Preface

pp iii-x

Contents

pp xi-xvi

INTRODUCTION

pp 1-24

BOOK I - The Nature and Foundations of Eloquence

CHAP. I - Eloquence in the largest acceptation defined, its more general Forms exhibited, with their different Objects, Ends and Characters

pp 25-41

CHAP. II - Of Wit, Humour, and Ridicule

pp 41-83

CHAP. III - The Doctrine of the preceding Chapter defended

pp 83-95

CHAP. IV - Of the Relation which Eloquence bears to Logic and to Grammar

pp 95-102

CHAP. V - Of the different Sources of Evidence and the different Subjects to which they are respectively adapted

pp 103-163

CHAP. VI - Of the Nature and Use of the scholastic Art of syllogizing

pp 163-185

CHAP. VII - Of the Consideration which the Speaker ought to have of the Hearers as Men in general

pp 186-239

CHAP. VIII - Of the Consideration which the Speaker ought to have of the Hearers as such Men in particular

pp 240-242

CHAP. IX - Of the consideration which the Speaker ought to have of himself

pp 242-248

CHAP. X - The different kinds of public speaking in use among the moderns, compared, with a view to their different advantages in respect of eloquence

pp 248-277

CHAP. XI - Of the cause of that pleasure which we receive from objects or representations that excite pity and other painful feelings

pp 277-338

BOOK II - The Foundations and essential Properties of Elocution

CHAP. I - The Nature and Characters of the Use which gives Law to Language

pp 339-366

CHAP. II - The nature and use of verbal criticism with its principal canons

pp 367-406

CHAP. III - Of grammatical purity

pp 407-488

CHAP. IV - Some grammatical doubts in regard to English construction stated and examined

pp 488-511

ERRATA

pp 512-512