The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... SECT . I. Of intuitive evidence Part I. Part II . Consciousness Mathematical axioms Part III . Common sense SECT . II . Of deductive evidence · .. 87 · • ib . ib . · 91 • 92 ΙΟΙ Page Part I. Division of the subject into scientific and.
... SECT . I. Of intuitive evidence Part I. Part II . Consciousness Mathematical axioms Part III . Common sense SECT . II . Of deductive evidence · .. 87 · • ib . ib . · 91 • 92 ΙΟΙ Page Part I. Division of the subject into scientific and.
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... orders and classes , we arrive , though in a different way , at the knowledge of general truths , which , in a certain sense , are also scientific , and an- swer a similar purpose . Our acquaintance with na- ture ív INTRODUCTION.
... orders and classes , we arrive , though in a different way , at the knowledge of general truths , which , in a certain sense , are also scientific , and an- swer a similar purpose . Our acquaintance with na- ture ív INTRODUCTION.
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... sense in which I employ the term . For , in the first place , that it ought to be ranked among the polite or fine arts , is manifest from this , that in all its exer- tions , with little or no exception , ( as will appear after- wards ) ...
... sense in which I employ the term . For , in the first place , that it ought to be ranked among the polite or fine arts , is manifest from this , that in all its exer- tions , with little or no exception , ( as will appear after- wards ) ...
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... sense . I have , however , made choice of this definition on a double account : 1st , It exactly cor- responds to Tully's idea of a perfect orator ; " Optimus est orator " qui Eloquence defined .... its more general forms exhibited ...
... sense . I have , however , made choice of this definition on a double account : 1st , It exactly cor- responds to Tully's idea of a perfect orator ; " Optimus est orator " qui Eloquence defined .... its more general forms exhibited ...
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... sense , for that only which excites commiseration . Perhaps the word impassioned would answer better . † This animated reasoning the Greek rhetoricians termed duvons , which , from signifying the principal excellency in an ofator , came ...
... sense , for that only which excites commiseration . Perhaps the word impassioned would answer better . † This animated reasoning the Greek rhetoricians termed duvons , which , from signifying the principal excellency in an ofator , came ...
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admit adverb affecting objects analogy appear argument ascer axioms barbarism cause character circumstances common commonly consequently considered as endowed contrary deductive evidence defective verb degree different solutions hitherto discover doth Dr Johnson Dr Priestley effect eloquence employed English equal example excited experience expression favour former give grammatical purity hath hearers Hudibras humour hypothesis ideas idiom imagination impropriety instance kind knowledge latter laughter manner means memory ment mind moral nature neral neuter never noun objects or representations observed orator participle particular passions perhaps periphrasis perly person perspicuity phrases pity pleasure we receive poet preposition present preterit principal canons principles produce pronoun properly Quintilian racter reason receive from affecting regard relation remark render resemblance respect ridicule scholastic art Sect sense sentiments signifies sion solecism sometimes sophism sort speaker speaking species spect term ther thing tical tion tongue truth verb verbal criticism wherein words writers
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