The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1George Ramsay & Company, 1808 |
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... Considered separately , each may justly be termed a whole , and complete in itself ; taken together , they are constituent parts of one Work . The Author entered on this inquiry as early as the year 1750 ; and it was then that the two ...
... Considered separately , each may justly be termed a whole , and complete in itself ; taken together , they are constituent parts of one Work . The Author entered on this inquiry as early as the year 1750 ; and it was then that the two ...
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... Considered separately , each may justly be termed a whole , and complete in itself ; taken together , they are constituent parts of one Work . The Author entered on this inquiry as early as the year 1750 ; and it was then that the two ...
... Considered separately , each may justly be termed a whole , and complete in itself ; taken together , they are constituent parts of one Work . The Author entered on this inquiry as early as the year 1750 ; and it was then that the two ...
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... considered as be- neath the attention of any author . An au- thor so far from having reason to be offend- ed , is doubtless obliged to the man who , free from captious petulance , candidly points out his errors of what kind soever they ...
... considered as be- neath the attention of any author . An au- thor so far from having reason to be offend- ed , is doubtless obliged to the man who , free from captious petulance , candidly points out his errors of what kind soever they ...
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... considered as of a mixed nature , wherein utility and beauty have almost equal influence . The elegant arts , as well as the useful , are found- ed in experience , but from the difference of their nature , there arises a considerable ...
... considered as of a mixed nature , wherein utility and beauty have almost equal influence . The elegant arts , as well as the useful , are found- ed in experience , but from the difference of their nature , there arises a considerable ...
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George Campbell. * doubtless to be considered as the younger sisters . The progress of the former towards perfection is , however , much slower than that of the latter . In- deed , with regard to the first , it is impossible to say , as ...
George Campbell. * doubtless to be considered as the younger sisters . The progress of the former towards perfection is , however , much slower than that of the latter . In- deed , with regard to the first , it is impossible to say , as ...
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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?