The Philosophy of RhetoricT. Tegg, 1841 - Всего страниц: 396 |
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... though not the only one which the author has for mentioning the manner wherein the composition of this work has been conducted , and the time it has taken , is , not to enhance its value with the public , but to iv PREFACE .
... though not the only one which the author has for mentioning the manner wherein the composition of this work has been conducted , and the time it has taken , is , not to enhance its value with the public , but to iv PREFACE .
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... mention characters only in the extreme , because in this manner they are best discriminated . In real life , however , any two of these , sometimes all the three , in various proportions , may be found blended in the same person . The ...
... mention characters only in the extreme , because in this manner they are best discriminated . In real life , however , any two of these , sometimes all the three , in various proportions , may be found blended in the same person . The ...
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... mentioned some arts that have their fundamental principles in the abstract sciences of geometry and arithmetic , and some in the doctrine of gravitation and motion . There are others , as the medi- cal and chirurgical arts , which ...
... mentioned some arts that have their fundamental principles in the abstract sciences of geometry and arithmetic , and some in the doctrine of gravitation and motion . There are others , as the medi- cal and chirurgical arts , which ...
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... mentioned , which , by the way , is the first of the rhetorical art , for all that precedes is properly supplied by Nature , appeared to the author of Hudibras the utmost pitch that had even to his time been attained : For all a ...
... mentioned , which , by the way , is the first of the rhetorical art , for all that precedes is properly supplied by Nature , appeared to the author of Hudibras the utmost pitch that had even to his time been attained : For all a ...
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... mentioned , are of this number , is undeniable , since we can produce passages full of vehemence , wherein no image is presented , which , with any propriety , can be termed great or sub- lime . * In matters of criticism , as in the ...
... mentioned , are of this number , is undeniable , since we can produce passages full of vehemence , wherein no image is presented , which , with any propriety , can be termed great or sub- lime . * In matters of criticism , as in the ...
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