The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... tion of regard , or a greeting like this in " a land of stran- gers . " But Whigs know each other by the instincts of gentlemen and of patriots , and under ordinary circum- stances I should be tempted to obey your request ; espe- cially ...
... tion of regard , or a greeting like this in " a land of stran- gers . " But Whigs know each other by the instincts of gentlemen and of patriots , and under ordinary circum- stances I should be tempted to obey your request ; espe- cially ...
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... tion of the orator , to inform , to convince , to please , to move , or to persuade , still he must speak so as to be understood , or he speaks to no purpose . If he do not propose to convey certain sentiments into the minds of his ...
... tion of the orator , to inform , to convince , to please , to move , or to persuade , still he must speak so as to be understood , or he speaks to no purpose . If he do not propose to convey certain sentiments into the minds of his ...
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... tion THE instances now given will suffice to specify the obscurities in style which arise from deficiency . The same evil may also be occasioned by excess . But as this almost invariably offends against vivacity , and on- ly sometimes ...
... tion THE instances now given will suffice to specify the obscurities in style which arise from deficiency . The same evil may also be occasioned by excess . But as this almost invariably offends against vivacity , and on- ly sometimes ...
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... tion to the language , always weakens the effect which the thoughts were intended to produce in the mind . By perspicuity , " as Quintilian justly observes , " care “ is taken , not that the hearer may understand , if he will ; but that ...
... tion to the language , always weakens the effect which the thoughts were intended to produce in the mind . By perspicuity , " as Quintilian justly observes , " care “ is taken , not that the hearer may understand , if he will ; but that ...
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... tion , Perspicuously either thus , " who may give more " numerous , but cannot give more evident signs- , " or thus , " who may give more , but cannot give clear- 66 er signs . " It is but seldom that the same pro- noun can be used ...
... tion , Perspicuously either thus , " who may give more " numerous , but cannot give more evident signs- , " or thus , " who may give more , but cannot give clear- 66 er signs . " It is but seldom that the same pro- noun can be used ...
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adjectives adverb ambiguity anapest antithesis antonomasia appear arrangement better catachresis cause Chap choice of words clauses Complex sentences composition conducive to vivacity conjunctions connectives employed connexive consequence considered as sounds copulative denominated denote discourse doth effect ellipsis employed in combining English equivocal example exhibit expression figure former French give guage hath hearer ideas idiom imagine imitation instance justly kind language Latin manner meaning metaphor metonymy mind modern nature necessary nonsense noun object obscurity observed occasion offences against brevity Paradise Lost particle particular passage periphrasis perspicuity phrases pleonasm preceding preposition principles pronoun proper terms properly propriety reason regard relation remark rendered sense sensible sentiment serve signify signs Simple sentences sometimes speak speaker species Spect spondee style substantive syllables synecdoché Tatler tautology tence ther things thought tion tive tongue translation verb verse vivacity as depending wherein writer