 | George Campbell - 1801 - 404 pages
...wherein the thought is comprised, the more energetic is the expression. Accordingly we shall find, that the very same sentiment expressed diffusely,...borough of Appleby, is an excellent illustration of this doctrine. " I have been bullied," says her ladyship," by an usur" per, I have been neglected by a court,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 540 pages
...have excited a more general admiration ; the reason of which is thus explained by Dr. Campbell, in his " Philosophy of Rhetoric." "We shall find," says...borough of Appleby, is an excellent illustration of this doctrine. — If we consider the meaning, there is mention made of two facts, which it was impossible... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 542 pages
...have excited a more general admiration ; the reason of which is thus explained by Dr. Campbell, in his " Philosophy of Rhetoric." " We shall find," says...borough of Appleby, is an excellent illustration of this doctrine. — If we consider the meaning, there is mention made of two facts, which it was impossible... | |
 | John Platts - 1826 - 882 pages
...letter has excited a general admiration ; the reason of which is thus explained by Dr. Campbell, in his " Philosophy of Rhetoric." " We shall find," says...expressed concisely, will be admired as spirited." Mr. Pennant characterizes lady Anne Clifford as the most eminent person of her age for intellectual... | |
 | Richard Whately - 1833 - 376 pages
...words is, wherein the thought is comprised, the more energetic is the expression. Accordingly, we find that the very same sentiment expressed diffusely,...expressed concisely, will be admired as spirited." He afterwards remarks, that though a languid redundancy of words is in all cases to be avoided, the... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1834 - 524 pages
...letter has excited a general admiration; the reason of which is thus explained by Dr. Campbell, in his " Philosophy of Rhetoric." " We shall find," says...expressed concisely, will be admired as spirited." Mr. Pennant characterises lady Anne Clifford as the most eminent person of her age for intellectual... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1836 - 526 pages
...reason of which is thus explained by Dr. Campbell, in his " Philosophy of Rhetoric." " We shall fmd," says he, " that the very same sentiment expressed...expressed concisely, will be admired as spirited." Mr. Pennant characterises lady Anne Clifford as the most eminent person of her age for intellectual... | |
 | Richard Whately - 1839 - 372 pages
...words is, wherein the thought is comprised, the more energetic is the expression. Accordingly, we find that the very same sentiment expressed diffusely,...expressed concisely, will be admired as spirited." He afterwards remarks, that though a languid redundancy of words is in all cases to be avoided, the... | |
 | George Campbell - 1840 - 450 pages
...wherein the thought is comprised, the more energetic is the expression. Accordingly we shall find, that the very same sentiment expressed diffusely,...borough of Appleby, is an excellent illustration of this doctrine. " I have been bullied," says her ladyship, " by an usurper, I have been neglected by a court,... | |
 | Richard Whately (abp. of Dublin.) - 1841 - 558 pages
...words is, wherein the thought is comprised, the more energetic is the expression. Accordingly, we find that the very same sentiment expressed diffusely,...expressed concisely, will be admired as spirited." He afterwards remarks, that though a languid redundancy of words is in all cases to be avoided, the... | |
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To recur to examples : the famous answer returned by the Countess of Dorset to the letter of Sir Joseph Williamson, secretary of state to Charles the Second, nominating to her a member for the borough of Appleby, is an excellent illustration of this doctrine.... 
