The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... employed in combining the .... .... 319 322 · 324 · . 326 · 337 Modern languages compared with Greek and Latin , particularly in regard to the compo- sition of sentences · • 353 CHAP . V. Of the connectives employed in combining the ...
... employed in combining the .... .... 319 322 · 324 · . 326 · 337 Modern languages compared with Greek and Latin , particularly in regard to the compo- sition of sentences · • 353 CHAP . V. Of the connectives employed in combining the ...
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... employed against you . " - " He talks all the way " up ‡ . ' 66 66 up stairs to a visit . " There is here also a faulty omission , which , if it cannot be said to obscure the sense , doth at least withhold that light whereof it is ...
... employed against you . " - " He talks all the way " up ‡ . ' 66 66 up stairs to a visit . " There is here also a faulty omission , which , if it cannot be said to obscure the sense , doth at least withhold that light whereof it is ...
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... employed , he " will find that the best defence against vice , is pre- 66 serving the worthiest part of his own spirit pure " from any great offence against it . " It must be owned that the darkness of this sentence is not to be imputed ...
... employed , he " will find that the best defence against vice , is pre- 66 serving the worthiest part of his own spirit pure " from any great offence against it . " It must be owned that the darkness of this sentence is not to be imputed ...
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... employed to sig- nify " I require others to exercise it . " The sentiment , therefore , ought to have been rendered here , as we find it expressed in the prophetical book alluded to , " I desire mercy and not sacrifice t . " When the ...
... employed to sig- nify " I require others to exercise it . " The sentiment , therefore , ought to have been rendered here , as we find it expressed in the prophetical book alluded to , " I desire mercy and not sacrifice t . " When the ...
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... employed to limit the import of the antecedent , as in these instances : " The 66 man that endureth to the end , shall be saved . " " The " remorse , which issues in reformation , is true repent- " ance . " Each of the relatives here ...
... employed to limit the import of the antecedent , as in these instances : " The 66 man that endureth to the end , shall be saved . " " The " remorse , which issues in reformation , is true repent- " ance . " Each of the relatives here ...
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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