The Practical Elements of Rhetoric: With Illustrative Examples 1887 |
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Page 186
... character for granted , and then from his character to infer the moral quality of all his actions , is surely a process the very reverse of that which is recommended in the Novum Organum . Nothing , we are sure , could have led Mr ...
... character for granted , and then from his character to infer the moral quality of all his actions , is surely a process the very reverse of that which is recommended in the Novum Organum . Nothing , we are sure , could have led Mr ...
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... character , number , and minuteness , depend principally on this . A river fifteen rods away would not have been described as " like a silver thread running through the landscape , " if the writer had been mindful of his point of view ...
... character , number , and minuteness , depend principally on this . A river fifteen rods away would not have been described as " like a silver thread running through the landscape , " if the writer had been mindful of his point of view ...
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... character , and they would none of it . Unjust judgment , perhaps , but it was natural retribu- tion . Some men's only refuge is a funny debate . - In Sagacity and Tact . Besides the general qualifications of character , which are to be ...
... character , and they would none of it . Unjust judgment , perhaps , but it was natural retribu- tion . Some men's only refuge is a funny debate . - In Sagacity and Tact . Besides the general qualifications of character , which are to be ...
Contents
Definition of Rhetoric | 1 |
Style in General | 13 |
Diction | 27 |
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