But yet if we would speak of things as they are, we must allow that all the art of rhetoric, besides order and clearness, all the artificial and figurative application of words eloquence hath invented, are for nothing else but to insinuate wrong ideas,... An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - Page 41by John Locke - 1805 - 510 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Locke - 1801 - 398 pages
...knowledge, figurative speeches and also an abuse allusion in language will hardly be admitted of language. as an imperfection or abuse of it. I confess, in discourses...would speak of things as they are, we must allow that all the art of rhetbrick, besides order and clearness, all the artificial and figurative application... | |
| Charles Edward De Coetlogon - Christianity - 1807 - 588 pages
...Salvation, as the Recipients, or Subjects, of divine Grace*? language, can scarce pass for faults. But, if we would speak of things, as they are, we must allow, that all the art of Rhetoric, besides Order and Clearness — all the artificial application of Eloquence... | |
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...as the Recipients, or Subjects, of , divine Grace * ? , language, can scarce pass for faults. But, if we would speak of things, as they are, we must allow, that all the art of Rhetoric, besides Order and Clearness— z\\ the artificial application of Eloquence... | |
| John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1808 - 346 pages
...dry Truth and real Knowledge, figurative speeches, and allusion in Language, will hardly be admitted as an imperfection or abuse of it. I confess, in discourses,...and delight than information and improvement, such x>rnaments as are borrowed from them, can scarce pass for faults. But yet, if we would speak of things... | |
| John Locke - 1816 - 1048 pages
...of allusion in language will hardly be admit- lanS''«S<^ ted as an imperfection or abuse of it. 1 confess in discourses where we seek rather pleasure...would speak of things as they are, we must allow that all the art of rhetoric, besides order and clearness, all the artificial and figurative, application... | |
| John Locke - Philosophy, Modern - 1823 - 426 pages
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| John Locke - 1824 - 518 pages
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| John Locke - 1828 - 436 pages
...of j^d real knowledge, figurative speeches anguage' and allusion in language will hardly be admitted as an imperfection or abuse of it. I confess, in discourses...would speak of things as they are, we must allow that all the art of rhetoric, besides order and clearness, all the artificial and figurative application... | |
| John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1828 - 602 pages
...dry truth and real knowledge, figurative speeches, and allusion in language, will hardly be admitted as an imperfection or abuse of it. I confess, in discourses,...would speak of things as they are we must allow, that all the art of rhetoric, besides order and clearness, all the artificial and figurative application... | |
| John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1828 - 424 pages
...speeches nguage. and allusion in language will hardly be admitted as an imperfection or abuse of it. T confess, in discourses where we seek rather pleasure...would speak of things as they are, we must allow that all the art of rhetoric, besides, order and clearness, all the artificial and figurative application... | |
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