The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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Page 14
... attention from the reader , or the speak- er from the hearer , than is absolutely necessary ? It ought to be remembered , that whatever application we must give to the words , is , in fact , so much de- ducted from what we owe to the ...
... attention from the reader , or the speak- er from the hearer , than is absolutely necessary ? It ought to be remembered , that whatever application we must give to the words , is , in fact , so much de- ducted from what we owe to the ...
Page 15
... attention is immediately taken off the ob- ject , to the medium . We are then desirous to dis- cover the cause , either of the dim and confused repre- sentation , or of the misrepresentation of things which it exhibits , that so the ...
... attention is immediately taken off the ob- ject , to the medium . We are then desirous to dis- cover the cause , either of the dim and confused repre- sentation , or of the misrepresentation of things which it exhibits , that so the ...
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... attention to the ensu- ing rules may have its utility . If the first noun fol . lows an article , or a preposition , or both , the article or the preposition , or both , should be repeated before the second , when the two nouns are ...
... attention to the ensu- ing rules may have its utility . If the first noun fol . lows an article , or a preposition , or both , the article or the preposition , or both , should be repeated before the second , when the two nouns are ...
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... attention in a sentence ; the regimen of that accusative hath but a secondary value ; it is regarded only as explanatory of the for- mer , or at most as an appendage to it . This consi- deration doth not affect those only who understand ...
... attention in a sentence ; the regimen of that accusative hath but a secondary value ; it is regarded only as explanatory of the for- mer , or at most as an appendage to it . This consi- deration doth not affect those only who understand ...
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... attention will discover , " that it is not necessary ( even in the strictest reason- ings ) significant names which stand for ideas , should , every time they are used , excite in the understand- ing , the ideas they are made to stand ...
... attention will discover , " that it is not necessary ( even in the strictest reason- ings ) significant names which stand for ideas , should , every time they are used , excite in the understand- ing , the ideas they are made to stand ...
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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