The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Zväzok 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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Strana 8
... instances , a repetition of pronouns , prepositions , and articles , which , as they add nothing to the perspicuity , must render the expression languid . There are some cases in which this repetition is consequential on the very ...
... instances , a repetition of pronouns , prepositions , and articles , which , as they add nothing to the perspicuity , must render the expression languid . There are some cases in which this repetition is consequential on the very ...
Strana 11
... 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 produceth ...
... 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 produceth ...
Strana 16
... instances , suggest a wrong construction . Of this the following will suffice for an example : " The young man did not want natu- " ral talents ; but the father of him was a coxcomb , " who affected being a fine gentleman so unmerciful ...
... instances , suggest a wrong construction . Of this the following will suffice for an example : " The young man did not want natu- " ral talents ; but the father of him was a coxcomb , " who affected being a fine gentleman so unmerciful ...
Strana 19
... instances : " There are other exam- 66 ples , " says Bolingbroke , " of the same kind , which " cannot be brought without the utmost horror , be- " cause in them it is supposed impiously , against prin- ciples as self - evident as any ...
... instances : " There are other exam- 66 ples , " says Bolingbroke , " of the same kind , which " cannot be brought without the utmost horror , be- " cause in them it is supposed impiously , against prin- ciples as self - evident as any ...
Strana 20
... instances in direct opposition to " them . " It is not quite obvious , on the first read- ing , that the pronoun them in this passage doth al- ways refer to the laws of Nature , and they to civil laws . " When a man considers the state ...
... instances in direct opposition to " them . " It is not quite obvious , on the first read- ing , that the pronoun them in this passage doth al- ways refer to the laws of Nature , and they to civil laws . " When a man considers the state ...
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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 contrary 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 necessary 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 Sect 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 vivacity as depending wherein writer
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