The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... choice of words Proper terms . 135 .. 136 SECT . II . Rhetorical tropes 151 Part I. Part II . I. The less for the more general ... Preliminary observations concerning tropes ... ib . The different sorts of tropes conducive to viva- city ...
... choice of words Proper terms . 135 .. 136 SECT . II . Rhetorical tropes 151 Part I. Part II . I. The less for the more general ... Preliminary observations concerning tropes ... ib . The different sorts of tropes conducive to viva- city ...
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... choice of words . When it is this alone which renders the sentence obscure , there is always ground for the charge of impropriety , which hath been discussed already . PART II .... From bad Arrangement . ANOTHER Source of obscurity is a ...
... choice of words . When it is this alone which renders the sentence obscure , there is always ground for the charge of impropriety , which hath been discussed already . PART II .... From bad Arrangement . ANOTHER Source of obscurity is a ...
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... choice of words . PART I .... From confusion of thought . THE first cause of the unintelligible in composition , is , confusion of thought . Language , as hath been already observed , is the medium through which the sentiments of the ...
... choice of words . PART I .... From confusion of thought . THE first cause of the unintelligible in composition , is , confusion of thought . Language , as hath been already observed , is the medium through which the sentiments of the ...
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... Choice of Words . HAVING AVING discussed the subject of perspicuity , by which the discourse is fitted to inform the understand- ing , I come now to those qualities of style by which it is adapted to please the imagination , and conse ...
... Choice of Words . HAVING AVING discussed the subject of perspicuity , by which the discourse is fitted to inform the understand- ing , I come now to those qualities of style by which it is adapted to please the imagination , and conse ...
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George Campbell. Of vivacity as depending on the choice of words . rit of an address to the fancy immediately results . By vivacity of expression , resemblance is attained , as far as language can contribute ... choice of words Proper terms.
George Campbell. Of vivacity as depending on the choice of words . rit of an address to the fancy immediately results . By vivacity of expression , resemblance is attained , as far as language can contribute ... choice of words Proper terms.
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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