The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... sometimes enervated the expression , their criticisms , when useful in assisting us to shun any obscurity or ambiguity , de- terve to be adopted . Sect . Ì . The obscure .... Part I. From 8 Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
... sometimes enervated the expression , their criticisms , when useful in assisting us to shun any obscurity or ambiguity , de- terve to be adopted . Sect . Ì . The obscure .... Part I. From 8 Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
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... sometimes produceth darkness , there will be a more proper occasion of considering it afterwards . Another cause of obscurity is a bad choice of words . When it is this alone which renders the sentence obscure , there is always ground ...
... sometimes produceth darkness , there will be a more proper occasion of considering it afterwards . Another cause of obscurity is a bad choice of words . When it is this alone which renders the sentence obscure , there is always ground ...
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... sometimes omitted in the oblique cases , to omit them in the nominative , as in the passage last quoted , almost always gives a maimed appearance to the expression . " I perceived 86 it had been scowered with half an eye " The si ...
... sometimes omitted in the oblique cases , to omit them in the nominative , as in the passage last quoted , almost always gives a maimed appearance to the expression . " I perceived 86 it had been scowered with half an eye " The si ...
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... speech , in which you will not find equivocal terms . To begin with particles ; the preposition of denotes sometimes the relation which any affection bears to • Sect . II . The double meaning .... Part 26 Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
... speech , in which you will not find equivocal terms . To begin with particles ; the preposition of denotes sometimes the relation which any affection bears to • Sect . II . The double meaning .... Part 26 Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
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... sometimes denotes the relation of the effect to the cause , sometimes that of the accident to the subject , from this duplicity of sig nification , there will also , in certain circumstances , arise a double sense . You have an example ...
... sometimes denotes the relation of the effect to the cause , sometimes that of the accident to the subject , from this duplicity of sig nification , there will also , in certain circumstances , arise a double sense . You have an example ...
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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