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... method ; which being attended to , the most ordi- nary mind may attain success , and being neglected , the greatest genius will fail . Narrative includes the laws of Historical Compo- sition , and these I have dwelt upon with some ...
... method ; which being attended to , the most ordi- nary mind may attain success , and being neglected , the greatest genius will fail . Narrative includes the laws of Historical Compo- sition , and these I have dwelt upon with some ...
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... methods to be observed in rendering expository style as easy as the subjects will allow , are worthy of a full consideration . Oratory , or Persuasion , is the original subject of the Rhetorical art , and its rules were highly ...
... methods to be observed in rendering expository style as easy as the subjects will allow , are worthy of a full consideration . Oratory , or Persuasion , is the original subject of the Rhetorical art , and its rules were highly ...
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... method than to prescribe passages containing good mat- ter , but in some respects imperfectly worded , to be amended according to the laws and the proprieties of style . Our older writers might be extensively , although not exclusively ...
... method than to prescribe passages containing good mat- ter , but in some respects imperfectly worded , to be amended according to the laws and the proprieties of style . Our older writers might be extensively , although not exclusively ...
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... methods combined , .. PAGE 187 187 188 188 188 188 189 190 .... 51. The Complex Notion Defined by Analysis . — The Verbal Definition , 190 52. The scholastic definition a form of Analysis ,. 192 53. The other methods superadded to ...
... methods combined , .. PAGE 187 187 188 188 188 188 189 190 .... 51. The Complex Notion Defined by Analysis . — The Verbal Definition , 190 52. The scholastic definition a form of Analysis ,. 192 53. The other methods superadded to ...
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... methods of Proof ,. 237 238 238 107. Kind of Refutation called Argumentum ad hominem ,. 108. Exposure of defective Arguments from Analogy ,. 109. Debate often turns on opposing Probabilities ,. 110. Throwing the Burden of Proof on the ...
... methods of Proof ,. 237 238 238 107. Kind of Refutation called Argumentum ad hominem ,. 108. Exposure of defective Arguments from Analogy ,. 109. Debate often turns on opposing Probabilities ,. 110. Throwing the Burden of Proof on the ...
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