The Philosophy of Rhetoric, 1. köideA. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... single words Part II . Impropriety in phrases . . CHAP . IV . 384 .385 · Some grammatical doubts in regard to English construction stated and examined 406 • 412 · INTRODUCTION . ALL art is founded in science , and xvi CONTENTS .
... single words Part II . Impropriety in phrases . . CHAP . IV . 384 .385 · Some grammatical doubts in regard to English construction stated and examined 406 • 412 · INTRODUCTION . ALL art is founded in science , and xvi CONTENTS .
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... phrases which imply suddenness , surprise , and contrariety . These are illustrated in the first by a term which implies an instantaneous emergence of light in darkness ; in the second , by a word which denotes an abrupt transition to ...
... phrases which imply suddenness , surprise , and contrariety . These are illustrated in the first by a term which implies an instantaneous emergence of light in darkness ; in the second , by a word which denotes an abrupt transition to ...
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... phrases . THE second kind , consisting in the aggrandisement of little things , which is by far the most splendid , and Ibid . Part I. Canto I. * In allusion to the Euxuides Axis , an expression which frequent- ly occurs both in the ...
... phrases . THE second kind , consisting in the aggrandisement of little things , which is by far the most splendid , and Ibid . Part I. Canto I. * In allusion to the Euxuides Axis , an expression which frequent- ly occurs both in the ...
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... phrase , or appears to be glanced at occasionally , with- out any direct intention . Thus , in the third quota- tion from Butler , there is an oblique thrust at Ho- mer , for his manner of recurring so often in poems of so great dignity ...
... phrase , or appears to be glanced at occasionally , with- out any direct intention . Thus , in the third quota- tion from Butler , there is an oblique thrust at Ho- mer , for his manner of recurring so often in poems of so great dignity ...
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... phrases . I do not say , however , that this is a consequence peculiar to this manner of debating , though perhaps oftener resulting from it , on account of its many nice distinc- tions , unmeaning subtleties , and mazy windings , than ...
... phrases . I do not say , however , that this is a consequence peculiar to this manner of debating , though perhaps oftener resulting from it , on account of its many nice distinc- tions , unmeaning subtleties , and mazy windings , than ...
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