The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... already * , reputable , national , and present use , in that language . BUT it is with the expression as with the sentiment , it is not enough to the orator that both be true . A sentence may be a just exhibition , according to the ...
... already * , reputable , national , and present use , in that language . BUT it is with the expression as with the sentiment , it is not enough to the orator that both be true . A sentence may be a just exhibition , according to the ...
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... already treated , but it is not in this respect only that it resembles it . Both are best illustrated by shewing the different ways wherein they may be lost . It is for these reasons that , though per- spicuity be more properly a ...
... already treated , but it is not in this respect only that it resembles it . Both are best illustrated by shewing the different ways wherein they may be lost . It is for these reasons that , though per- spicuity be more properly a ...
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... already . PART II .... From bad Arrangement . ANOTHER Source of obscurity is a bad arrangement of the words . In this case , the construction is not * Guardian , No. 53 . ** Of perspicuity . sufficiently clear . One often , Chap . VI ...
... already . PART II .... From bad Arrangement . ANOTHER Source of obscurity is a bad arrangement of the words . In this case , the construction is not * Guardian , No. 53 . ** Of perspicuity . sufficiently clear . One often , Chap . VI ...
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... already made , and shall probably hereafter make , on the sub- ject of language . The elements which enter into the composition of the hugest bodies are subtile and in- considerable . The rudiments of every art and science exhibit at ...
... already made , and shall probably hereafter make , on the sub- ject of language . The elements which enter into the composition of the hugest bodies are subtile and in- considerable . The rudiments of every art and science exhibit at ...
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... already " handled , I mean the naked bosoms of our British " ladies * " Sometimes , indeed , a thing like this may be said archly and of design , in which case it falls not under this animadversion . Ir was remarked above , that there ...
... already " handled , I mean the naked bosoms of our British " ladies * " Sometimes , indeed , a thing like this may be said archly and of design , in which case it falls not under this animadversion . Ir was remarked above , that there ...
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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