The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... tropes 151 Part I. Part II . I. The less for the more general ... Preliminary observations concerning tropes ... ib . The different sorts of tropes conducive to viva- city ... 2. The most interesting circumstance distinguish- ... 163 ib ...
... tropes 151 Part I. Part II . I. The less for the more general ... Preliminary observations concerning tropes ... ib . The different sorts of tropes conducive to viva- city ... 2. The most interesting circumstance distinguish- ... 163 ib ...
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... trope is rather too adventurous , without some softening clause , to suit the idiom of our 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 ...
... trope is rather too adventurous , without some softening clause , to suit the idiom of our 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 ...
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... trope , when temperately and appositely used , serves to add light to the expression , and energy to the sentiment . On the contrary , when vaguely and intemperately used , nothing can serve more effectually to cloud the sense , where ...
... trope , when temperately and appositely used , serves to add light to the expression , and energy to the sentiment . On the contrary , when vaguely and intemperately used , nothing can serve more effectually to cloud the sense , where ...
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... tropes : and whether the one or the other , they may be regarded not only as signs , but as sounds ; and consequently as capable , in certain cases , of bear- ing in some degree a natural resemblance or affinity to the things signified ...
... tropes : and whether the one or the other , they may be regarded not only as signs , but as sounds ; and consequently as capable , in certain cases , of bear- ing in some degree a natural resemblance or affinity to the things signified ...
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... the emblem of love and constancy ; the fig - tree and the vine , as the earnest of friendship and festive joy , 66 * Chap . ii . 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 . 1 Sect . II . Rhetorical tropes .... Part I. Preliminary 150 Book III . THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
... the emblem of love and constancy ; the fig - tree and the vine , as the earnest of friendship and festive joy , 66 * Chap . ii . 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 . 1 Sect . II . Rhetorical tropes .... Part I. Preliminary 150 Book III . THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
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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