The Philosophy of RhetoricSouthern Illinois University Press, 1963 - 415 pages |
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adjective admit adverb ambiguity antonomasia appear argument Campbell Campbell's catachresis circumstances clause common conjunctions connexion connexive consequence considered contrary critics David Hume degree denominated denote discourse doth Dunciad effect eloquence employed English equal evidence example exhibit expression former French frequently give grammatical hath hearers Hudibras human nature ideas idiom imagination impropriety instance justly kind language latter manner Marischal College meaning metaphor metonymy mind moral necessary never noun object obscurity observed occasion orator Paradise Lost particular passage passion perhaps periphrasis perly person perspicuity Philosophy of Rhetoric phrases pleasure pleonasm poet preceding preposition present preterite principles produce pronoun proper properly qualities Quintilian reason regard relation remark render resemblance respect ridicule sense sensible sentence sentiment serve signified solecism sometimes sound speak speaker species Spect style syllables syllogism synecdoche Tatler term things thought tion tongue tropes truth verb vivacity wherein words writers