The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... Observations on periods , and on the use of an- tithesis in the composition of sentences . • .. 300 Part III . Part IV . gard to arrangement ... parts of a sentence SECT . I. Of conjunctions . . SECT . II . Of other connectives SECT ...
... Observations on periods , and on the use of an- tithesis in the composition of sentences . • .. 300 Part III . Part IV . gard to arrangement ... parts of a sentence SECT . I. Of conjunctions . . SECT . II . Of other connectives SECT ...
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... observed in the beginning of this work † , the merit of an address of this kind results . By vivacity , * Vol . I. Book II . Chap . I. + Ib . Book I. Chap . I. Of the qualities of style strictly rhetorical . resemblance is 2 Book II ...
... observed in the beginning of this work † , the merit of an address of this kind results . By vivacity , * Vol . I. Book II . Chap . I. + Ib . Book I. Chap . I. Of the qualities of style strictly rhetorical . resemblance is 2 Book II ...
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... observed † , in its fitness for serving the purposes of the soul , it is at the same time capable of one peculiar excellence as a visible object . The ex- cellence I mean , is beauty , which evidently implies more than what results from ...
... observed † , in its fitness for serving the purposes of the soul , it is at the same time capable of one peculiar excellence as a visible object . The ex- cellence I mean , is beauty , which evidently implies more than what results from ...
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... observe , concerning the effect of bad arrange- ment , that it generally obscures the sense , even when it doth not , as in the preceding instances , suggest a wrong construction . Of this the following will suffice for an example ...
... observe , concerning the effect of bad arrange- ment , that it generally obscures the sense , even when it doth not , as in the preceding instances , suggest a wrong construction . Of this the following will suffice for an example ...
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... observations upon it * ? To the preceding examples I shall add one , wherein the adverb when , by being used in the same manner , occasions some obscurity : " He is inspired with a true " sense of that function , when chosen from a ...
... observations upon it * ? To the preceding examples I shall add one , wherein the adverb when , by being used in the same manner , occasions some obscurity : " He is inspired with a true " sense of that function , when chosen from a ...
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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