The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... tongue . This prerogative the intellect has above all the other faculties , that , whether it be or not immediately addressed by the speaker , it must be re- garded by him either ultimately or subordinately ; ul- timately , when the ...
... tongue . This prerogative the intellect has above all the other faculties , that , whether it be or not immediately addressed by the speaker , it must be re- garded by him either ultimately or subordinately ; ul- timately , when the ...
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... tongue , conduceth greatly to perspicuity , but it will by no means secure it . A man may in respect of it speak unexception- ably , and yet speak obscurely , or ambiguously ; and though we cannot say , that a man may speak proper- ly ...
... tongue , conduceth greatly to perspicuity , but it will by no means secure it . A man may in respect of it speak unexception- ably , and yet speak obscurely , or ambiguously ; and though we cannot say , that a man may speak proper- ly ...
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... unless when it is emphatical . But the idiom of most modern tongues , English and French particularly , will Of perspicuity . seldom admit such ellipsis * . In A 4 Chap . V1 . RHETORIC . 7 SECT I The obscure Párt I From defect.
... unless when it is emphatical . But the idiom of most modern tongues , English and French particularly , will Of perspicuity . seldom admit such ellipsis * . In A 4 Chap . V1 . RHETORIC . 7 SECT I The obscure Párt I From defect.
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... tongue be intolerable : " You are obliged to say and do all you can . " It must be- " to say and " to do all that which you can , ” — de dire et de faire tout ce que yous savez , But though , in several instances , the critics of that ...
... tongue be intolerable : " You are obliged to say and do all you can . " It must be- " to say and " to do all that which you can , ” — de dire et de faire tout ce que yous savez , But though , in several instances , the critics of that ...
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... tongue . The 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 ...
... tongue . The 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 ...
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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