The Philosophy of Rhetoric: Volume 1

Preface; Introduction; Part I. The Nature and Foundations of Eloquence: 1. Eloquence in the largest acceptation defined; 2. Of wit, humour, and ridicule; 3. The doctrine of the preceding chapter defended; 4. Of the relation which eloquence bears to logic and to grammar; 5. Of the different sources of evidence, and the different subjects to which they are respectively adapted; 6. Of the nature and use of the scholastic art of syllogising; 7. Of the consideration which the speaker ought to have of the hearers as men in general; 8. Of the consideration which the speaker ought to have of the hearers as men in particular; 9. Of the consideration which the speaker ought to have of himself; 10. The different kinds of public speaking in use among the moderns, compared, with a view to their different advantages in respect of eloquence; 11. Of the cause of that pleasure which we receive from objects or representations that excite pity and other painful feelings; Part II. The Foundations and Essential Properties of Elocution: 1. The nature and characters of the use which gives law to languages; 2. The nature and use of verbal criticism, with its principal canons; 3. Of grammatical purity; 4. Some grammatical doubts in regard to English construction stated and examined.