Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 2Messrs. Whitestone, Colles, Burnet, 1783 |
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... racter of a concife , or of a more open and diffuse Style , may poffefs much beauty in his compofition , Fok illuftrations of these general cha racters , I can only refer to the writers who are examples of them . It is not so much from ...
... racter of a concife , or of a more open and diffuse Style , may poffefs much beauty in his compofition , Fok illuftrations of these general cha racters , I can only refer to the writers who are examples of them . It is not so much from ...
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... racter which a writer affects throughout his whole composition , great weight of matter , and great force of fentiment , are required , in order to keep up the reader's attention , and prevent him from tiring of the author . WHAT is ...
... racter which a writer affects throughout his whole composition , great weight of matter , and great force of fentiment , are required , in order to keep up the reader's attention , and prevent him from tiring of the author . WHAT is ...
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... racter . Thus Milton is fimple in the midft of all his grandeur ; and Demofthenes in the midst of all his vehemence . To grave and folemn writings , Simplicity of man- ner adds the more venerable air . Accord- ingly , this has often ...
... racter . Thus Milton is fimple in the midft of all his grandeur ; and Demofthenes in the midst of all his vehemence . To grave and folemn writings , Simplicity of man- ner adds the more venerable air . Accord- ingly , this has often ...
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... racter of Mr. Addifon's Style and manner , as natural and unaffected , eafy and polite , and full of thofe graces which a flowery imagi- nation diffufes over writing . At the fame time , though one of the most beautiful wri- ters in the ...
... racter of Mr. Addifon's Style and manner , as natural and unaffected , eafy and polite , and full of thofe graces which a flowery imagi- nation diffufes over writing . At the fame time , though one of the most beautiful wri- ters in the ...
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... racter , and fets him above all others . He appears to attend much more to things than to words . We forget the orator , and think of the business . He warms the mind , and impels e ་ XXV . impels to action . He has 47 190 DEMOSTHENES .
... racter , and fets him above all others . He appears to attend much more to things than to words . We forget the orator , and think of the business . He warms the mind , and impels e ་ XXV . impels to action . He has 47 190 DEMOSTHENES .
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