The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Том 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... evident , signs of thought than their fel- " low - creatures * " This errs alike against perspicui- ty and elegance ; the word more is first an adjective , the comparative of many ; in an instant it is an ad- verb , and the sign of the ...
... evident , signs of thought than their fel- " low - creatures * " This errs alike against perspicui- ty and elegance ; the word more is first an adjective , the comparative of many ; in an instant it is an ad- verb , and the sign of the ...
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... evident as any of those necessary truths , " which are such of all knowledge , that the supreme Being commands by one law , what he forbids by * Spect . No. 502 . + Guardian , No. 13 . 66 Of perspicuity . " another * . " It B 2 Chap ...
... evident as any of those necessary truths , " which are such of all knowledge , that the supreme Being commands by one law , what he forbids by * Spect . No. 502 . + Guardian , No. 13 . 66 Of perspicuity . " another * . " It B 2 Chap ...
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... evident , that the words hundred pounds belong to both numeral adjectives ; in the lat- ter , that they are understood after the second . reference and construction of the concluding words in the next quotation , is very indefinite ...
... evident , that the words hundred pounds belong to both numeral adjectives ; in the lat- ter , that they are understood after the second . reference and construction of the concluding words in the next quotation , is very indefinite ...
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... evident that this is original and natural . There is a variety of relations to be found in things , by which they are connected . Such are , among several others , resemblance , iden- tity , equality , contrariety , cause , and effect ...
... evident that this is original and natural . There is a variety of relations to be found in things , by which they are connected . Such are , among several others , resemblance , iden- tity , equality , contrariety , cause , and effect ...
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... evident from their own ex- plications . - THE patrons of this theory maintain , or at least ex- press themselves as if they maintained , that the mind is endowed with a power of forming ideas , or images , within itself , that are ...
... evident from their own ex- plications . - THE patrons of this theory maintain , or at least ex- press themselves as if they maintained , that the mind is endowed with a power of forming ideas , or images , within itself , that are ...
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adjectives adverb ambiguity anapest antithesis antonomasia appear arrangement better catachresis cause Chap CHIG choice of words clauses Complex sentences composition conducive to vivacity conjunctions connectives employed connexive consequence copulative denominated denote discourse doth effect ellipsis employed in combining English equivocal example exhibit expression figure former French give hath hearer ideas idiom imagine imitation instance justly kind language Latin manner meaning metaphor metonymy mind modern nature nonsense noun object obscurity observed occasion offences against brevity Paradise Lost particle particular passage periphrasis perspicuity phrases pleonasm preceding preposition principles produce pronoun proper terms properly propriety reason relation remark rendered Rhetorical tropes RSITY Sect sense sensible sentiment serve signify signs Simple sentences SITY sometimes speak speaker species Spect spondee style substantive syllables synecdoché Tatler tautology tence things thought tion tongue translation UNIV verb vivacity as depending wherein writer
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