The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... rendered exact counterparts to each other ; if every different thing in nature had a different sym- bol by which it were expressed ; and every difference in the relations of things had a corresponding difference in the combinations of ...
... rendered exact counterparts to each other ; if every different thing in nature had a different sym- bol by which it were expressed ; and every difference in the relations of things had a corresponding difference in the combinations of ...
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... render the expressión languid . There are some cases in which this repetition is consequential on the very ... renders it necessary to follow a dif- ferent rule , and to say , mon pere et ma mere , But it is not to in- stances of this ...
... render the expressión languid . There are some cases in which this repetition is consequential on the very ... renders it necessary to follow a dif- ferent rule , and to say , mon pere et ma mere , But it is not to in- stances of this ...
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... renders the sentence obscure , there is always ground for the charge of impropriety , which hath been discussed already . PART II .... From bad Arrangement . ANOTHER Source of obscurity is a bad arrangement of the words . In this case ...
... renders the sentence obscure , there is always ground for the charge of impropriety , which hath been discussed already . PART II .... From bad Arrangement . ANOTHER Source of obscurity is a bad arrangement of the words . In this case ...
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... order of the words cannot properly be considered , as render- ing the sentence ambiguous , but obscure . * Spectator , No. 20 . + Battle of the Books . 66 Of perspicuity . Be- Ir may indeed be argued Chap . VI . 13 RHETORIC .
... order of the words cannot properly be considered , as render- ing the sentence ambiguous , but obscure . * Spectator , No. 20 . + Battle of the Books . 66 Of perspicuity . Be- Ir may indeed be argued Chap . VI . 13 RHETORIC .
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... renders the passage under consideration , one of those which may , with equal * The maxim , Natura se potissimum prodit in minimis , is not confined to physiology . Spect . No. 496. T. Sect . I. The obscurity .... Part III . From 16 THE ...
... renders the passage under consideration , one of those which may , with equal * The maxim , Natura se potissimum prodit in minimis , is not confined to physiology . Spect . No. 496. T. Sect . I. The obscurity .... Part III . From 16 THE ...
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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