The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... sense of that function , when chosen from a regard to " the interests of piety and virtue * . " Sense in this passage denotes an inward feeling , or the impression which some sentiment makes upon the mind . Now a function cannot be a ...
... sense of that function , when chosen from a regard to " the interests of piety and virtue * . " Sense in this passage denotes an inward feeling , or the impression which some sentiment makes upon the mind . Now a function cannot be a ...
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... sense would have appeared immediately , had he said , " Never let the << man , who may justly be styled the glory of our na 、" tion THE instances now given will suffice to specify the obscurities in style which arise from deficiency ...
... sense would have appeared immediately , had he said , " Never let the << man , who may justly be styled the glory of our na 、" tion THE instances now given will suffice to specify the obscurities in style which arise from deficiency ...
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... sense it hath been metaphorically applied to language , this being , as it were , the medium , through which we perceive the notions and sentiments of a speaker . Now , in corporeal things , if the me- dium through which we look at any ...
... sense it hath been metaphorically applied to language , this being , as it were , the medium , through which we perceive the notions and sentiments of a speaker . Now , in corporeal things , if the me- dium through which we look at any ...
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... senses . justice , be ranked under solecism , impropriety , obscu rity , or inelegance . 66 PART III .... From using the same word in different senses . ANOTHER Source of obscurity , is when the same word is in the same sentence used in ...
... senses . justice , be ranked under solecism , impropriety , obscu rity , or inelegance . 66 PART III .... From using the same word in different senses . ANOTHER Source of obscurity , is when the same word is in the same sentence used in ...
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... sense of that function , when chosen from a regard " to the interests of piety and virtue , and a scorn of " whatever men call great in a transitory being , when " it comes in competition with what is unchangeable " and eternal ...
... sense of that function , when chosen from a regard " to the interests of piety and virtue , and a scorn of " whatever men call great in a transitory being , when " it comes in competition with what is unchangeable " and eternal ...
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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