The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... original and proper sense it hath been metaphorically applied to language , this being , as it were , the medium , through which we perceive the notions and sentiments of a speaker . Now , in corporeal things , if the me- dium through ...
... original and proper sense it hath been metaphorically applied to language , this being , as it were , the medium , through which we perceive the notions and sentiments of a speaker . Now , in corporeal things , if the me- dium through ...
Page 77
... original ; or ra- ther Rubens ' pictures are the original , and Nature is the copy and indeed very consequentially , the for- mer is represented as the standard by which the beau- ty and perfections of the latter are to be estimated ...
... original ; or ra- ther Rubens ' pictures are the original , and Nature is the copy and indeed very consequentially , the for- mer is represented as the standard by which the beau- ty and perfections of the latter are to be estimated ...
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... original and natural . There is a variety of relations to be found in things , by which they are connected . Such are , among several others , resemblance , iden- tity * , equality , contrariety , cause , and effect , con- comitancy ...
... original and natural . There is a variety of relations to be found in things , by which they are connected . Such are , among several others , resemblance , iden- tity * , equality , contrariety , cause , and effect , con- comitancy ...
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... original he imitated ; which is not often the case either of translators or of imitators . Virgil says simply , " Levat ipse tridenti . " + Thomson's Winter . Of vivacity as depending on the choice of words . Chap . I. 141 RHETORIC .
... original he imitated ; which is not often the case either of translators or of imitators . Virgil says simply , " Levat ipse tridenti . " + Thomson's Winter . Of vivacity as depending on the choice of words . Chap . I. 141 RHETORIC .
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... original into French , vous ici , pendant que je m'en irai prier là . " At the same time sensible how weakly the meaning is expressed by the adverb là , he subjoins in a note , " Dans un lieu qu'il leur montroit du doit . " } The ...
... original into French , vous ici , pendant que je m'en irai prier là . " At the same time sensible how weakly the meaning is expressed by the adverb là , he subjoins in a note , " Dans un lieu qu'il leur montroit du doit . " } The ...
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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