The Philosophy of Rhetoric

William Baynes and Son, 1823 - English language - 447 pages

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Of Wit Humor and Ridicule	20

Of ridicule	34

The Doctrine of the preceding Chapter defended	41

Of the different Sources of Evidence and the dif	49

Of deductive evidence	58

The superiority of scientific evidence reex	73

Of the Consideration which the Speaker ought	87

Some Grammatical Doubts in regard to English	227

Of the Qualities of Style strictly rhetorical	237

From too artificial a Structure of the Sentence	248

The Unintelligible	268

The extensive Usefulness of Perspicuity	299

May there not be an excess of Perspicuity?	309

Vivacity	328

The use of those Tropes which are obstructive	339

Title	The Philosophy of Rhetoric
Author	George Campbell
Edition	7
Publisher	William Baynes and Son, 1823
Original from	the Complutense University of Madrid
Digitized	Oct 24, 2008
Length	447 pages

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Proximity of time	103

The different kinds of Public Speaking in	116

In regard to the Occasion	124

Of the cause of that Pleasure which we receive	130

The third Hypothesis	133

The Nature and Use of Verbal Criticism with	171

Canon the third	177

Of Grammatical Purity	190

By the use of good Words new modelled	196

The Impropriety	212

Words considered as Sounds	346

Of Vivacity as depending on the number of	361

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Of Vivacity as depending on the Arrangement	381

Complex Sentences	394

Observations on Periods and on the use of	402

Review of what has been deduced above in	414

Of other Connectives	422

Modern languages compared with Greek and	430

Observations on the manner of using the connec	436