The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Nide 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... sentence , that Will is to confront all the ladies- though afterwards we find it necessary to construe this clause with the following verb . This confusion is removed at once , by repeat- ing the adverb when , thus : “ I have hopes that ...
... sentence , that Will is to confront all the ladies- though afterwards we find it necessary to construe this clause with the following verb . This confusion is removed at once , by repeat- ing the adverb when , thus : “ I have hopes that ...
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... sentence used in different senses . This error is exemplified in the following quotation : " That he should be in earnest it is hard to conceive ; “ since any reasons of doubt , which he might have in " this case , would have been ...
... sentence used in different senses . This error is exemplified in the following quotation : " That he should be in earnest it is hard to conceive ; “ since any reasons of doubt , which he might have in " this case , would have been ...
Sivu 18
... sentence , or in sentences closely connected , is rarely found entirely compatible with perspicuity . Of this I shall give some examples . One may have " an air which proceeds from a just sufficiency and " knowledge of the matter before ...
... sentence , or in sentences closely connected , is rarely found entirely compatible with perspicuity . Of this I shall give some examples . One may have " an air which proceeds from a just sufficiency and " knowledge of the matter before ...
Sivu 20
... sentence . ANOTHER cause of obscurity is when the structure of the sentence is too much complicated , or too artifi- cial ; or when the sense is too long suspended by par- entheses . Some critics have been so strongly per- suaded of the ...
... sentence . ANOTHER cause of obscurity is when the structure of the sentence is too much complicated , or too artifi- cial ; or when the sense is too long suspended by par- entheses . Some critics have been so strongly per- suaded of the ...
Sivu 21
... sentence . Others again , have carried their dis- like to the parenthesis only so far as to lay aside the hooks by which it is commonly distinguished , and to use commas in their place . But this is not avoiding the fault , if it be a ...
... sentence . Others again , have carried their dis- like to the parenthesis only so far as to lay aside the hooks by which it is commonly distinguished , and to use commas in their place . But this is not avoiding the fault , if it be a ...
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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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Sivu 205 - whispers through the trees': If crystal streams 'with pleasing murmurs creep,' The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with
Sivu 202 - Sometimes, with secure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid Dancing in the chequered shade...
Sivu 222 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes...
Sivu 151 - For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell, Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Sivu 312 - And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women.
Sivu 317 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Sivu 383 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Sivu 295 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: And thou renewest the face of the earth.
Sivu 68 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Sivu 132 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.