Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, in the Strand, and W. Creech, in Edinburgh, 1790 |
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... thefe Lectures is en- tirely his own . At the fame time , he availed himself of the ideas and reflections of others , as far as he thought them proper to be adopted . To proceed in this manner , was his duty as a Public Profeffor . It ...
... thefe Lectures is en- tirely his own . At the fame time , he availed himself of the ideas and reflections of others , as far as he thought them proper to be adopted . To proceed in this manner , was his duty as a Public Profeffor . It ...
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... thefe , as in most other talents fhe bestows , he has left much to be wrought out by every man's own induftry . So confpicuous have been the ef- fects of study and improvement in every part of eloquence ; fuch remarkable examples have ...
... thefe , as in most other talents fhe bestows , he has left much to be wrought out by every man's own induftry . So confpicuous have been the ef- fects of study and improvement in every part of eloquence ; fuch remarkable examples have ...
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... thefe may not always be durable , they are at least to be ranked among the means of difpofing the heart to virtue . One thing is certain , and I fhall hereafter have occafion to illuftrate it more fully , that , without poffeffing the ...
... thefe may not always be durable , they are at least to be ranked among the means of difpofing the heart to virtue . One thing is certain , and I fhall hereafter have occafion to illuftrate it more fully , that , without poffeffing the ...
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... thefe be less the fubject of cultivation than any of our other faculties . We fee how acute the senses become in perfons whose trade or bufinefs leads to nice exertions of them . Touch , for instance , becomes infinitely more exquifite ...
... thefe be less the fubject of cultivation than any of our other faculties . We fee how acute the senses become in perfons whose trade or bufinefs leads to nice exertions of them . Touch , for instance , becomes infinitely more exquifite ...
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... thefe ? Is there any thing that can be called a standard of Tafte , by appealing to which we may dif tinguish between a good and a bad Tafte ? Or , is there in truth no fuch distinction ; and are we to hold that , according to the ...
... thefe ? Is there any thing that can be called a standard of Tafte , by appealing to which we may dif tinguish between a good and a bad Tafte ? Or , is there in truth no fuch distinction ; and are we to hold that , according to the ...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint) Hugh Blair No preview available - 2018 |
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