The Philosophy of RhetoricThomas Turnbull, 1819 - 566 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 27
... less to undergo a strict analysis and scrutiny . They are like those volatile essences , which , being too delicate to bear the open air , evaporate almost as soon as they are exposed to it . Ac- cordingly , the wittiest things will ...
... less to undergo a strict analysis and scrutiny . They are like those volatile essences , which , being too delicate to bear the open air , evaporate almost as soon as they are exposed to it . Ac- cordingly , the wittiest things will ...
الصفحة 29
... less than fights . + I shall only observe further , that this sort , whose aim is to debase , delights in the most homely expressions , pro- vincial idioms , and cant phrases . The second kind , consisting in the aggrandisement of ...
... less than fights . + I shall only observe further , that this sort , whose aim is to debase , delights in the most homely expressions , pro- vincial idioms , and cant phrases . The second kind , consisting in the aggrandisement of ...
الصفحة 33
... less request than the other sorts above enumera- ted , those who abound in this , and never rise to any thing superior , are distinguished by the diminutive appella- tion of witlings . Let it be remarked in general , that from one or ...
... less request than the other sorts above enumera- ted , those who abound in this , and never rise to any thing superior , are distinguished by the diminutive appella- tion of witlings . Let it be remarked in general , that from one or ...
الصفحة 35
... less capable of being excited , by the severe and tragic , than by the merry and comic manner . The subject of humour is always character , but not every thing in character ; its foibles generally , such as ca- prices , little ...
... less capable of being excited , by the severe and tragic , than by the merry and comic manner . The subject of humour is always character , but not every thing in character ; its foibles generally , such as ca- prices , little ...
الصفحة 37
... less derisive , than this representation . We should readily say of it , that it is strongly animated , and happily expressed ; but no man who understands English would say it is humorous . I shall add one ex- ample from Dr Swift . " I ...
... less derisive , than this representation . We should readily say of it , that it is strongly animated , and happily expressed ; but no man who understands English would say it is humorous . I shall add one ex- ample from Dr Swift . " I ...
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