GEORGE CAMPBELL, D. D.

PRINCIPAL OF THE MARISCHAL COLLEGE, ABERDEEN.

Certo sciant homines, artes inveniendi solidas et veras
adolescere et incrementa sumere cum ipsis inventis,

BAC. DE AUGM. SCIENT. I. v. c. 3.

SECOND EDITION.

VOL. II.

London:

PRINTED FOR A. STRAHAN, T. CADELL, JUN, AND W. DÀVIES;
AND WILLIAM CREECH AT EDINBURGH:

By J. Moir, Edinburgh.

OF THE

SECOND VOLUM E.

BOOK II. CONTINUED.

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The Foundations and essential Properties of Elo-

cution-continued.

Page

CHAP. V. Of the qualities of style strictly rhetorical .... I

CHAP. VI. Of perspicuity .

4

SEĆT. I. The obscure

7

Part I. From defect

. ib.

Part II. From bad arrangement

Part III. From using the same word in different senses . . 17

Part IV. From an uncertain reference in

pronouns

and

relatives

19

Part V. From too artificial a structure of the sentence

Part VI. From technical terms

Part VII. From long sentences

Sect. II. The double meaning ·

24

Part I. Equivocation .

25

Part II. Ambiguity

· 33

Sect. III. The unintelligible

· 56

Part I. From confusion of thought

57

Part II. From affectation of excellence

60

Part III. From want of meaning

64

Under this the various kinds of nonsense,

1. The puerile.

67

2. The learned

68

3. The profound

75

4. The marvellous

76

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