The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... appear extremely faulty . It may , nevertheless , be obscure , it may be languid , it may be inelegant , it may be flat , it may be unmusical . It is not ultimate- ly the justness either of the thought or of the expres- sion , which is ...
... appear extremely faulty . It may , nevertheless , be obscure , it may be languid , it may be inelegant , it may be flat , it may be unmusical . It is not ultimate- ly the justness either of the thought or of the expres- sion , which is ...
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... appears , that besides purity , which is a quality entirely grammatical , the five simple and o- riginal qualities of style , considered as an object to the understanding , the imagination , the passions , and the ear , are perspicuity ...
... appears , that besides purity , which is a quality entirely grammatical , the five simple and o- riginal qualities of style , considered as an object to the understanding , the imagination , the passions , and the ear , are perspicuity ...
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... appears at first to belong to the former part of the sentence , and is afterwards found to belong to the latter . In all the above in- stances of bad arrangement , there is what may be justly termed a constructive ambiguity ; that is ...
... appears at first to belong to the former part of the sentence , and is afterwards found to belong to the latter . In all the above in- stances of bad arrangement , there is what may be justly termed a constructive ambiguity ; that is ...
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... appear to him , on the first glance , a flat contradic- tion , Perspicuously either thus , " who may give more " numerous , but cannot give more evident signs- , " or thus , " who may give more , but cannot give clear- 66 er signs ...
... appear to him , on the first glance , a flat contradic- tion , Perspicuously either thus , " who may give more " numerous , but cannot give more evident signs- , " or thus , " who may give more , but cannot give clear- 66 er signs ...
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... appear at first to what they refer . Of this fault I shall give the three following instances : " There are other exam- 66 ples , " says Bolingbroke , " of the same kind , which " cannot be brought without the utmost horror , be ...
... appear at first to what they refer . Of this fault I shall give the three following instances : " There are other exam- 66 ples , " says Bolingbroke , " of the same kind , which " cannot be brought without the utmost horror , be ...
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