The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... common even in the style of our best writers , I shall produce a few examples : " It contain- " ed , " says Swift , " a warrant for conducting me and my retinue to Traldragdubb or Trildrogdrib , for it “ it is pronounced both ways , as ...
... common even in the style of our best writers , I shall produce a few examples : " It contain- " ed , " says Swift , " a warrant for conducting me and my retinue to Traldragdubb or Trildrogdrib , for it “ it is pronounced both ways , as ...
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... common language it generally de- notes , the use of an equivocal word or phrase , or other ambiguity , with an intention to deceive , it doth not differ essentially from a lie . This offence falls under the reproof of the moralist , not ...
... common language it generally de- notes , the use of an equivocal word or phrase , or other ambiguity , with an intention to deceive , it doth not differ essentially from a lie . This offence falls under the reproof of the moralist , not ...
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... common interest * . " The word her may be ei- ther the possessive pronoun , or the accusative case of the personal pronoun . A very small alteration in the order totally removes the doubt . Say " in their and " her common interest ...
... common interest * . " The word her may be ei- ther the possessive pronoun , or the accusative case of the personal pronoun . A very small alteration in the order totally removes the doubt . Say " in their and " her common interest ...
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... common way of using it , an appellative , and follows the con- struction of appellatives . Thus we say , " the God of Abraham , " " the God of armies . " Besides , Paul in the passage quoted was speaking to heathens ; and this cir ...
... common way of using it , an appellative , and follows the con- struction of appellatives . Thus we say , " the God of Abraham , " " the God of armies . " Besides , Paul in the passage quoted was speaking to heathens ; and this cir ...
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... common sense , that the pronoun it relates to manage- ment , which is nearer , and not to subject , which is more remote . Nor is it the sense only that directs us in this preference . There is another principle by which we are ...
... common sense , that the pronoun it relates to manage- ment , which is nearer , and not to subject , which is more remote . Nor is it the sense only that directs us in this preference . There is another principle by which we are ...
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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