The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... less for the more general ... Preliminary observations concerning tropes ... ib . The different sorts of tropes conducive to viva- city ... 2. The most interesting circumstance distinguish- ... 163 ib .. ed ..... 166 3 . Things sensible ...
... less for the more general ... Preliminary observations concerning tropes ... ib . The different sorts of tropes conducive to viva- city ... 2. The most interesting circumstance distinguish- ... 163 ib .. ed ..... 166 3 . Things sensible ...
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... less is it the aim of every speech to agitate the passions . There are some occa- sions , therefore , on which vivacity , and many on which animation of style , are not necessary ; nay , there are occasions on which the last especially ...
... less is it the aim of every speech to agitate the passions . There are some occa- sions , therefore , on which vivacity , and many on which animation of style , are not necessary ; nay , there are occasions on which the last especially ...
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... in philosophy , whatever it may do in theo- logy ; and is still less comprehensible , than the hy- 66 " " 66 66 66 Sect . I. 66 2 The obscurity .... Part VII 22 Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY OF Part VII From long sentences •
... in philosophy , whatever it may do in theo- logy ; and is still less comprehensible , than the hy- 66 " " 66 66 66 Sect . I. 66 2 The obscurity .... Part VII 22 Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY OF Part VII From long sentences •
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... less than blasphemy to deny ; though " divines and philosophers , who deny it in terms , may " be cited ; and which , whether it be true or no , will never be proved false by a little metaphysical jar- gon about essences , and ...
... less than blasphemy to deny ; though " divines and philosophers , who deny it in terms , may " be cited ; and which , whether it be true or no , will never be proved false by a little metaphysical jar- gon about essences , and ...
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... less intended it should be , in the passage quoted . An example in substantives : " Your majesty has " last all hopes of any future excises by their consump “ tion † . " The word consumption has both an active sense and a passive . It ...
... less intended it should be , in the passage quoted . An example in substantives : " Your majesty has " last all hopes of any future excises by their consump “ tion † . " The word consumption has both an active sense and a passive . It ...
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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