The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... obscurity apposite , if ever it be appo- SECT . II . CHAP . VIII . SECT . I. SECT . II . Objections answered CHAP . IX . site , and what kind ? ... May there not be an excess of perspicuity ? BOOK III . The discriminating Properties of ...
... obscurity apposite , if ever it be appo- SECT . II . CHAP . VIII . SECT . I. SECT . II . Objections answered CHAP . IX . site , and what kind ? ... May there not be an excess of perspicuity ? BOOK III . The discriminating Properties of ...
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... 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 . " It must be- " to say and " to do all that which you can , ” — de dire et de faire ...
... 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 . " It must be- " to say and " to do all that which you can , ” — de dire et de faire ...
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... 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 IO Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
... 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 IO Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
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... obscurity is a bad choice of words . When it is this alone which renders the sentence obscure , there is always ground for the charge of impropriety , which hath been discussed already . PART II .... From bad Arrangement . ANOTHER ...
... obscurity is a bad choice of words . When it is this alone which renders the sentence obscure , there is always ground for the charge of impropriety , which hath been discussed already . PART II .... From bad Arrangement . ANOTHER ...
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... an eye " The si- tuation of the last phrase , which is besides a very bad *** Voyage to Laputa . Guardian , N. 19 . Voyage to the Honyhnhnms . Sect . I. The obscurity .... Part II . From 12 Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
... an eye " The si- tuation of the last phrase , which is besides a very bad *** Voyage to Laputa . Guardian , N. 19 . Voyage to the Honyhnhnms . Sect . I. The obscurity .... Part II . From 12 Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
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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