The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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Page 49
... consequence justly cen- sureable . The exceptionable phrases are distinguish- ed by the character : " Wisdom and folly , the vir " tuous and the vile , the learned and ignorant , the tem- perate and debauched , all give and return the ...
... consequence justly cen- sureable . The exceptionable phrases are distinguish- ed by the character : " Wisdom and folly , the vir " tuous and the vile , the learned and ignorant , the tem- perate and debauched , all give and return the ...
Page 86
... consequence of which is , that , in the man- ner just now explained , we come insensibly to con- ceive a connection among them , of a very different sort from that of which sounds are naturally suscep- tible . Now this conception ...
... consequence of which is , that , in the man- ner just now explained , we come insensibly to con- ceive a connection among them , of a very different sort from that of which sounds are naturally suscep- tible . Now this conception ...
Page 87
... consequence is , that similar relations in things will be expressed similarly ; that is , by similar inflections , de- rivations , compositions , arrangement of words , or jux- taposition of particles , according to the genius or gram ...
... consequence is , that similar relations in things will be expressed similarly ; that is , by similar inflections , de- rivations , compositions , arrangement of words , or jux- taposition of particles , according to the genius or gram ...
Page 99
... consequence is , that an unusual application of any term is instantly detected ; this detection breeds doubt , and this doubt occasions an immediate recourse to ideas . The re- course of the mind , when in any degree puzzled with the ...
... consequence is , that an unusual application of any term is instantly detected ; this detection breeds doubt , and this doubt occasions an immediate recourse to ideas . The re- course of the mind , when in any degree puzzled with the ...
Page 151
... a closer connec- tion with the thought than with the expression , and by consequence fall not so naturally to be considered Of vivacity as depending on the choice of words . K 4 Chap . I. 151 RHETORIC . SECT II Rhetorical tropes Part I.
... a closer connec- tion with the thought than with the expression , and by consequence fall not so naturally to be considered Of vivacity as depending on the choice of words . K 4 Chap . I. 151 RHETORIC . SECT II Rhetorical tropes Part I.
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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