Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 2Messrs. Whitestone, Colles, Burnet, 1783 - English language |
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... Thefe , indeed , I have , in part , already anticipat- ed . But , as great errors are often commit- ted in this part of Style , especially by young writers , it may be of ufe that I bring together , under one view , the moit mate- rial ...
... Thefe , indeed , I have , in part , already anticipat- ed . But , as great errors are often commit- ted in this part of Style , especially by young writers , it may be of ufe that I bring together , under one view , the moit mate- rial ...
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... may with for " the frequent praife of having expreffed ourselves well and properly , we should not covet repeated applaufe , for being " bright and fplendid . ” LECT . " ritas abeffe videatur . " After thefe FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE . 5.
... may with for " the frequent praife of having expreffed ourselves well and properly , we should not covet repeated applaufe , for being " bright and fplendid . ” LECT . " ritas abeffe videatur . " After thefe FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE . 5.
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... thefe figures , is en- " tertainment . But when the fubject becomes deeply ferious " and strong paffions are to be moved , who can bear the ora- " tor , who , in affected language and balanced phrases , en- " deavours to exprefs wrath ...
... thefe figures , is en- " tertainment . But when the fubject becomes deeply ferious " and strong paffions are to be moved , who can bear the ora- " tor , who , in affected language and balanced phrases , en- " deavours to exprefs wrath ...
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... Thefe are indeed the foundations of all folid merit , both in fpeaking and writing , Many fubjects require nothing more ; and thofe which admit of ornament , admit it only as a fecondary requifite . To ftudy and to know our own genius ...
... Thefe are indeed the foundations of all folid merit , both in fpeaking and writing , Many fubjects require nothing more ; and thofe which admit of ornament , admit it only as a fecondary requifite . To ftudy and to know our own genius ...
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... thefe general characters of Style which we are now to confider . Dionyfius of Halicarnaf fus divides them into three kinds ; and calls them the Auftere , the Florid , and the Middle . By the Auftere , he means a Style distinguished I ...
... thefe general characters of Style which we are now to confider . Dionyfius of Halicarnaf fus divides them into three kinds ; and calls them the Auftere , the Florid , and the Middle . By the Auftere , he means a Style distinguished I ...
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