LECTURES ON RHETORIC AND BELLES LETTRES: IN THREE VOLUMES.W. STRACHAN, 1785 |
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... fpeaking of the beauties of ftyle and numbers . " Illud autem ne- quis admiretur quonam modo hæc vulgus imperitorum " in audiendo , notet ; cum in omni genere , tum in hoc " 6 ipfo , magna quædam eft vis , incredibilifque naturæ ...
... fpeaking of the beauties of ftyle and numbers . " Illud autem ne- quis admiretur quonam modo hæc vulgus imperitorum " in audiendo , notet ; cum in omni genere , tum in hoc " 6 ipfo , magna quædam eft vis , incredibilifque naturæ ...
Page 118
... fpeaking is not accurate . Neither difcourfe in general , nor poetry in particular , can be called altogether imitative arts . We must diftinguish betwixt Imitation and Defcription , which are ideas that fhould not be con- founded ...
... fpeaking is not accurate . Neither difcourfe in general , nor poetry in particular , can be called altogether imitative arts . We must diftinguish betwixt Imitation and Defcription , which are ideas that fhould not be con- founded ...
Page 135
... fpeaking , neceffity first gave rife . But we must observe , that , after this neceffity had , in a great measure ... speak- ing by action , as we find among the Old Testa- K 4 ment VI . LECT ment Prophets ; as when Jeremiah breaks OF ...
... fpeaking , neceffity first gave rife . But we must observe , that , after this neceffity had , in a great measure ... speak- ing by action , as we find among the Old Testa- K 4 ment VI . LECT ment Prophets ; as when Jeremiah breaks OF ...
Page 140
... public fpeaking became more fimple and plain , fuch as we now find it ; without that enthufiaftic mixture of tones and geftures , which diftinguished the antient nations . At the restoration of letters , the genius of Language was fo ...
... public fpeaking became more fimple and plain , fuch as we now find it ; without that enthufiaftic mixture of tones and geftures , which diftinguished the antient nations . At the restoration of letters , the genius of Language was fo ...
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... fpeaking of any object where there is no fex , or where the fex is not known . The English is , perhaps , the only Language in the known world ( except the Chinese , which is faid to agree with it in this particular ) , where the ...
... fpeaking of any object where there is no fex , or where the fex is not known . The English is , perhaps , the only Language in the known world ( except the Chinese , which is faid to agree with it in this particular ) , where the ...
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