The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... necessary ; nay , there are occasions on which the last especially would * Prima est eloquentiæ virtus perspicuitas . QUINT . Of perspicuity . be improper . But whatever be the 4 Book II THE PHILOSOPHY OF Of perspicuity.
... necessary ; nay , there are occasions on which the last especially would * Prima est eloquentiæ virtus perspicuitas . QUINT . Of perspicuity . be improper . But whatever be the 4 Book II THE PHILOSOPHY OF Of perspicuity.
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... necessary to follow a dif- ferent rule , and to say , mon pere et ma mere , But it is not to in- stances of this sort that the rule is limited . Custom with them hath extended it to innumerable cases , wherein there is no necessity from ...
... necessary to follow a dif- ferent rule , and to say , mon pere et ma mere , But it is not to in- stances of this sort that the rule is limited . Custom with them hath extended it to innumerable cases , wherein there is no necessity from ...
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... necessary to construe this clause with the following verb . This confusion is removed at once , by repeat- ing the adverb when , thus : " I have hopes that when Will confronts him , and when all the ladies cast " kind looks . " The ...
... necessary to construe this clause with the following verb . This confusion is removed at once , by repeat- ing the adverb when , thus : " I have hopes that when Will confronts him , and when all the ladies cast " kind looks . " The ...
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... necessary ? It ought to be remembered , that whatever application we must give to the words , is , in fact , so much de- ducted from what we owe to the sentiments . sides , the effort that is exerted in a very close atten- tion to the ...
... necessary ? It ought to be remembered , that whatever application we must give to the words , is , in fact , so much de- ducted from what we owe to the sentiments . sides , the effort that is exerted in a very close atten- tion to the ...
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... necessary to observe here , that the signification of the personal , as well as of the relative pronouns , and even of the adverbs of place VOL . II . * Bolinb . Ph . Es . i . Sect , 9 . B I Of perspicuity . and time , must be ...
... necessary to observe here , that the signification of the personal , as well as of the relative pronouns , and even of the adverbs of place VOL . II . * Bolinb . Ph . Es . i . Sect , 9 . B I Of perspicuity . and time , must be ...
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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