Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 3A. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1798 - English language |
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... refpect to errors . committed here , as in Philofophy . For the uni- verfal feeling of mankind is the natural feeling ; and because it is the natural , it is , for that reason , the right feeling . The reputation of the Iliad and the ...
... refpect to errors . committed here , as in Philofophy . For the uni- verfal feeling of mankind is the natural feeling ; and because it is the natural , it is , for that reason , the right feeling . The reputation of the Iliad and the ...
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... refpect , is not unjust.- Θεκυδίδης μεν τοις χρόνοις ἀκολέθων , Ἡρίδοτος δε ταις περιοχες των πραγμάτων , γίγνεται Θεκυδίδες ασαφης και δυσπαρακολεθητος " πολλών γαρ κατα το αυτο θερος και χειμωνα γιγιωμένων εν διαφοραίς τοπόις ...
... refpect , is not unjust.- Θεκυδίδης μεν τοις χρόνοις ἀκολέθων , Ἡρίδοτος δε ταις περιοχες των πραγμάτων , γίγνεται Θεκυδίδες ασαφης και δυσπαρακολεθητος " πολλών γαρ κατα το αυτο θερος και χειμωνα γιγιωμένων εν διαφοραίς τοπόις ...
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... that he fhould discover fentiments of refpe & t for virtue , and an indignation at flagrant vice . To appear neutral and indifferent with refpect to good and bad ་ XXXVI . bad characters , and to affect a 44 HISTORICAL WRITING .
... that he fhould discover fentiments of refpe & t for virtue , and an indignation at flagrant vice . To appear neutral and indifferent with refpect to good and bad ་ XXXVI . bad characters , and to affect a 44 HISTORICAL WRITING .
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... refpect both to fingle words , and the construction of Sentences , we may be convinced that this is a ftudy which demands con- fiderable attention to the rules of Style , and good Writing . Beyond mere perfpicuity , ftrict accu- racy ...
... refpect both to fingle words , and the construction of Sentences , we may be convinced that this is a ftudy which demands con- fiderable attention to the rules of Style , and good Writing . Beyond mere perfpicuity , ftrict accu- racy ...
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... refpect . The liberty , befides , of writing .Letters with too carelefs a hand , is apt to be- tray perfons into imprudence in what they write . The first requifite , both in converfation and cor- refpondence , is to attend to all the ...
... refpect . The liberty , befides , of writing .Letters with too carelefs a hand , is apt to be- tray perfons into imprudence in what they write . The first requifite , both in converfation and cor- refpondence , is to attend to all the ...
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