The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Band 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... conjunctions . SECT . II . Of other connectives SECT . III . • · 319 • 322 • · • 324 326 337 Modern languages compared with Greek and Latin , particularly in regard to the compo- sition of sentences .. CHAP . V. Of the connectives ...
... conjunctions . SECT . II . Of other connectives SECT . III . • · 319 • 322 • · • 324 326 337 Modern languages compared with Greek and Latin , particularly in regard to the compo- sition of sentences .. CHAP . V. Of the connectives ...
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George Campbell. Of perspicuity . My next instance shall be in the conjunctions : " They were both much more ancient among the Per- " sians than Zoroaster or Zerdusht * . " The or here is equivocal . It serves either as a copulative to ...
George Campbell. Of perspicuity . My next instance shall be in the conjunctions : " They were both much more ancient among the Per- " sians than Zoroaster or Zerdusht * . " The or here is equivocal . It serves either as a copulative to ...
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... was the rich- " est monarch . " The conjunction and makes the following words relate entirely to Solomon , as nothing had been affirmed concerning David . It is more Sect . II . The double meaning .... Part II 34 Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY ...
... was the rich- " est monarch . " The conjunction and makes the following words relate entirely to Solomon , as nothing had been affirmed concerning David . It is more Sect . II . The double meaning .... Part II 34 Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY ...
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... conjunctions : " At least my own private letters leave room for a politician , well versed in matters of this 66 66 nature , to suspect as much , as a penetrating friend " of mine tells me * . " The particle as , which in this sentence ...
... conjunctions : " At least my own private letters leave room for a politician , well versed in matters of this 66 66 nature , to suspect as much , as a penetrating friend " of mine tells me * . " The particle as , which in this sentence ...
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... conjunctions , and of the personal pronouns , contribute not a little to the same end . Such ellipses are not indeed to be adopt- ed into prose , and may even abound too much in verse . This author in particular hath sometimes exceeded ...
... conjunctions , and of the personal pronouns , contribute not a little to the same end . Such ellipses are not indeed to be adopt- ed into prose , and may even abound too much in verse . This author in particular hath sometimes exceeded ...
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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
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 205 - whispers through the trees': If crystal streams 'with pleasing murmurs creep,' The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with
Seite 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...
Seite 222 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes...
Seite 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.
Seite 312 - And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.