The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 48
Page
... pronouns and relatives · 19 Part V. From too artificial a structure of the sentence · 20 Part VI . From technical terms · Part VII . From long sentences • 21 .. 22 SECT . II . The double meaning • · Part I. Equivocation . Part II ...
... pronouns and relatives · 19 Part V. From too artificial a structure of the sentence · 20 Part VI . From technical terms · Part VII . From long sentences • 21 .. 22 SECT . II . The double meaning • · Part I. Equivocation . Part II ...
Page 7
... pronoun in the nominative is never rightly introduced , unless when it is emphatical . But the idiom of most modern tongues , English and French particularly , will Of perspicuity . seldom admit such ellipsis * . In A 4 Chap . V1 ...
... pronoun in the nominative is never rightly introduced , unless when it is emphatical . But the idiom of most modern tongues , English and French particularly , will Of perspicuity . seldom admit such ellipsis * . In A 4 Chap . V1 ...
Page 8
... pronouns , prepositions , and articles , which , as they add nothing to the perspicuity , must render the expressión ... pronoun having no distinction of gen- der , and so having but one form , is alike applicable to both the case being ...
... pronouns , prepositions , and articles , which , as they add nothing to the perspicuity , must render the expressión ... pronoun having no distinction of gen- der , and so having but one form , is alike applicable to both the case being ...
Page 17
... pronouns , and even of the adverbs of place VOL . II . * Bolinb . Ph . Es . i . Sect , 9 . B I Of perspicuity . and time , must be determined by Chap . VI . 17 . RHETORIC , Part III Part IV From using the same word in different senses.
... pronouns , and even of the adverbs of place VOL . II . * Bolinb . Ph . Es . i . Sect , 9 . B I Of perspicuity . and time , must be determined by Chap . VI . 17 . RHETORIC , Part III Part IV From using the same word in different senses.
Page 18
... pronoun they in the following sentence , al- most occasions an ambiguity : " They were persons of " such moderate intellects , even before they were im- paired by their passion . " - The use made of the pronoun it in the example ...
... pronoun they in the following sentence , al- most occasions an ambiguity : " They were persons of " such moderate intellects , even before they were im- paired by their passion . " - The use made of the pronoun it in the example ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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