The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1George Ramsay & Company, 1808 |
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Pagina 34
... concerning eloquence in its largest ac- ceptation , I cannot properly dismiss without making such a superior genius to act upon . How noble is the idea ! All the nations and potentates of the earth are , in a manner , produced as ...
... concerning eloquence in its largest ac- ceptation , I cannot properly dismiss without making such a superior genius to act upon . How noble is the idea ! All the nations and potentates of the earth are , in a manner , produced as ...
Pagina 74
... concerning a countenance which raises laughter , in the least invalidate what I have now affirmed ; for it is plain , that this is sug- gested in the way of similitude , to illustrate what he had advanced , and not as a particular ...
... concerning a countenance which raises laughter , in the least invalidate what I have now affirmed ; for it is plain , that this is sug- gested in the way of similitude , to illustrate what he had advanced , and not as a particular ...
Pagina 93
... concerning resemblances or disparities in visible objects , or size in things tangible , where the odds is considerable , darker or lighter tints in co- lours , stronger or weaker tastes or smells , are all self - evident , and ...
... concerning resemblances or disparities in visible objects , or size in things tangible , where the odds is considerable , darker or lighter tints in co- lours , stronger or weaker tastes or smells , are all self - evident , and ...
Pagina 98
... any thing without themselves , and can never be made the foundation of any conclusion concerning actual existence ; whereas , in the axiom last specified , from the existence of one thing we intuitively con- clude 98 B. I. THE PHILOSOPHY.
... any thing without themselves , and can never be made the foundation of any conclusion concerning actual existence ; whereas , in the axiom last specified , from the existence of one thing we intuitively con- clude 98 B. I. THE PHILOSOPHY.
Pagina 99
... concerning my own present feelings , whose essence consists in being felt , and of which I am at present conscious , my conviction is reducible to this axiom , or coinci- C dent with it , It is impossible for a CH . V. 99 OF RHETORIC .
... concerning my own present feelings , whose essence consists in being felt , and of which I am at present conscious , my conviction is reducible to this axiom , or coinci- C dent with it , It is impossible for a CH . V. 99 OF RHETORIC .
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Pagina 36 - Here files of pins extend their shining rows, Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux. Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Pagina 35 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Pagina 35 - A heavenly image in the glass appears, To that she bends, to that her eyes she rears ; The inferior priestess, at her altar's side, Trembling begins the sacred rites of pride.
Pagina 412 - It celebrates the church of England, as the most perfect of all others, in discipline and doctrine ; it advances no opinion they reject, nor condemns any they receive.
Pagina 413 - We next went to the school of languages, where three professors sat in consultation upon improving that of their own country. The first project was to shorten discourse by cutting polysyllables into one, and leaving out verbs and participles, because in reality all things imaginable are but nouns.
Pagina 73 - So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music: Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit That could be mov'd to smile at any thing.
Pagina 284 - And went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
Pagina 14 - All the ends of speaking are reducible to four ; every speech being intended to enlighten the understanding, to please the imagination, to move the passions, or to influence the will.
Pagina 164 - The coolest reasoner always in persuading, addresseth himself to the passions some way or other. This he cannot avoid doing, if he speak to the purpose. To make me believe, it is enough to show me that things are so ; to make me act, it is necessary to show that the action will answer some End.
Pagina 61 - And Milo-like surveys his arms and hands ; Then, sighing, thus, " And am I now three-score? Ah why, ye gods, should two and two make four?