The Philosophy of Rhetoric, المجلد 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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الصفحة ix
... remarks as may be thought too minute and particular , if just , they will not , he hopes , on a re examination , be deemed of no consequence . Those may serve to il- lustrate a general observation , which are scarcely worth notice as ...
... remarks as may be thought too minute and particular , if just , they will not , he hopes , on a re examination , be deemed of no consequence . Those may serve to il- lustrate a general observation , which are scarcely worth notice as ...
الصفحة xvi
... remark might , if ne cessary , be exemplified throughout the whole circle of arts , both useful and elegant . Valuable know- ledge therefore always lead to some practical skill , and is perfected in it . On the other hand , the prac ...
... remark might , if ne cessary , be exemplified throughout the whole circle of arts , both useful and elegant . Valuable know- ledge therefore always lead to some practical skill , and is perfected in it . On the other hand , the prac ...
الصفحة xvi
... remarks now made regard only the advancement of the arts themselves ; for though the useful are of slower growth than the other , and their utmost perfection cannot always be so easily ascertained , yet the acquisition of any one ...
... remarks now made regard only the advancement of the arts themselves ; for though the useful are of slower growth than the other , and their utmost perfection cannot always be so easily ascertained , yet the acquisition of any one ...
الصفحة xvi
... remark at pre- sent , that the direct end of the former , whether to delight the fancy , as in epic , or to move the pas- sions , as in tragedy , is avowedly in part the aim , and sometimes the immediate and proposed aim , of oratory ...
... remark at pre- sent , that the direct end of the former , whether to delight the fancy , as in epic , or to move the pas- sions , as in tragedy , is avowedly in part the aim , and sometimes the immediate and proposed aim , of oratory ...
الصفحة xx
... remarks are made , which serve as so many rules for directing future practice ; and , from comparing such general remarks together , others still more general are deduced XX INTRODUCTION .
... remarks are made , which serve as so many rules for directing future practice ; and , from comparing such general remarks together , others still more general are deduced XX INTRODUCTION .
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 45 - rings of the world appear ; From each she nicely culls with curious toil, And decks the Goddess with the glitt'ring spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The Tortoise here and Elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled, and the white.
الصفحة 56 - She said ; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her beau demand the precious hairs : (Sir Plume, of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane...
الصفحة 400 - 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 374 - ... it requires few talents to which most men are not born, or at least may not acquire, without any great genius or study.
الصفحة 45 - And now, unveil'd, the Toilet stands display'd, Each silver Vase in mystic order laid. First, rob'd in white, the Nymph intent adores, With head uncover'd, the Cosmetic pow'rs. A heav'nly Image in the glass appears, To that she bends, to that her eyes she rears; Th' inferior Priestess, at her altar's side, Trembling, begins the sacred rites of Pride.
الصفحة 227 - The gates of hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way: But to return, and view the cheerful skies, In this the task and mighty labor lies.
الصفحة 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...