The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Band 1A. Constable & Company, 1816 |
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... highest aim . The best ornaments out of place are not only unbecoming but offen- sive . Nor can any thing be farther from his thoughts than to pretend an exemp- tion from such positive faults in expression , as , PREFACE . ix.
... highest aim . The best ornaments out of place are not only unbecoming but offen- sive . Nor can any thing be farther from his thoughts than to pretend an exemp- tion from such positive faults in expression , as , PREFACE . ix.
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George Campbell. tion from such positive faults in expression , as , on the article of Elocution , he hath so freely criticized in the best English authors . He is entirely sensible , that an impropriety or other negligence in style will ...
George Campbell. tion from such positive faults in expression , as , on the article of Elocution , he hath so freely criticized in the best English authors . He is entirely sensible , that an impropriety or other negligence in style will ...
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... expression of the naturalists , constitutes only a variety , and not a different species , Now , though a considerable proficiency in the practice of the oratorical art may be easily and al- most naturally attained , by one in whom ...
... expression of the naturalists , constitutes only a variety , and not a different species , Now , though a considerable proficiency in the practice of the oratorical art may be easily and al- most naturally attained , by one in whom ...
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... expressions constantly used , nothing deficient , nothing superfluous ; in brief , nothing which in more , or fewer , or other words , or words otherwise disposed , could have been better expressed , needs greatly the assistance both of ...
... expressions constantly used , nothing deficient , nothing superfluous ; in brief , nothing which in more , or fewer , or other words , or words otherwise disposed , could have been better expressed , needs greatly the assistance both of ...
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... expressions , the repetition , exclamation , interrogation , and climax of aggravating circumstances , ac- cumulated with rapidity upon one another , display in the strongest light , the turpitude of the action , and thus at once ...
... expressions , the repetition , exclamation , interrogation , and climax of aggravating circumstances , ac- cumulated with rapidity upon one another , display in the strongest light , the turpitude of the action , and thus at once ...
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