The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... idea of thought be not included in , the idea of matter or " body , as the idea of figure is , for instance , in that of " limited extension ; yet the faculty of thinking , in " all the modes of thought , may have been superadded 64 46 ...
... idea of thought be not included in , the idea of matter or " body , as the idea of figure is , for instance , in that of " limited extension ; yet the faculty of thinking , in " all the modes of thought , may have been superadded 64 46 ...
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... idea of weight will never pre- sent itself to my mind in the one case , or the idea of money in the other . But it frequently happens , through the inadvertency of writers , that the connect- ed words in the sentence do not immediately ...
... idea of weight will never pre- sent itself to my mind in the one case , or the idea of money in the other . But it frequently happens , through the inadvertency of writers , that the connect- ed words in the sentence do not immediately ...
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... say , a mortal poison , a mortal wound , a mortal disease , or a mortal enemy ; * Idea of a Patriot King . † Guardian , No. 52. Ib . No. 61 . Of perspicuity . but the phrases mortal creature , mortal Chap . VI . 29 RHETORIC .
... say , a mortal poison , a mortal wound , a mortal disease , or a mortal enemy ; * Idea of a Patriot King . † Guardian , No. 52. Ib . No. 61 . Of perspicuity . but the phrases mortal creature , mortal Chap . VI . 29 RHETORIC .
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... ideas , " were merely explicative , and that the subject words were to be understood in the utmost la- titude . This could not be the writer's sense , as it would be absurd to affirm of all words , that they are signs of complex ideas ...
... ideas , " were merely explicative , and that the subject words were to be understood in the utmost la- titude . This could not be the writer's sense , as it would be absurd to affirm of all words , that they are signs of complex ideas ...
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... ideas of respect and " greatness of the occasion , and I know not what , to " disable themselves from explaining their thoughts † . " The other example is , " The serene aspect of these " writers , joined with the great encouragement I ...
... ideas of respect and " greatness of the occasion , and I know not what , to " disable themselves from explaining their thoughts † . " The other example is , " The serene aspect of these " writers , joined with the great encouragement I ...
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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