The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... never tire . May the genius of our Country , whose is that cause , and the avengers of her wrongs , and the People are they , conspire to keep Petersburg an asylum of the thrifty free and a holy abiding place of their principles and ...
... never tire . May the genius of our Country , whose is that cause , and the avengers of her wrongs , and the People are they , conspire to keep Petersburg an asylum of the thrifty free and a holy abiding place of their principles and ...
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... never rightly introduced , unless when it is emphatical . But the idiom of most modern tongues , English and French particularly , will Of perspicuity . seldom admit such ellipsis * . In A 4 Chap . V1 . RHETORIC . 7 SECT I The obscure ...
... never rightly introduced , unless when it is emphatical . But the idiom of most modern tongues , English and French particularly , will Of perspicuity . seldom admit such ellipsis * . In A 4 Chap . V1 . RHETORIC . 7 SECT I The obscure ...
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... 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 obliged to say and do all you can ...
... 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 obliged to say and do all you can ...
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... never let the glory of " our nation , who made France tremble , and yet has * Sentiments of a Church of England Man . + Free Thoughts on the Present State of Affairs , Spectator , No. 456. T. Sect . I. The obscurity .... Part II . From ...
... never let the glory of " our nation , who made France tremble , and yet has * Sentiments of a Church of England Man . + Free Thoughts on the Present State of Affairs , Spectator , No. 456. T. Sect . I. The obscurity .... Part II . From ...
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... Never let the << man , who may justly be styled the glory of our na 、" tion THE instances now given will suffice to specify the obscurities in style which arise from deficiency . The same evil may also be occasioned by excess . But as ...
... Never let the << man , who may justly be styled the glory of our na 、" tion THE instances now given will suffice to specify the obscurities in style which arise from deficiency . The same evil may also be occasioned by excess . But as ...
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