The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... writer and by the reader ... ... SECT . I. The nature and power of signs , both in speak- ing and in thinking · · The application of the preceding principles ... The extensive usefulness of perspicuity When is obscurity apposite , if ...
... writer and by the reader ... ... SECT . I. The nature and power of signs , both in speak- ing and in thinking · · The application of the preceding principles ... The extensive usefulness of perspicuity When is obscurity apposite , if ...
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... writer intends to convey by it , as mo- ral truth consisteth in the conformity of the sentiment intended to be conveyed , to the sentiment actually entertained by the speaker or the writer ; and logical truth , as was hinted above , in ...
... writer intends to convey by it , as mo- ral truth consisteth in the conformity of the sentiment intended to be conveyed , to the sentiment actually entertained by the speaker or the writer ; and logical truth , as was hinted above , in ...
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... writers , will 16 * The French , I imagine , have gone to the other extreme . They require , in many instances , a repetition of pronouns , prepositions , and articles , which , as they add nothing to the perspicuity , must render the ...
... writers , will 16 * The French , I imagine , have gone to the other extreme . They require , in many instances , a repetition of pronouns , prepositions , and articles , which , as they add nothing to the perspicuity , must render the ...
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... writer , " with a true " sense of that function , when chosen from a regard to " the interests of piety and virtue * . " Sense in this passage denotes an inward feeling , or the impression which some sentiment makes upon the mind . Now ...
... writer , " with a true " sense of that function , when chosen from a regard to " the interests of piety and virtue * . " Sense in this passage denotes an inward feeling , or the impression which some sentiment makes upon the mind . Now ...
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... writer , " I look upon as a greater evil than a- 66 red . 66 66 narchy itself , as much as a savage is a happier state " of life than a slave at the oar " Neither savage nor slave can be denominated a state of life , though the states ...
... writer , " I look upon as a greater evil than a- 66 red . 66 66 narchy itself , as much as a savage is a happier state " of life than a slave at the oar " Neither savage nor slave can be denominated a state of life , though the states ...
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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