The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... Things 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 ...
... Things 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 ...
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... as was hinted above , in the conformity of the sentiment to the nature of things . The opposite to logical truth , is properly error ; to moral truth , a lie VOL . II . A 1 Of the qualities of style strictly rhetorical . to grammatical.
... as was hinted above , in the conformity of the sentiment to the nature of things . The opposite to logical truth , is properly error ; to moral truth , a lie VOL . II . A 1 Of the qualities of style strictly rhetorical . to grammatical.
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... thing imitated , it concerns solely the thought . If he purposes to work upon the passions , his very diction , as well as his sentiments , must be animated . Thus language and thought , like body and soul , are made to correspond , and ...
... thing imitated , it concerns solely the thought . If he purposes to work upon the passions , his very diction , as well as his sentiments , must be animated . Thus language and thought , like body and soul , are made to correspond , and ...
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... things could be rendered exact counterparts to each other ; if every different thing in nature had a different sym- bol by which it were expressed ; and every difference in the relations of things had a corresponding difference in the ...
... things could be rendered exact counterparts to each other ; if every different thing in nature had a different sym- bol by which it were expressed ; and every difference in the relations of things had a corresponding difference in the ...
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... things , if the me- dium through which we look at any object be per- fectly transparent , our whole attention is fixed on the object ; we are scarce sensible that there is a medium 66 * Non ut intelligere possit , sed ne omnino possit ...
... things , if the me- dium through which we look at any object be per- fectly transparent , our whole attention is fixed on the object ; we are scarce sensible that there is a medium 66 * Non ut intelligere possit , sed ne omnino possit ...
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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