The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... Proper terms . 135 .. 136 SECT . II . Rhetorical tropes 151 Part I. Part II . I. The less for the more general ... Preliminary observations concerning tropes ... ib . The different sorts of tropes conducive to viva- city ... 2. The most ...
... Proper terms . 135 .. 136 SECT . II . Rhetorical tropes 151 Part I. Part II . I. The less for the more general ... Preliminary observations concerning tropes ... ib . The different sorts of tropes conducive to viva- city ... 2. The most ...
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... orator with light and energy into the minds of the hearers . Now as music is to the ear what beauty is to the eye , I shall , + Ibid . Chap . 4 . Of Perspicuity . for want of a more proper term A 2 Chap . V. 3 RHETORIC . in.
... orator with light and energy into the minds of the hearers . Now as music is to the ear what beauty is to the eye , I shall , + Ibid . Chap . 4 . Of Perspicuity . for want of a more proper term A 2 Chap . V. 3 RHETORIC . in.
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George Campbell. Of Perspicuity . for want of a more proper term , denominate this ex- cellence in style , its music ; though I acknowledge the word is rarely used with so great latitude . THUS it appears , that besides purity , which is ...
George Campbell. Of Perspicuity . for want of a more proper term , denominate this ex- cellence in style , its music ; though I acknowledge the word is rarely used with so great latitude . THUS it appears , that besides purity , which is ...
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... , and yet speak obscurely , or ambiguously ; and though we cannot say , that a man may speak proper- ly , and at the same time speak unintelligibly , yet this Sect . I. The obscure .... Part I. From defect 6 Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
... , and yet speak obscurely , or ambiguously ; and though we cannot say , that a man may speak proper- ly , and at the same time speak unintelligibly , yet this Sect . I. The obscure .... Part I. From defect 6 Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
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... proper 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 ...
... proper 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 ...
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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