The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... greater evil than a- 66 red . 66 66 narchy itself , as much as a savage is a happier state " of life than a slave at the oar " Neither savage nor slave can be denominated a state of life , though the states in which they live may ...
... greater evil than a- 66 red . 66 66 narchy itself , as much as a savage is a happier state " of life than a slave at the oar " Neither savage nor slave can be denominated a state of life , though the states in which they live may ...
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... greater part of the language ; for , in every language , the words strictly univocal will be found to be the smaller number . But it must be admitted , as a rule Of perspicuity . in elocution , that equivocal terms ought Chap . VI . ༧ ś ...
... greater part of the language ; for , in every language , the words strictly univocal will be found to be the smaller number . But it must be admitted , as a rule Of perspicuity . in elocution , that equivocal terms ought Chap . VI . ༧ ś ...
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... greater risk of destroying that beautiful simplicity , which is an eminent characteris- tic of the language of holy writ . I shall take an in- stance from the speech of Judah to his brother Joseph in Egypt : " We said to my lord , The ...
... greater risk of destroying that beautiful simplicity , which is an eminent characteris- tic of the language of holy writ . I shall take an in- stance from the speech of Judah to his brother Joseph in Egypt : " We said to my lord , The ...
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... greater . So far at least the author talks consequentially . His meaning , expressed in plain language ( for the line it- self hath no meaning ) , was probably no more than this : " When the waters of the deluge had subsided . ” I ...
... greater . So far at least the author talks consequentially . His meaning , expressed in plain language ( for the line it- self hath no meaning ) , was probably no more than this : " When the waters of the deluge had subsided . ” I ...
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... greater scope has the declaimer to talk plausibly without any meaning . A specimen of this I shall give from an author , who * Song for St. Cecilia's day , 1687 . Sect . II . The unintelligible .... Part III . 68 Book II . THE ...
... greater scope has the declaimer to talk plausibly without any meaning . A specimen of this I shall give from an author , who * Song for St. Cecilia's day , 1687 . Sect . II . The unintelligible .... Part III . 68 Book II . THE ...
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