The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... produced in the hearers . This effect as he purposeth to produce in them by the use of lan- guage , which he makes the instrument of conveying his sentiments into their minds , he must take care in the first place that his style be ...
... produced in the hearers . This effect as he purposeth to produce in them by the use of lan- guage , which he makes the instrument of conveying his sentiments into their minds , he must take care in the first place that his style be ...
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... produce a few examples : " He " is inspired , " says an eminent writer , " with a true " sense of that function , when chosen from a regard to " the interests of piety and virtue * . " Sense in this passage denotes an inward feeling ...
... produce a few examples : " He " is inspired , " says an eminent writer , " with a true " sense of that function , when chosen from a regard to " the interests of piety and virtue * . " Sense in this passage denotes an inward feeling ...
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... produce a few examples : " It contain- " ed , " says Swift , " a warrant for conducting me and my retinue to Traldragdubb or Trildrogdrib , for it “ it is pronounced both ways , as near as I can remem- " ber , by a party of ten horse ...
... produce a few examples : " It contain- " ed , " says Swift , " a warrant for conducting me and my retinue to Traldragdubb or Trildrogdrib , for it “ it is pronounced both ways , as near as I can remem- " ber , by a party of ten horse ...
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... produce in the mind . By perspicuity , " as Quintilian justly observes , " care “ is taken , not that the hearer may understand , if he will ; but that he must understand , whether he will " or not * . " Perspicuity originally and ...
... produce in the mind . By perspicuity , " as Quintilian justly observes , " care “ is taken , not that the hearer may understand , if he will ; but that he must understand , whether he will " or not * . " Perspicuity originally and ...
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... produce some motions of his head and 66 66 46 body , which might become the bench better than " the bar * . " The pronoun which is here thrice used in three several senses ; and it must require reflection to discover , that the first ...
... produce some motions of his head and 66 66 46 body , which might become the bench better than " the bar * . " The pronoun which is here thrice used in three several senses ; and it must require reflection to discover , that the first ...
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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