LECTURES ON RHETORIC AND BELLES LETTRES: IN THREE VOLUMES.W. STRACHAN, 1785 |
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... measure , an unavailing principle . Speech is the great inftrument by which man becomes beneficial to man : and it is to the intercourfe and tranfmiffion of thought , by means of fpeech , that we are chiefly indebted for the improvement ...
... measure , an unavailing principle . Speech is the great inftrument by which man becomes beneficial to man : and it is to the intercourfe and tranfmiffion of thought , by means of fpeech , that we are chiefly indebted for the improvement ...
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... measure , is that which is appointed by law to regulate all other measures and weights . Thus the court is faid to be the standard of good breeding ; and the fcripture , of theological truth . WHEN We say that nature is the standard of ...
... measure , is that which is appointed by law to regulate all other measures and weights . Thus the court is faid to be the standard of good breeding ; and the fcripture , of theological truth . WHEN We say that nature is the standard of ...
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... measure , our other ideas of Beauty : An ob- fervation which I the rather make , as it is of the utmost importance , that all who study compofition fhould carefully attend to it . For , in an epic poem , a hiftory , an oration , or any ...
... measure , our other ideas of Beauty : An ob- fervation which I the rather make , as it is of the utmost importance , that all who study compofition fhould carefully attend to it . For , in an epic poem , a hiftory , an oration , or any ...
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... measure , the entertainment afforded us by fiction and ro- mance . The emotion raised by Novelty is of a more lively and pungent nature , than that produced by Beauty ; but much fhorter in its continuance . For if the object have in ...
... measure , the entertainment afforded us by fiction and ro- mance . The emotion raised by Novelty is of a more lively and pungent nature , than that produced by Beauty ; but much fhorter in its continuance . For if the object have in ...
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... measure , ceased , by Language becoming , in process of time , more extenfive and copious , the antient man- ner of Speech ftill fubfifted among many na- tions ; and what had arifen from neceffity , continued to be used for ornament ...
... measure , ceased , by Language becoming , in process of time , more extenfive and copious , the antient man- ner of Speech ftill fubfifted among many na- tions ; and what had arifen from neceffity , continued to be used for ornament ...
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