The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... sensible for things intelligible 171 4 . Things animate for things lifeless .. 176 Part III . The use of those tropes which are obstructive to vivacity ... ... 184 SECT . III . Words considered as sounds • 197 Part I. • 198 What are ...
... sensible for things intelligible 171 4 . Things animate for things lifeless .. 176 Part III . The use of those tropes which are obstructive to vivacity ... ... 184 SECT . III . Words considered as sounds • 197 Part I. • 198 What are ...
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... sensible , that , in the omission of them in the nominative , there is pro- perly no ellipsis , as the verb , by its inflection , actually expresses them . Accordingly , in these languages , the pronoun in the nominative is never ...
... sensible , that , in the omission of them in the nominative , there is pro- perly no ellipsis , as the verb , by its inflection , actually expresses them . Accordingly , in these languages , the pronoun in the nominative is never ...
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... object ; we are scarce sensible that there is a medium 66 * Non ut intelligere possit , sed ne omnino possit non intelligere curandum . Inst . Lib . viii . Cap . 2 . Sect . 1 . The obscurity .... Part II . 14 Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
... object ; we are scarce sensible that there is a medium 66 * Non ut intelligere possit , sed ne omnino possit non intelligere curandum . Inst . Lib . viii . Cap . 2 . Sect . 1 . The obscurity .... Part II . 14 Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
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... sensible of the defect . 4. The Marvellous . THE last species of nonsense to be exemplified I shall denominate the marvellous . It is the characteristic of · this kind , that it astonishes and even confounds by the boldness of the ...
... sensible of the defect . 4. The Marvellous . THE last species of nonsense to be exemplified I shall denominate the marvellous . It is the characteristic of · this kind , that it astonishes and even confounds by the boldness of the ...
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... sensible that he hath no meaning ; and that judicious people should read what hath been written in this way , and not dis- cover the defect . Both are surprising , but the first much more than the last . A certain remissness will at ...
... sensible that he hath no meaning ; and that judicious people should read what hath been written in this way , and not dis- cover the defect . Both are surprising , but the first much more than the last . A certain remissness will at ...
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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