The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... , as was hinted above , in the conformity of the sentiment to the nature of things . The opposite to logical truth , is properly error ; to moral truth , a lie VOL . II . A 1 Of the qualities of style strictly rhetorical . to grammatical.
... , as was hinted above , in the conformity of the sentiment to the nature of things . The opposite to logical truth , is properly error ; to moral truth , a lie VOL . II . A 1 Of the qualities of style strictly rhetorical . to grammatical.
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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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... the different ways wherein they may be lost . It is for these reasons that , though per- spicuity be more properly a rhetorical than a gramima- Of perspicuity . tical quality , I thought it better A 3 Chap . VI . 5 RHETORIC .
... the different ways wherein they may be lost . It is for these reasons that , though per- spicuity be more properly a rhetorical than a gramima- Of perspicuity . tical quality , I thought it better A 3 Chap . VI . 5 RHETORIC .
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... properly in English , my father and mother ; because the possessive pronoun having no distinction of gen- der , and so having but one form , is alike applicable to both the case being different with them renders it necessary to follow a ...
... properly in English , my father and mother ; because the possessive pronoun having no distinction of gen- der , and so having but one form , is alike applicable to both the case being different with them renders it necessary to follow a ...
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