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A Course of Lectures on Oratory and Criticism

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Joseph Priestley

William Hallhead, 1781 - 374 pages

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THE INTRODUCTION and	1

Of the Nature and Ufe of TOPICS	8

Of UNIVERSAL TOPICS	14

Of particular TOPICS and	23

Of AMPLIFICATION	31

PART II	39

Of METHOD in Argumentative	49

Of the feveral Parts of a proper	57

A general Account of the Pleafure	162

Of NOVELTY	174

Of the SUBLIME	181

Of the Nature of METAPHORS	216

Rules for the Use of META	224

Of CONTRAST in general	235

Of BURLESQUE PARODY	252

Of RIDDLES PUNS and	266

Of the ANALYTIC METHOD	66

Of the METHOD of Mr Humes	73

Of TASTE and the Nature of	85

The Divifion of this Part of	95

Of the Tendency of ſtrong Emoti	106

Of the Influence of the Paffions	116

Of Forms of Addreſs adapted to gain	127

Of OBJECTIONS SUPPRESSION	137

LECT XVII Of the PLEASURES OF IMA	148

Of METONYMY	276

Of the HYPERBOLE and BOM	288

Of PERSONIFICATION	295

Of IMITATION and the Satif	311

Of CLIMAX and the Order	329

Of PERSPICUITY in Style	336

Of the Refemblance between	346

Of HARMONY in VERSE	356

Of HARMONY in PROSE	369

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Joseph Priestley
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Title	A Course of Lectures on Oratory and Criticism
Author	Joseph Priestley
Publisher	William Hallhead, 1781
Original from	The British Library
Digitized	20 Jun 2017
Length	374 pages

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