The Philosophy of RhetoricT. Tegg, 1841 - Всего страниц: 396 |
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... least , if not insidious . It is obvious , that either of these , far from being subser- vient to the main design , would distract the attention from it . There is indeed one kind of address to the understanding , and only one , which ...
... least , if not insidious . It is obvious , that either of these , far from being subser- vient to the main design , would distract the attention from it . There is indeed one kind of address to the understanding , and only one , which ...
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... least of tragedy , being upon the passions , the drama falls under another species , to be explained afterwards . But that kind of address of which I am now treating , attains the summit of perfection in the sublime , or those great and ...
... least of tragedy , being upon the passions , the drama falls under another species , to be explained afterwards . But that kind of address of which I am now treating , attains the summit of perfection in the sublime , or those great and ...
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... least capable of feeling the effect ; as it is certain , that when the effect hath its full influence on us , we have little inclination for investigating the cause . For these reasons , I have resolved to be brief in my illustrations ...
... least capable of feeling the effect ; as it is certain , that when the effect hath its full influence on us , we have little inclination for investigating the cause . For these reasons , I have resolved to be brief in my illustrations ...
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... least tendency to laugh . Of this , instances have been given already from Bolingbroke and Swift , and innumerable others will occur to those who are conversant in the writings of those authors . Secondly , laughter may be , and is ...
... least tendency to laugh . Of this , instances have been given already from Bolingbroke and Swift , and innumerable others will occur to those who are conversant in the writings of those authors . Secondly , laughter may be , and is ...
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... least tendency to laugh : and conversely , in reading a well written satire , a man may be much diverted by the wit , whose judgment is not convinced by the ridicule or insinuated argument , and whose former esteem of the object is not ...
... least tendency to laugh : and conversely , in reading a well written satire , a man may be much diverted by the wit , whose judgment is not convinced by the ridicule or insinuated argument , and whose former esteem of the object is not ...
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