The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... verb , and of the possessive pro- nouns ; I was going to add , and of the personal pro- nouns also : but , on reflection , I am sensible , that , in the omission of them in the nominative , there is pro- perly no ellipsis , as the verb ...
... verb , and of the possessive pro- nouns ; I was going to add , and of the personal pro- nouns also : but , on reflection , I am sensible , that , in the omission of them in the nominative , there is pro- perly no ellipsis , as the verb ...
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... lame , there being no verb in it with which the words to a visit can be construed . More Guardian , No. 1g . + Ibid , No. 53 . Spect . No. 2 . Of perspicuity . explicitly thus , " He talks all Chap . VI . 9 RHETORIC :
... lame , there being no verb in it with which the words to a visit can be construed . More Guardian , No. 1g . + Ibid , No. 53 . Spect . No. 2 . Of perspicuity . explicitly thus , " He talks all Chap . VI . 9 RHETORIC :
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... verb pronounced , that at first they suggest a meaning perfectly ludicrous . " I had " several men died in my ship of calentures + . " The The preposition of must be construed with the verb died , and not , as the first appearance would ...
... verb pronounced , that at first they suggest a meaning perfectly ludicrous . " I had " several men died in my ship of calentures + . " The The preposition of must be construed with the verb died , and not , as the first appearance would ...
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... verb . This confusion is removed at once , by repeat- ing the adverb when , thus : " I have hopes that when Will confronts him , and when all the ladies cast " kind looks . " The subsequent sentence is li- able to the same exception ...
... verb . This confusion is removed at once , by repeat- ing the adverb when , thus : " I have hopes that when Will confronts him , and when all the ladies cast " kind looks . " The subsequent sentence is li- able to the same exception ...
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... verb endure ; on fur- ther examination it is discovered to have two , the word mention , and the word one , which is here close- ly combined with the preposition of , and makes the regimen of the noun mention . I might observe also the ...
... verb endure ; on fur- ther examination it is discovered to have two , the word mention , and the word one , which is here close- ly combined with the preposition of , and makes the regimen of the noun mention . I might observe also the ...
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