LECTURES ON RHETORIC AND BELLES LETTRES: IN THREE VOLUMES.A. Strahan; T. Cadell, in the Strand; and W. Creech, in Edinburgh, 1787 |
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... against them are apt to rife in the minds of many . A fort of art is immediately thought of , that is oftentatious and deceitful ; the mi . nute and trifling ftudy of words alone ; the pomp of expreffion ; the ftudied fallacies of ...
... against them are apt to rife in the minds of many . A fort of art is immediately thought of , that is oftentatious and deceitful ; the mi . nute and trifling ftudy of words alone ; the pomp of expreffion ; the ftudied fallacies of ...
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... against the usefulness of Criticifm as an art . For as no human genius is perfect , there is no writer but may receive affiftance from critical ob- fervations upon the beauties and faults of thofe who have gone before him . No ob ...
... against the usefulness of Criticifm as an art . For as no human genius is perfect , there is no writer but may receive affiftance from critical ob- fervations upon the beauties and faults of thofe who have gone before him . No ob ...
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... against Criticism , than the number of bad philofophers or reafoners affords against reafon and philo- fophy . + An objection more plaufible may be formed against Criticism , from the applause that some performances have received from ...
... against Criticism , than the number of bad philofophers or reafoners affords against reafon and philo- fophy . + An objection more plaufible may be formed against Criticism , from the applause that some performances have received from ...
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... against it , carries all the grandeur of a fublime , obfcure , and awful image . Humana ante oculos fœde cum vita jaceret In térris , oppreffa gravi fub religione , Quæ caput a cœli regionitus oftendebat , Horribili fuper afpectu ...
... against it , carries all the grandeur of a fublime , obfcure , and awful image . Humana ante oculos fœde cum vita jaceret In térris , oppreffa gravi fub religione , Quæ caput a cœli regionitus oftendebat , Horribili fuper afpectu ...
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... against three , and afked what he wished him to have done ? To have died , " he an- fwers . In the fame manner Porus , taken prifoner by Alexander , after a gallant defence , and asked how he wished to be treated ? an- fwering , " Like ...
... against three , and afked what he wished him to have done ? To have died , " he an- fwers . In the fame manner Porus , taken prifoner by Alexander , after a gallant defence , and asked how he wished to be treated ? an- fwering , " Like ...
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