The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... contrary , the least obscurity , ambiguity , or con- fusion in the style , instantly removes the attention from the sentiment to the expression , and the hearer endeavours , by the aid of reflection , to correct the imperfections of the ...
... contrary , the least obscurity , ambiguity , or con- fusion in the style , instantly removes the attention from the sentiment to the expression , and the hearer endeavours , by the aid of reflection , to correct the imperfections of the ...
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... contrary to all appearances ( for they denote plainly one single system , all the parts of which are so intimately connected , and de- pendent one on another , that the whole begins , pro- ceeds , and ends together ) this union of a ...
... contrary to all appearances ( for they denote plainly one single system , all the parts of which are so intimately connected , and de- pendent one on another , that the whole begins , pro- ceeds , and ends together ) this union of a ...
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... contrary , if , in such a dubious case , it be his design to use the particle as a copula- tive to synonymous words , the piece will rarely sus tain a material injury , by his omitting both the con- junction and the synonymo . * Bol ...
... contrary , if , in such a dubious case , it be his design to use the particle as a copula- tive to synonymous words , the piece will rarely sus tain a material injury , by his omitting both the con- junction and the synonymo . * Bol ...
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... contrary . We have an instance in the following pas- sage : " Your character of universal guardian , joined " to the concern you ought to have for the cause of " virtue and religion , assure me , you will not think " that clergymen ...
... contrary . We have an instance in the following pas- sage : " Your character of universal guardian , joined " to the concern you ought to have for the cause of " virtue and religion , assure me , you will not think " that clergymen ...
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... contrary , where- ever the two adjectives are expressive of qualities be- longing to a subject , not only specifically , but indivi- dually the same , the other mode of speech is prefer- able , which makes them belong also to the same ...
... contrary , where- ever the two adjectives are expressive of qualities be- longing to a subject , not only specifically , but indivi- dually the same , the other mode of speech is prefer- able , which makes them belong also to the same ...
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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