The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... . II . sentences in a discourse 361 The necessity of connectives for this purpose . 362 Observations on the manner of using the con- nectives in combining sentences . · 364 1 THE PHILOSOPHY OF RHETORIC . BOOK SECOND . CHAP CONTENTS . vii.
... . II . sentences in a discourse 361 The necessity of connectives for this purpose . 362 Observations on the manner of using the con- nectives in combining sentences . · 364 1 THE PHILOSOPHY OF RHETORIC . BOOK SECOND . CHAP CONTENTS . vii.
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... manner , the relatives in French must never be omitted . They often are in English , and when the omission occasions no obscurity , it is not accounted improper . An expression like this would in their tongue be intolerable : " You are ...
... manner , the relatives in French must never be omitted . They often are in English , and when the omission occasions no obscurity , it is not accounted improper . An expression like this would in their tongue be intolerable : " You are ...
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... manner , as in the insinuation that " he affected a perpetual dictatorship . " At first read- ing , one is at a loss to find an antecedent to the pro- nouns who , his , and he . On reflection , one discovers that the phrase the glory of ...
... manner , as in the insinuation that " he affected a perpetual dictatorship . " At first read- ing , one is at a loss to find an antecedent to the pro- nouns who , his , and he . On reflection , one discovers that the phrase the glory of ...
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... manner of uttering that " sentence could have nothing in it , which could " strike any but people of the greatest humanity , nay , people elegant and skilful in observations upon it * ? To the preceding examples I shall add one ...
... manner of uttering that " sentence could have nothing in it , which could " strike any but people of the greatest humanity , nay , people elegant and skilful in observations upon it * ? To the preceding examples I shall add one ...
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... manner of pronouncing it , more than a parenthesis ; and conse- quently , no part of a sentence ought to be more distinctly marked in the pointing . PART VI . From technical terms : ANOTHER Source of darkness in composing , is the in ...
... manner of pronouncing it , more than a parenthesis ; and conse- quently , no part of a sentence ought to be more distinctly marked in the pointing . PART VI . From technical terms : ANOTHER Source of darkness in composing , is the in ...
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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