebrated knight of La Mancha . As to our English dramatists , who does not acknowledge the transcendent ex- * Part III , Canto 3 . cellence of Shakespeare in this province , as well as 66 B. I. THE ...
... than in the adventures of the celebrated knight of La Mancha . As to our English dramatists , who does not acknowledge the transcendent ex- * Part III , Canto 3 . cellence of Shakespeare in this province , as well as 66 B. I. THE ...
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... English comedy in general , ( for there are some exceptions ) that , to the discredit of our stage , as well as of the na- tional delicacy and discernment , obscenity is made too often to supply the place of wit , and ribaldry the place ...
... English comedy in general , ( for there are some exceptions ) that , to the discredit of our stage , as well as of the na- tional delicacy and discernment , obscenity is made too often to supply the place of wit , and ribaldry the place ...
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