The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... style strictly rhetorical .... I CHAP . VI . Of perspicuity · · 4 SECT . I. The obscure 7 Párt I. From defect . ib . Part II . From bad arrangement .. . II Part III . Part IV . From using the same word in different senses .. 17 From an ...
... style strictly rhetorical .... I CHAP . VI . Of perspicuity · · 4 SECT . I. The obscure 7 Párt I. From defect . ib . Part II . From bad arrangement .. . II Part III . Part IV . From using the same word in different senses .. 17 From an ...
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... Style strictly rhetorical . PURITY , of which I have treated at some length in the two preceding chapters , may justly be denomi- nated grammatical truth . It consisteth in the confor- mity of the expression to the sentiment which the ...
... Style strictly rhetorical . PURITY , of which I have treated at some length in the two preceding chapters , may justly be denomi- nated grammatical truth . It consisteth in the confor- mity of the expression to the sentiment which the ...
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... style be perspicuous , that so he may be sure of being understood . If he would not only inform the understanding , but please the imagination , he must add the charms of vivacity and elegance , corresponding to the two sources from ...
... style be perspicuous , that so he may be sure of being understood . If he would not only inform the understanding , but please the imagination , he must add the charms of vivacity and elegance , corresponding to the two sources from ...
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George Campbell. Of the qualities of style strictly rhetorical . resemblance is attained ; by elegance , dignity of man- ner . For as to the dignity of the subject itself , or thing imitated , it concerns solely the thought . If he ...
George Campbell. Of the qualities of style strictly rhetorical . resemblance is attained ; by elegance , dignity of man- ner . For as to the dignity of the subject itself , or thing imitated , it concerns solely the thought . If he ...
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... style , its music ; though I acknowledge the word is rarely used with so great latitude . THUS it appears , that besides purity , which is a quality entirely grammatical , the five simple and o- riginal qualities of style , considered ...
... style , its music ; though I acknowledge the word is rarely used with so great latitude . THUS it appears , that besides purity , which is a quality entirely grammatical , the five simple and o- riginal qualities of style , considered ...
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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