The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... better and pledge to be better Whigs than we now are , even in the day of our Country's trial , and it may be our Country's triumph too . But , gentlemen , I regret to add that a severe attack of disease , which commenced before I left ...
... better and pledge to be better Whigs than we now are , even in the day of our Country's trial , and it may be our Country's triumph too . But , gentlemen , I regret to add that a severe attack of disease , which commenced before I left ...
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... shewing the different ways wherein they may be lost . It is for these reasons that , though per- spicuity be more properly a rhetorical than a gramima- Of perspicuity . tical quality , I thought it better A 3 Chap . VI . 5 RHETORIC .
... shewing the different ways wherein they may be lost . It is for these reasons that , though per- spicuity be more properly a rhetorical than a gramima- Of perspicuity . tical quality , I thought it better A 3 Chap . VI . 5 RHETORIC .
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George Campbell. Of perspicuity . tical quality , I thought it better to include it in this book , which treats of the foundations and essential or universal properties of elocution , than to class it with those which are purely ...
George Campbell. Of perspicuity . tical quality , I thought it better to include it in this book , which treats of the foundations and essential or universal properties of elocution , than to class it with those which are purely ...
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... better than " the bar * . " The pronoun which is here thrice used in three several senses ; and it must require reflection to discover , that the first denotes an air , the second sufficiency and knowledge , and the third motions of the ...
... better than " the bar * . " The pronoun which is here thrice used in three several senses ; and it must require reflection to discover , that the first denotes an air , the second sufficiency and knowledge , and the third motions of the ...
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... since continued ) the worst " school in England for that accomplishment ; and so " will remain , till better care be taken in the educa- * Essay i . Sect . 2 . . Of perspicuity . " tion of our young nobility , B4 Chap . VI . 23 J RHETORIC .
... since continued ) the worst " school in England for that accomplishment ; and so " will remain , till better care be taken in the educa- * Essay i . Sect . 2 . . Of perspicuity . " tion of our young nobility , B4 Chap . VI . 23 J RHETORIC .
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