The Works of George Campbell: Philosophy of rhetoricT. Tegg, 1840 |
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... By the use of obsolete words 169 171 ib . Part II . By the use of new words Part III . By the use of good words new modelled SECT . II . The Solecism . 172 - 175 179 Page SECT . III . The Impropriety 190 Part I. viii CONTENTS .
... By the use of obsolete words 169 171 ib . Part II . By the use of new words Part III . By the use of good words new modelled SECT . II . The Solecism . 172 - 175 179 Page SECT . III . The Impropriety 190 Part I. viii CONTENTS .
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... solecism . " No man needed less to be informed that authority is every thing in language , and that it is the want of it alone that constitutes both the barbarism and the solecism . Canon the second . The second canon is , In doubtful ...
... solecism . " No man needed less to be informed that authority is every thing in language , and that it is the want of it alone that constitutes both the barbarism and the solecism . Canon the second . The second canon is , In doubtful ...
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... solecism , and all those to which use hath affixed a particular sense , but which , when explained by the general and established rules of the language , are susceptible either of a different sense or of no sense , ought to be discarded ...
... solecism , and all those to which use hath affixed a particular sense , but which , when explained by the general and established rules of the language , are susceptible either of a different sense or of no sense , ought to be discarded ...
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... solecism . We speak indeed of playing a tune , but it is always on the in- strument . Nothing can be more common or less proper than to speak of a river's emptying itself . Dr. Johnson , in his dictionary , explains the verb to empty ...
... solecism . We speak indeed of playing a tune , but it is always on the in- strument . Nothing can be more common or less proper than to speak of a river's emptying itself . Dr. Johnson , in his dictionary , explains the verb to empty ...
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... solecism and the impropriety . So much for the canons of verbal criticism , which properly succeed the characters of good use , proposed in the preceding chapter for the detection of the most flagrant errors in the choice , the ...
... solecism and the impropriety . So much for the canons of verbal criticism , which properly succeed the characters of good use , proposed in the preceding chapter for the detection of the most flagrant errors in the choice , the ...
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