The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... effect to be produced in the hearers . This effect as he purposeth to produce in them by the use of lan- guage , which he makes the instrument of conveying his sentiments into their minds , he must take care in the first place that his ...
... effect to be produced in the hearers . This effect as he purposeth to produce in them by the use of lan- guage , which he makes the instrument of conveying his sentiments into their minds , he must take care in the first place that his ...
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... effect of all the other qualities of style is lost with- out this . This being to the understanding what light is to the eye , ought to be diffused over the whole per- formance . In this respect it resembles grammatical purity , of ...
... effect of all the other qualities of style is lost with- out this . This being to the understanding what light is to the eye , ought to be diffused over the whole per- formance . In this respect it resembles grammatical purity , of ...
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... effect which the thoughts were intended to produce in the mind . By perspicuity , " as Quintilian justly observes , " care “ is taken , not that the hearer may understand , if he will ; but that he must understand , whether he will " or ...
... effect which the thoughts were intended to produce in the mind . By perspicuity , " as Quintilian justly observes , " care “ is taken , not that the hearer may understand , if he will ; but that he must understand , whether he will " or ...
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... effect of bad arrange- ment , that it generally obscures the sense , even when it doth not , as in the preceding instances , suggest a wrong construction . Of this the following will suffice for an example : " The young man did not want ...
... effect of bad arrange- ment , that it generally obscures the sense , even when it doth not , as in the preceding instances , suggest a wrong construction . Of this the following will suffice for an example : " The young man did not want ...
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... effect to employ the same word in different senses ; which , when it occurs in the same sentence , or in sentences closely connected , is rarely found entirely compatible with perspicuity . Of this I shall give some examples . " One may ...
... effect to employ the same word in different senses ; which , when it occurs in the same sentence , or in sentences closely connected , is rarely found entirely compatible with perspicuity . Of this I shall give some examples . " One may ...
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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