The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volumen2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... remarked . In a dis- course , wherein either or both of these are requisite , it is not every sentence that requires , or even admits them ; but every sentence ought to be perspicuous . The effect of all the other qualities of style is ...
... remarked . In a dis- course , wherein either or both of these are requisite , it is not every sentence that requires , or even admits them ; but every sentence ought to be perspicuous . The effect of all the other qualities of style is ...
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... remark , by the way , that though the relatives who and which may , agree- ably to the English idiom , be sometimes omitted in the oblique cases , to omit them in the nominative , as in the passage last quoted , almost always gives a ...
... remark , by the way , that though the relatives who and which may , agree- ably to the English idiom , be sometimes omitted in the oblique cases , to omit them in the nominative , as in the passage last quoted , almost always gives a ...
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... remarks as I have already made , and shall probably hereafter make , on the sub- ject of language . The elements which enter into the composition of the hugest bodies are subtile and in- considerable . The rudiments of every art and ...
... remarks as I have already made , and shall probably hereafter make , on the sub- ject of language . The elements which enter into the composition of the hugest bodies are subtile and in- considerable . The rudiments of every art and ...
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... remarked , that all the principal members of the period are similar in their structure , and would constitute so many distinct sentences , if they were not united by their reference to some com- mon clause in the beginning or the end ...
... remarked , that all the principal members of the period are similar in their structure , and would constitute so many distinct sentences , if they were not united by their reference to some com- mon clause in the beginning or the end ...
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... remarked above , that there are not only equivocal words in our language , but equivocal phrases . Not the least , and not the smallest , are of this kind . They are sometimes made to imply not any ; as though one should say , not even ...
... remarked above , that there are not only equivocal words in our language , but equivocal phrases . Not the least , and not the smallest , are of this kind . They are sometimes made to imply not any ; as though one should say , not even ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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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Página 205 - whispers through the trees': If crystal streams 'with pleasing murmurs creep,' The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with
Página 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...
Página 222 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes...
Página 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.
Página 312 - And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.