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... perspicuity Page · ... I 4 7 . ib . SECT . I. The obscure · Part I. From defect Part II . From bad arrangement ... II Part III . Part IV . ... From using the same word in different senses . From an uncertain reference in pronouns and ...
... perspicuity Page · ... I 4 7 . ib . SECT . I. The obscure · Part I. From defect Part II . From bad arrangement ... II Part III . Part IV . ... From using the same word in different senses . From an uncertain reference in pronouns and ...
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... perspicuity . III When is obscurity apposite , if ever it be appo- CHAP . VIII . SECT . I. SECT . II . site , and what kind ? Objections answered · .... CHAP . IX . May there not be an excess of perspicuity ? BOOK III . The ...
... perspicuity . III When is obscurity apposite , if ever it be appo- CHAP . VIII . SECT . I. SECT . II . site , and what kind ? Objections answered · .... CHAP . IX . May there not be an excess of perspicuity ? BOOK III . The ...
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... perspicuity , vivacity , elegance , animation , and music . CHAP . VI . Of Perspicuity . Or all the qualities above mentioned , the first and most essential is perspicuity * . Every speaker doth not propose to please the imagination ...
... perspicuity , vivacity , elegance , animation , and music . CHAP . VI . Of Perspicuity . Or all the qualities above mentioned , the first and most essential is perspicuity * . Every speaker doth not propose to please the imagination ...
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George Campbell. r Of perspicuity . be improper . But whatever be the ultimate inten- tion of the orator , to inform ... perspicuous . The effect of all the other qualities of style is lost with- out this . This being to the understanding ...
George Campbell. r Of perspicuity . be improper . But whatever be the ultimate inten- tion of the orator , to inform ... perspicuous . The effect of all the other qualities of style is lost with- out this . This being to the understanding ...
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... perspicuity , or rather these two would entirely coincide . To speak grammatically would , in that case , convey infallibly and perspicuously the full meaning of the speaker , if he had any meaning , into the mind of every hearer who ...
... perspicuity , or rather these two would entirely coincide . To speak grammatically would , in that case , convey infallibly and perspicuously the full meaning of the speaker , if he had any meaning , into the mind of every hearer who ...
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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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