The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... nouns ; I was going to add , and of the personal pro- nouns also : but , on reflection , I am sensible , that , in the omission of them in the nominative , there is pro- perly no ellipsis , as the verb , by its inflection , actually ...
... nouns ; I was going to add , and of the personal pro- nouns also : but , on reflection , I am sensible , that , in the omission of them in the nominative , there is pro- perly no ellipsis , as the verb , by its inflection , actually ...
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... noun must both be repeated , de ses habits et de ses joiaux . Again , with them it is not sufficient to say , " The woman whom you know " and love , " but whom you know and whom you love - que vous con- noissez et que vous aimez . In ...
... noun must both be repeated , de ses habits et de ses joiaux . Again , with them it is not sufficient to say , " The woman whom you know " and love , " but whom you know and whom you love - que vous con- noissez et que vous aimez . In ...
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... nouns who , his , and he . On reflection , one discovers that the phrase the glory of our nation is figurative , and denotes a certain illustrious personage . The trope is rather too adventurous , without some softening clause , to suit ...
... nouns who , his , and he . On reflection , one discovers that the phrase the glory of our nation is figurative , and denotes a certain illustrious personage . The trope is rather too adventurous , without some softening clause , to suit ...
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... noun ship immediately preceding . More clearly thus : " I had several men in my ship who died of calentures . " I shall remark , by the way , that though the relatives who and which may , agree- , ably to the English idiom , be ...
... noun ship immediately preceding . More clearly thus : " I had several men in my ship who died of calentures . " I shall remark , by the way , that though the relatives who and which may , agree- , ably to the English idiom , be ...
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... noun mention . I might observe also the vile application of the word unmercifully . This , together with the irregularity of the reference , and the intricacy of the whole , renders the passage under consideration , one of those which ...
... noun mention . I might observe also the vile application of the word unmercifully . This , together with the irregularity of the reference , and the intricacy of the whole , renders the passage under consideration , one of those which ...
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