The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... considered as sounds • 197 Part I. • 198 What are articulate sounds capable of imitat- ing , and in what degree ?. Part II . In what esteem ought this kind of imitation to be held , and when ought it to be attempt- ed ? .... CHAP . II ...
... considered as sounds • 197 Part I. • 198 What are articulate sounds capable of imitat- ing , and in what degree ?. Part II . In what esteem ought this kind of imitation to be held , and when ought it to be attempt- ed ? .... CHAP . II ...
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... considered as an object to the understanding , the imagination , the passions , and the ear , are perspicuity , vivacity , elegance , animation , and music . CHAP . VI . Of Perspicuity . Of all the qualities above mentioned , the first ...
... considered as an object to the understanding , the imagination , the passions , and the ear , are perspicuity , vivacity , elegance , animation , and music . CHAP . VI . Of Perspicuity . Of all the qualities above mentioned , the first ...
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... considered as an of- fence against perspicuity , than as a violation of proprie- ty . For , when the meaning is not discovered , the particular impropriety cannot be pointed out . In the three different ways , therefore , just now ...
... considered as an of- fence against perspicuity , than as a violation of proprie- ty . For , when the meaning is not discovered , the particular impropriety cannot be pointed out . In the three different ways , therefore , just now ...
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... , the faulty order of the words cannot properly be considered , as render- ing the sentence ambiguous , but obscure . * Spectator , No. 20 . + Battle of the Books . 66 Of perspicuity . Be- Ir may indeed be argued Chap . VI . 13 RHETORIC .
... , the faulty order of the words cannot properly be considered , as render- ing the sentence ambiguous , but obscure . * Spectator , No. 20 . + Battle of the Books . 66 Of perspicuity . Be- Ir may indeed be argued Chap . VI . 13 RHETORIC .
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... considered as improper ; for though it some- times means destructive , or causing death , it is then almost invariably joined with some noun expressive of hurt or danger . Thus we say , a mortal poison , a mortal wound , a mortal ...
... considered as improper ; for though it some- times means destructive , or causing death , it is then almost invariably joined with some noun expressive of hurt or danger . Thus we say , a mortal poison , a mortal wound , a mortal ...
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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