The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... hath established , and which , therefore , very rarely occasion darkness . When they do occasion it , they ought always to be avoided . Such are , in Greek and Latin , the frequent suppres- sion of the substantive verb , and of the ...
... hath established , and which , therefore , very rarely occasion darkness . When they do occasion it , they ought always to be avoided . Such are , in Greek and Latin , the frequent suppres- sion of the substantive verb , and of the ...
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... hath extended it to innumerable cases , wherein there is no necessity from construction . With us it is enough to say , " She was robbed of her clothes and jewels . " With them the preposition and the pro- noun must both be repeated ...
... hath extended it to innumerable cases , wherein there is no necessity from construction . With us it is enough to say , " She was robbed of her clothes and jewels . " With them the preposition and the pro- noun must both be repeated ...
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... hath been discussed already . PART II .... From bad Arrangement . ANOTHER Source of obscurity is a bad arrangement of the words . In this case , the construction is not * Guardian , No. 53 . ** Of perspicuity . sufficiently clear . One ...
... hath been discussed already . PART II .... From bad Arrangement . ANOTHER Source of obscurity is a bad arrangement of the words . In this case , the construction is not * Guardian , No. 53 . ** Of perspicuity . sufficiently clear . One ...
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... hath been metaphorically applied to language , this being , as it were , the medium , through which we perceive the notions and sentiments of a speaker . Now , in corporeal things , if the me- dium through which we look at any object be ...
... hath been metaphorically applied to language , this being , as it were , the medium , through which we perceive the notions and sentiments of a speaker . Now , in corporeal things , if the me- dium through which we look at any object be ...
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... hath been ob- served to be equivocal : " I am persuaded that neither " death nor life - shall be able to separate us from the " love of God * " By the love of God , say interpre- ters , may be understood , either God's love to us , or ...
... hath been ob- served to be equivocal : " I am persuaded that neither " death nor life - shall be able to separate us from the " love of God * " By the love of God , say interpre- ters , may be understood , either God's love to us , or ...
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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