The Philosophy of RhetoricT.B. Wait, 1811 - 517 pages |
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Page 47
... clause in the end of the sentence , concerning a countenance which raises laughter , in the least in- validate what I have now affirmed ; for it is plain , that this is suggested in the way of similitude , to illustrate what he had ad ...
... clause in the end of the sentence , concerning a countenance which raises laughter , in the least in- validate what I have now affirmed ; for it is plain , that this is suggested in the way of similitude , to illustrate what he had ad ...
Page 205
... clause , which when you sup- ply , you find it necessary to use the adverb not , Whether he ' will or will not . ' I shall only add , that by both the preceding the preposition a ; neither of which is the case with the English will and ...
... clause , which when you sup- ply , you find it necessary to use the adverb not , Whether he ' will or will not . ' I shall only add , that by both the preceding the preposition a ; neither of which is the case with the English will and ...
Page 239
... clauses thus connected , when the first verb is in the present or the future , the second , which is dependent on it , cannot be in the past . The words , therefore , ought to have been translated , " that ye may have life . " On the ...
... clauses thus connected , when the first verb is in the present or the future , the second , which is dependent on it , cannot be in the past . The words , therefore , ought to have been translated , " that ye may have life . " On the ...
Page 240
... clause of the sentence , although the part referred to will not supply the defect , but some other part not produced . Of this the following is an example : " I shall do all I can to persuade others to take the same mea- 66 sures for ...
... clause of the sentence , although the part referred to will not supply the defect , but some other part not produced . Of this the following is an example : " I shall do all I can to persuade others to take the same mea- 66 sures for ...
Page 241
... clause , therefore , ought to run thus , " or which at least they may not " acquire . " The repetition of the relative makes the insertion of the personal pronoun necessary . There is an error of the same kind in the sentence following ...
... clause , therefore , ought to run thus , " or which at least they may not " acquire . " The repetition of the relative makes the insertion of the personal pronoun necessary . There is an error of the same kind in the sentence following ...
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