The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... admits them ; but every sentence ought to be perspicuous . The effect of all the other qualities of style is lost with- out this . This being to the understanding what light is to the eye , ought to be diffused over the whole per ...
... admits them ; but every sentence ought to be perspicuous . The effect of all the other qualities of style is lost with- out this . This being to the understanding what light is to the eye , ought to be diffused over the whole per ...
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... unless when it is emphatical . But the idiom of most modern tongues , English and French particularly , will Of perspicuity . seldom admit such ellipsis * . In A 4 Chap . V1 . RHETORIC . 7 SECT I The obscure Párt I From defect.
... unless when it is emphatical . But the idiom of most modern tongues , English and French particularly , will Of perspicuity . seldom admit such ellipsis * . In A 4 Chap . V1 . RHETORIC . 7 SECT I The obscure Párt I From defect.
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George Campbell. Of perspicuity . seldom admit such ellipsis * . In Italian and Spanish , they are pretty frequent . OFTEN , indeed , the affectation of conciseness , often the rapidity of thought natural to some writers , will 16 * The ...
George Campbell. Of perspicuity . seldom admit such ellipsis * . In Italian and Spanish , they are pretty frequent . OFTEN , indeed , the affectation of conciseness , often the rapidity of thought natural to some writers , will 16 * The ...
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... admits a dif- ferent sense in each acceptation : Not only Jesuits can equivocate * . If the word only is here an adverb , the sense is , " To Ibid . No. 627 . Spect . No. 19 . Dryden's Hind and Panther . 66 Sect . II . The double ...
... admits a dif- ferent sense in each acceptation : Not only Jesuits can equivocate * . If the word only is here an adverb , the sense is , " To Ibid . No. 627 . Spect . No. 19 . Dryden's Hind and Panther . 66 Sect . II . The double ...
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... admit a construction which , though naturally equivo- cal , is fixed by the connection , as to admit an equi- vocal term , the sense whereof is in this manner ascer- tained . Of an ambiguity thus removed , the follow- ing will serve for ...
... admit a construction which , though naturally equivo- cal , is fixed by the connection , as to admit an equi- vocal term , the sense whereof is in this manner ascer- tained . Of an ambiguity thus removed , the follow- ing will serve for ...
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adjectives adverb ambiguity anapest antithesis antonomasia appear arrangement better catachresis cause Chap choice of words clauses Complex sentences composition conducive to vivacity conjunctions connectives employed connexive consequence considered as sounds copulative denominated denote discourse doth effect ellipsis employed in combining English equivocal example exhibit expression figure former French give guage hath hearer ideas idiom imagine imitation instance justly kind language Latin manner meaning metaphor metonymy mind modern nature necessary nonsense noun object obscurity observed occasion offences against brevity Paradise Lost particle particular passage periphrasis perspicuity phrases pleonasm preceding preposition principles pronoun proper terms properly propriety reason regard relation remark rendered sense sensible sentiment serve signify signs Simple sentences sometimes speak speaker species Spect spondee style substantive syllables synecdoché Tatler tautology tence ther things thought tion tive tongue translation verb verse vivacity as depending wherein writer