Elements of Rhetoric: Comprising the Substance of the Article in the Encyclopædia Metropolitana with Additions, &cJ. Munroe, 1842 - 347 pages |
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... contrary , to which more attention appears to have been paid , and in which greater proficiency is supposed to have been made , in the earliest days of Science and Literature , than at any Aristotle . subsequent period . Among the ...
... contrary , to which more attention appears to have been paid , and in which greater proficiency is supposed to have been made , in the earliest days of Science and Literature , than at any Aristotle . subsequent period . Among the ...
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... contrary , the state of these questions seems nearly reversed . It seems gen- erally admitted that skill in Composition and in Speak- ing , liable as it evidently is to abuse , is to be considered , on the whole , as advantageous to the ...
... contrary , the state of these questions seems nearly reversed . It seems gen- erally admitted that skill in Composition and in Speak- ing , liable as it evidently is to abuse , is to be considered , on the whole , as advantageous to the ...
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... contrary , the tyro has usually a harder task assigned him , and one in which he is less likely to succeed , than he will meet with in the actual business of life . For it is undeniable that it is much the most difficult to find either ...
... contrary , the tyro has usually a harder task assigned him , and one in which he is less likely to succeed , than he will meet with in the actual business of life . For it is undeniable that it is much the most difficult to find either ...
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... contrary , these two kinds of Sequence are combined ; i . e . the Conclu- sion which follows logically from the premiss , is also the Effect following physically from it as a Cause ; a Gen- eral's skill , e . g . being both the Cause ...
... contrary , these two kinds of Sequence are combined ; i . e . the Conclu- sion which follows logically from the premiss , is also the Effect following physically from it as a Cause ; a Gen- eral's skill , e . g . being both the Cause ...
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... contrary we are autho- rized to conclude , that those notions would be most cor- rect , which men would entertain , whose knowledge , in- telligence , and intellectual cultivation should have reach- ed comparatively the highest pitch of ...
... contrary we are autho- rized to conclude , that those notions would be most cor- rect , which men would entertain , whose knowledge , in- telligence , and intellectual cultivation should have reach- ed comparatively the highest pitch of ...
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