The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... preceding principles ... The extensive usefulness of perspicuity When is 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 ...
... preceding principles ... The extensive usefulness of perspicuity When is 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 ...
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... preceding chapters , may justly be denomi- nated grammatical truth . It consisteth in the confor- mity of the expression to the sentiment which the speaker or the writer intends to convey by it , as mo- ral truth consisteth in the ...
... preceding chapters , may justly be denomi- nated grammatical truth . It consisteth in the confor- mity of the expression to the sentiment which the speaker or the writer intends to convey by it , as mo- ral truth consisteth in the ...
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... 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 sometimes omitted in the ...
... 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 sometimes omitted in the ...
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... preceding instances , suggest a wrong construction . Of this the following will suffice for an example : " The young man did not want natu- " ral talents ; but the father of him was a coxcomb , “ who affected being a fine gentleman so ...
... preceding instances , suggest a wrong construction . Of this the following will suffice for an example : " The young man did not want natu- " ral talents ; but the father of him was a coxcomb , “ who affected being a fine gentleman so ...
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... 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 regard " to the interests of piety ...
... 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 regard " to the interests of piety ...
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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