The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Band 1A. Constable & Company, 1816 |
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... hath so freely criticized in the best 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 ...
... hath so freely criticized in the best 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 ...
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... hath always been regarded as the supreme * I am sensible that this word is commonly used in a more limited sense , for that which only excites commiseration . Perhaps the word impassioned would answer better . qualification in an orator ...
... hath always been regarded as the supreme * I am sensible that this word is commonly used in a more limited sense , for that which only excites commiseration . Perhaps the word impassioned would answer better . qualification in an orator ...
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... hath been so justly celebrated as giving one man an ascendant over others , superior even to what despotism it- * This animated reasoning the Greek rhetoricians termed durons , which , from signifying the principal excellency in an ...
... hath been so justly celebrated as giving one man an ascendant over others , superior even to what despotism it- * This animated reasoning the Greek rhetoricians termed durons , which , from signifying the principal excellency in an ...
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... hath commonly a signification more extensive and generical . It must be owned , indeed , that in conformity to the style of French critics , the term wit , in English writings , hath been sometimes used with equal latitude . But this is ...
... hath commonly a signification more extensive and generical . It must be owned , indeed , that in conformity to the style of French critics , the term wit , in English writings , hath been sometimes used with equal latitude . But this is ...
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... hath a specious appearance on a single glance . Of this kind you have an instance in the subsequent lines , While thus the lady talk'd , the knight Turn'd th ' outside of his eyes to white , As men of inward light are wont To turn their ...
... hath a specious appearance on a single glance . Of this kind you have an instance in the subsequent lines , While thus the lady talk'd , the knight Turn'd th ' outside of his eyes to white , As men of inward light are wont To turn their ...
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