But the genus as a whole is properly characterized by its origin in philosophy. Its function is to express individual variances of experience in contrast with the general and communal ideas which the open design of the oratorical style is so well adapted... Studies in Philology - Pagina 881921Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1923 - 434 pagina’s
...the genus humile. A style of this general character would naturally have many particular forms. . . But the genus as a whole is properly characterized...Its function is to express individual variances of experiences in contrast with the general and communal ideas which the open design of the oratorical... | |
 | Bernard Mandeville - 1975 - 246 pagina’s
...such a mode is urbane self-revelation. As Morris Croll described it: Its function is to express the individual variances of experience in contrast with...oratorical style is so well adapted to contain. Its idiom is that of conversation or adapted from it, in order that it may flow into and fill up all the... | |
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