Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1A. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1798 - English language |
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... those decorations was formed into a regular art . BUT , among nations in a civilized state , no art has been cultivated with more care , than that of language , ftyle , and compofition . The attention paid to it may , indeed , be ...
... those decorations was formed into a regular art . BUT , among nations in a civilized state , no art has been cultivated with more care , than that of language , ftyle , and compofition . The attention paid to it may , indeed , be ...
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... those who perufe the following Lectures , fome , in confequence either of their profeffion , or of their prevailing inclination , may have the view of being employed in compofition , or in public speak- ing . Others , without any ...
... those who perufe the following Lectures , fome , in confequence either of their profeffion , or of their prevailing inclination , may have the view of being employed in compofition , or in public speak- ing . Others , without any ...
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... those treasures , than fuch as poffefs not half his store , but who can display what they poffefs with more propriety . Neither are these attainments of that kind for which we are indebted to nature merely . Nature has , indeed ...
... those treasures , than fuch as poffefs not half his store , but who can display what they poffefs with more propriety . Neither are these attainments of that kind for which we are indebted to nature merely . Nature has , indeed ...
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... WHEN We name criticifing , prejudices may per- haps arife , of the fame kind with those which I mentioned before with refpect to rhetoric . As rhetoric I. LECT . rhetoric has been fometimes thought to fignify INTRODUCTION .
... WHEN We name criticifing , prejudices may per- haps arife , of the fame kind with those which I mentioned before with refpect to rhetoric . As rhetoric I. LECT . rhetoric has been fometimes thought to fignify INTRODUCTION .
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... those fashionable topics of discourse , and there , by enabling us to fupport a proper rank in focial life . BUT I fhould be forry if we could not reft the merit of fuch ftudies on fomewhat of folid and intrinsical I. intrinfical ufe ...
... those fashionable topics of discourse , and there , by enabling us to fupport a proper rank in focial life . BUT I fhould be forry if we could not reft the merit of fuch ftudies on fomewhat of folid and intrinsical I. intrinfical ufe ...
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