The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... requires , or even admits them ; but every sentence ought to be perspicuous . The effect of all the other qualities of style is lost with- out this . This being to the understanding what light is to the eye , ought to be diffused over ...
... requires , or even admits them ; but every sentence ought to be perspicuous . The effect of all the other qualities of style is lost with- out this . This being to the understanding what light is to the eye , ought to be diffused over ...
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... require , in many instances , a repetition of pronouns , prepositions , and articles , which , as they add nothing to the perspicuity , must render the expressión languid . There are some cases in which this repetition is consequential ...
... require , in many instances , a repetition of pronouns , prepositions , and articles , which , as they add nothing to the perspicuity , must render the expressión languid . There are some cases in which this repetition is consequential ...
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... require more attention from the reader , or the speak- er from the hearer , than is absolutely necessary ? It ought to be remembered , that whatever application we must give to the words , is , in fact , so much de- ducted from what we ...
... require more attention from the reader , or the speak- er from the hearer , than is absolutely necessary ? It ought to be remembered , that whatever application we must give to the words , is , in fact , so much de- ducted from what we ...
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... require reflection to discover , that the first denotes an air , the second sufficiency and knowledge , and the third motions of the bead and body . Such is the use of the pronouns those and who in the following sentence of the same ...
... require reflection to discover , that the first denotes an air , the second sufficiency and knowledge , and the third motions of the bead and body . Such is the use of the pronouns those and who in the following sentence of the same ...
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... requires to be distinguished by the manner of pronouncing it , more than a parenthesis ; and conse- quently , no part of a sentence ought to be more distinctly marked in the pointing . PART VI . From technical terms : ANOTHER Source of ...
... requires to be distinguished by the manner of pronouncing it , more than a parenthesis ; and conse- quently , no part of a sentence ought to be more distinctly marked in the pointing . PART VI . From technical terms : ANOTHER Source of ...
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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