The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... composition of sentences . • .. 300 Part III . Part IV . gard to arrangement ... parts of a sentence SECT . I. Of conjunctions . . SECT . II . Of other connectives SECT . III . Observations on loose sentences .. Review of what has been ...
... composition of sentences . • .. 300 Part III . Part IV . gard to arrangement ... parts of a sentence SECT . I. Of conjunctions . . SECT . II . Of other connectives SECT . III . Observations on loose sentences .. Review of what has been ...
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... composition of the hugest bodies are subtile and in- considerable . The rudiments of every art and science exhibit at first , to a learner , the appearance of little- ness and insignificancy . And it is by attending to Of perspicuity ...
... composition of the hugest bodies are subtile and in- considerable . The rudiments of every art and science exhibit at first , to a learner , the appearance of little- ness and insignificancy . And it is by attending to Of perspicuity ...
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... composition of the sentence . The only other instance of this error in single words I shall pro- duce , is one in which , on the first glance , there ap- pears room to doubt whether a particular term ought to be understood literally or ...
... composition of the sentence . The only other instance of this error in single words I shall pro- duce , is one in which , on the first glance , there ap- pears room to doubt whether a particular term ought to be understood literally or ...
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... composition ; for the second adjective cannot grammatically belong to the noun which follows the first , though that noun may properly suggest to the reader the word to be Of perspicuity . supplied . Thus I should say rightly Chap . VI ...
... composition ; for the second adjective cannot grammatically belong to the noun which follows the first , though that noun may properly suggest to the reader the word to be Of perspicuity . supplied . Thus I should say rightly Chap . VI ...
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... composition , is , confusion of thought . Language , as hath been already observed , is the medium through which the sentiments of the writer are perceived by the reader . And though the impurity or the grossness of the me- Of ...
... composition , is , confusion of thought . Language , as hath been already observed , is the medium through which the sentiments of the writer are perceived by the reader . And though the impurity or the grossness of the me- Of ...
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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