The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... mentioned , the first and most essential is perspicuity * . Every speaker doth not propose to please the imagination , nor is every subject susceptible of those ornaments which conduce to this purpose . Much less is it the aim of every ...
... mentioned , the first and most essential is perspicuity * . Every speaker doth not propose to please the imagination , nor is every subject susceptible of those ornaments which conduce to this purpose . Much less is it the aim of every ...
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... mentioned qualities , vivacity and animation , which deserves to be remarked . In a dis- course , wherein either or both of these are requisite , it is not every sentence that requires , or even admits them ; but every sentence ought to ...
... mentioned qualities , vivacity and animation , which deserves to be remarked . In a dis- course , wherein either or both of these are requisite , it is not every sentence that requires , or even admits them ; but every sentence ought to ...
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... mentioned , perspicuity may be violated . SECT . I .... The Obscure . PART I .... From Defect . THIS is the first offence against perspicuity , and may arise from several causes . First , from some defect in the expression . There are ...
... mentioned , perspicuity may be violated . SECT . I .... The Obscure . PART I .... From Defect . THIS is the first offence against perspicuity , and may arise from several causes . First , from some defect in the expression . There are ...
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... mention , and the word one , which is here close- ly combined with the preposition of , and makes the regimen of the noun mention . I might observe also the vile application of the word unmercifully . This , together with the ...
... mention , and the word one , which is here close- ly combined with the preposition of , and makes the regimen of the noun mention . I might observe also the vile application of the word unmercifully . This , together with the ...
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... mentioned . The two subsequent quotations from two eminent writers , will serve sufficiently to exemplify more than one of them . The first is from Bolingbroke's Philo- sophy : " If we are so , contrary to all appearances ( for they ...
... mentioned . The two subsequent quotations from two eminent writers , will serve sufficiently to exemplify more than one of them . The first is from Bolingbroke's Philo- sophy : " If we are so , contrary to all appearances ( for they ...
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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