The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Nide 1W. Strahan, 1776 - 511 sivua |
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Sivu 366
... style is fuperannuated . The vulgar tranflation of the Bible I must indeed except from this restriction . The continuance and univerfality of its ufe throughout the British dominions , affords an ob vious reason for the exception . THUS ...
... style is fuperannuated . The vulgar tranflation of the Bible I must indeed except from this restriction . The continuance and univerfality of its ufe throughout the British dominions , affords an ob vious reason for the exception . THUS ...
Sivu 411
... style , when used fparingly and with judgment , they serve to add the venerable air of antiquity to the narrative . In burlesque alfo , they often produce a good effect . But it is admitted on all fides , that this Book I. Chap . xi ...
... style , when used fparingly and with judgment , they serve to add the venerable air of antiquity to the narrative . In burlesque alfo , they often produce a good effect . But it is admitted on all fides , that this Book I. Chap . xi ...
Sivu 432
... style and compofition were too elabo- rate . If the remark is juft , it contains the great- eft cenfure that ever was paffed on that eminent orator . But , as the intermediate degrees between the two extremes are innumerable , both ...
... style and compofition were too elabo- rate . If the remark is juft , it contains the great- eft cenfure that ever was paffed on that eminent orator . But , as the intermediate degrees between the two extremes are innumerable , both ...
Sivu 476
... style muft appear the more natural , the less pains they bestow upon it . Addison hath ex- actly hit their notion of eafy writing . " It is , " fays he , " what any man may eafily write . " But these people , it would feem , need to be ...
... style muft appear the more natural , the less pains they bestow upon it . Addison hath ex- actly hit their notion of eafy writing . " It is , " fays he , " what any man may eafily write . " But these people , it would feem , need to be ...
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abftract addrefs affociation againſt alfo appear argument arifing becauſe Befides cafe caufe cauſe circumftances compariſon conclufion confequence confiderable confidered confifts contrary demonftration difcourfe diftinction diſcover doth effect eloquence evidence expreffed expreffion faid fame fatire fcience fecond feems fenfe fenfible fentiments ferve fhall fignified fimilar fince fingle firft firſt folely fome fometimes former forrow fpecies ftill ftyle fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe hath hearers himſelf Hudibras humour hypothefis idiom illuftrate imagination impoffible inftance itſelf juft kind laft language latter leaft leaſt lefs manner meaſure mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary nerally obferved object occafion oppofite orator paffage paffions perfon perfpicuity perfuade perly phraſes pleaſure poffible pofition prefent prepofition principles purpoſe queftion Quintilian raiſed reafon refemblance refpect refults regard remarked ridicule ſenſe ſhould ſpeak ſpeaker term thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tium truth underſtanding univerfal uſe verb wherein whofe words worfe