The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... clause , to suit the idiom of our tongue . The sense would have appeared immediately , had he said , " Never let the << man , who may justly be styled the glory of our na 、" tion THE instances now given will suffice to specify the ...
... clause , to suit the idiom of our tongue . The sense would have appeared immediately , had he said , " Never let the << man , who may justly be styled the glory of our na 、" tion THE instances now given will suffice to specify the ...
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... clause with the following verb . This confusion is removed at once , by repeat- ing the adverb when , thus : " I have hopes that when Will confronts him , and when all the ladies cast " kind looks . " The subsequent sentence is li- able ...
... clause with the following verb . This confusion is removed at once , by repeat- ing the adverb when , thus : " I have hopes that when Will confronts him , and when all the ladies cast " kind looks . " The subsequent sentence is li- able ...
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... clause in the beginning or the end . SECT . II .... The double Meaning . It was observed , that perspicuity might be violat ed , not only by obscurity , but also by double mean- ing . The fault in this case is not that the sentence ...
... clause in the beginning or the end . SECT . II .... The double Meaning . It was observed , that perspicuity might be violat ed , not only by obscurity , but also by double mean- ing . The fault in this case is not that the sentence ...
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... clause , who is born of woman , " in the first example , and " which with contentment is great gain " in the second , point to certain properties in the antecedents , but do find this pious admonition : - " Conservez vous dans l'amour ...
... clause , who is born of woman , " in the first example , and " which with contentment is great gain " in the second , point to certain properties in the antecedents , but do find this pious admonition : - " Conservez vous dans l'amour ...
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... clauses altogether , we could say with equal truth , " Man is of few days and full of trouble . " " Godli- 66 ness has the promise both of the present life and of " the future . " On the other hand , these pronouns are determinative ...
... clauses altogether , we could say with equal truth , " Man is of few days and full of trouble . " " Godli- 66 ness has the promise both of the present life and of " the future . " On the other hand , these pronouns are determinative ...
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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