The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... exhibition , according to the rules of the language , of the thought intended to be conveyed by it , and may therefore , to a mere gram- marian , be unexceptionable ; which to an orator may appear extremely faulty . It may ...
... exhibition , according to the rules of the language , of the thought intended to be conveyed by it , and may therefore , to a mere gram- marian , be unexceptionable ; which to an orator may appear extremely faulty . It may ...
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... exhibits , that so the defect in vision may be suppli- ed by judgment . The case of language is precisely similar . A ... exhibit at first , to a learner , the appearance of little- ness and insignificancy . And it is by attending to Of ...
... exhibits , that so the defect in vision may be suppli- ed by judgment . The case of language is precisely similar . A ... exhibit at first , to a learner , the appearance of little- ness and insignificancy . And it is by attending to Of ...
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... exhibit different senses : To the former , for distinction's sake , I shall assign the name of equivoca- tion ; to the latter , I shall appropriate that of ambi- guity . Sect . II . The double meaning .... Part I. 24 THE PHILOSOPHY OF ...
... exhibit different senses : To the former , for distinction's sake , I shall assign the name of equivoca- tion ; to the latter , I shall appropriate that of ambi- guity . Sect . II . The double meaning .... Part I. 24 THE PHILOSOPHY OF ...
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... exhibit different senses . Besides , a writer intent upon his subject , is less apt to advert to those imperfections in his style which occasion am- biguity than to any other . As no term or phrase he employs , doth of itself suggest ...
... exhibit different senses . Besides , a writer intent upon his subject , is less apt to advert to those imperfections in his style which occasion am- biguity than to any other . As no term or phrase he employs , doth of itself suggest ...
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... exhibits a triple sense , arising from the same cause , the indeterminate use of the relative : 66 Such were the centaurs of Ixion's race Who a bright cloud for Juno did embrace * . Was it the centaurs , or Ixion , or his race , that em ...
... exhibits a triple sense , arising from the same cause , the indeterminate use of the relative : 66 Such were the centaurs of Ixion's race Who a bright cloud for Juno did embrace * . Was it the centaurs , or Ixion , or his race , that em ...
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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