The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... imitation , even when they seem to be claimed by the most celebrated names . The other is , to evince , that we are in danger of doing great injustice to a work , by deciding hastily on its merit from a collection of X PREFAC E.
... imitation , even when they seem to be claimed by the most celebrated names . The other is , to evince , that we are in danger of doing great injustice to a work , by deciding hastily on its merit from a collection of X PREFAC E.
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... seem to ter- minate in pleasing . The one supplies a real want , the other only gratifies some mental taste . Yet in strict- ness , in the execution of the useful arts , there is often scope for elegance , and the arts called elegant ...
... seem to ter- minate in pleasing . The one supplies a real want , the other only gratifies some mental taste . Yet in strict- ness , in the execution of the useful arts , there is often scope for elegance , and the arts called elegant ...
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... seems to have advanced farthest in this way , is the Elements of Criticism . But the sub- ject of the learned and ingenious author of that work , is rather too multifarious to admit so narrow a scruti- ny as would be necessary for a ...
... seems to have advanced farthest in this way , is the Elements of Criticism . But the sub- ject of the learned and ingenious author of that work , is rather too multifarious to admit so narrow a scruti- ny as would be necessary for a ...
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... seems to subvert the principle formerly laid down , and that , as practice in the art has given the first scope for criticism , the former cannot justly be considered as de- riving light and direction from the latter ; that , on the ...
... seems to subvert the principle formerly laid down , and that , as practice in the art has given the first scope for criticism , the former cannot justly be considered as de- riving light and direction from the latter ; that , on the ...
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... seem material what names are assigned them . Yet it is both more accurate , and proves no inconsiderable aid to the right understanding of things , to discriminate by different signs such as are truly dif- ferent . And that the two ...
... seem material what names are assigned them . Yet it is both more accurate , and proves no inconsiderable aid to the right understanding of things , to discriminate by different signs such as are truly dif- ferent . And that the two ...
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Page 96 - Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time.
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Page 402 - I was afraid of trampling on every traveller I met, and often called aloud to have them stand out of the way, so that I had like to have gotten one or two broken heads for my impertinence.
Page 79 - 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.
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Page 266 - That the case is so will, I believe, on a careful inquiry, be found to be a matter of experience ; how it happens to be so, I am afraid human sagacity will never be able to investigate. This observation holds especially when the emotions and affections raised in us are derived from sympathy, and have not directly self for the object. Sympathy is not a passion, but that quality of the soul which renders it susceptible of almost any passion, by communication from the bosom of another. It is by sympathy...