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Page 127
... arguing too , the parson own'd his skill , " For ev'n though vanquish'd he could argue still ; " While words of learned length , and thund'ring sound , " Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around ; " And still they gaz'd , and still the ...
... arguing too , the parson own'd his skill , " For ev'n though vanquish'd he could argue still ; " While words of learned length , and thund'ring sound , " Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around ; " And still they gaz'd , and still the ...
Page 158
... argument and description ; in the first clearness only , in the other ornament also . When a man wears the dress of a person above his rank he is always accounted a vain coxcomb : so when mean sen- timents 158 METAPHORS .
... argument and description ; in the first clearness only , in the other ornament also . When a man wears the dress of a person above his rank he is always accounted a vain coxcomb : so when mean sen- timents 158 METAPHORS .
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... argument . In oratorical compositions you must also adapt your discourse to the generality of your au- dience : nothing can be more absurd than to use extravagant phrases , or unknown words , before an unlearned multitude ; the ignorant ...
... argument . In oratorical compositions you must also adapt your discourse to the generality of your au- dience : nothing can be more absurd than to use extravagant phrases , or unknown words , before an unlearned multitude ; the ignorant ...
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... argument is strictly synthetical , and even geometrical . The author begins with definitions and axioms , such as are employed by geometricians ; he lays down formal pro- positions , and advances such proof as the na- ture of the case ...
... argument is strictly synthetical , and even geometrical . The author begins with definitions and axioms , such as are employed by geometricians ; he lays down formal pro- positions , and advances such proof as the na- ture of the case ...
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... arguments themselves . The Republic of Plato is a very celebrated work ; and a short abstract , or rather outline , of it , may possibly entertain you . The work is in dialogue ; but as there is only one principal speaker , Socrates ...
... arguments themselves . The Republic of Plato is a very celebrated work ; and a short abstract , or rather outline , of it , may possibly entertain you . The work is in dialogue ; but as there is only one principal speaker , Socrates ...
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