The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... occasion of my casual visit here to examine a design long entertained of paying me the compliment of a public dinner as a testimonial of your . respect and approbation . I hardly dare decline to name a day for the cloth to be spread ...
... occasion of my casual visit here to examine a design long entertained of paying me the compliment of a public dinner as a testimonial of your . respect and approbation . I hardly dare decline to name a day for the cloth to be spread ...
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... style , are not necessary ; nay , there are occasions on which the last especially would * Prima est eloquentiæ virtus perspicuitas . QUINT . Of perspicuity . be improper . But whatever be the 4 Book II THE PHILOSOPHY OF Of perspicuity.
... style , are not necessary ; nay , there are occasions on which the last especially would * Prima est eloquentiæ virtus perspicuitas . QUINT . Of perspicuity . be improper . But whatever be the 4 Book II THE PHILOSOPHY OF Of perspicuity.
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... occasion darkness . When they do occasion it , they ought always to be avoided . Such are , in Greek and Latin , the frequent suppres- sion of the substantive verb , and of the possessive pro- nouns ; I was going to add , and of the ...
... occasion darkness . When they do occasion it , they ought always to be avoided . Such are , in Greek and Latin , the frequent suppres- sion of the substantive verb , and of the possessive pro- nouns ; I was going to add , and of the ...
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... 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 . " It must be- " to say and " to do all that which you can , ” — de dire ...
... 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 . " It must be- " to say and " to do all that which you can , ” — de dire ...
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... occasion of considering it afterwards . Another cause of 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 ...
... occasion of considering it afterwards . Another cause of 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 ...
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