The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Band 1A. Constable & Company, 1816 |
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... former distribution is , that certain arts are ma- nifestly and ultimately calculated for profit or whilst others , on the contrary , seem to ter- minate in pleasing . The one supplies a real want , the other only gratifies some mental ...
... former distribution is , that certain arts are ma- nifestly and ultimately calculated for profit or whilst others , on the contrary , seem to ter- minate in pleasing . The one supplies a real want , the other only gratifies some mental ...
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... former a man's own conduct may be well re- gulated , but the latter is absolutely necessary for diffusing valuable knowledge , and enforcing right rules of action upon others . Poetry indeed is properly no other than a par- ticular mode ...
... former a man's own conduct may be well re- gulated , but the latter is absolutely necessary for diffusing valuable knowledge , and enforcing right rules of action upon others . Poetry indeed is properly no other than a par- ticular mode ...
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... former effect we learn to amend and avoid faults in composing and speaking , against which the best natural , but uncultivated parts , give no security ; and by the latter , the proper mediums are suggested , where- by the necessary ...
... former effect we learn to amend and avoid faults in composing and speaking , against which the best natural , but uncultivated parts , give no security ; and by the latter , the proper mediums are suggested , where- by the necessary ...
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... am aware , that , from the deduction given above , it may be urged , that the fact as here re- presented , seems to subvert the principle former- VOL . I. В ly laid down , and that as practice in the INTRODUCTION . 17.
... am aware , that , from the deduction given above , it may be urged , that the fact as here re- presented , seems to subvert the principle former- VOL . I. В ly laid down , and that as practice in the INTRODUCTION . 17.
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... former cannot justly be considered as deriving light and direction from the latter ; that , on the contrary , the latter ought to be regarded as merely afford- ing a sort of intellectual entertainment to specu- lative men . It may be ...
... former cannot justly be considered as deriving light and direction from the latter ; that , on the contrary , the latter ought to be regarded as merely afford- ing a sort of intellectual entertainment to specu- lative men . It may be ...
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