The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... · 25 33 56 57 60 64 From want of meaning ... Under this the various kinds of nonsense , 1. The puerile 2. The learned 3. The profound . 4. The marvellous • • · • • • e 67 .68 75 76 Page CHAP . VII . What is the cause that CONTENTS.
... · 25 33 56 57 60 64 From want of meaning ... Under this the various kinds of nonsense , 1. The puerile 2. The learned 3. The profound . 4. The marvellous • • · • • • e 67 .68 75 76 Page CHAP . VII . What is the cause that CONTENTS.
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George Campbell. Page CHAP . VII . What is the cause that nonsense so often es- capes being detected , both by the writer and by the reader ... ... SECT . I. The nature and power of signs , both in speak- ing and in thinking · · The ...
George Campbell. Page CHAP . VII . What is the cause that nonsense so often es- capes being detected , both by the writer and by the reader ... ... SECT . I. The nature and power of signs , both in speak- ing and in thinking · · The ...
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... and which may not improperly be defined the sublime of nonsense . You have lofty images and high sounding Characteristics , Vol . III . Misc . ir . Chap . 2 . 1 Sect . III . 66 The unintelligible .... Part 62 Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
... and which may not improperly be defined the sublime of nonsense . You have lofty images and high sounding Characteristics , Vol . III . Misc . ir . Chap . 2 . 1 Sect . III . 66 The unintelligible .... Part 62 Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
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... nonsense . And whe- ther some of the above citations fall under the one de- nomination or the other , would scarce be worth while to inquire . It hath been observed , that in madmen there is as great a variety of character , as in those ...
... nonsense . And whe- ther some of the above citations fall under the one de- nomination or the other , would scarce be worth while to inquire . It hath been observed , that in madmen there is as great a variety of character , as in those ...
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... the whole . 66 66 66 * Geddes on the Composition of the Ancients , Sect . i . Of perspicuity . paragraph , the author proceeds in the E 2 Chap . VI . 67 RHETORIC . Under this the various kinds of nonsense, The puerile.
... the whole . 66 66 66 * Geddes on the Composition of the Ancients , Sect . i . Of perspicuity . paragraph , the author proceeds in the E 2 Chap . VI . 67 RHETORIC . Under this the various kinds of nonsense, The puerile.
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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