Elements of Rhetoric: Designed as a Manual of InstructionE.H. Butler, 1865 - 372 pages |
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... words flow forth copiously , clearly , and pleasantly to the ear . It must be observed , that in the origin of the rhetorical art , this fluency which is expressed in the word Rhetoric , was of much greater comprehension and importance ...
... words flow forth copiously , clearly , and pleasantly to the ear . It must be observed , that in the origin of the rhetorical art , this fluency which is expressed in the word Rhetoric , was of much greater comprehension and importance ...
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... words standing for sciences and arts , which , though not exactly confounded together , overlap each other as it were , and thus leave debateable , double - garrisoned grounds on their confines , and give cause of per- plexity ...
... words standing for sciences and arts , which , though not exactly confounded together , overlap each other as it were , and thus leave debateable , double - garrisoned grounds on their confines , and give cause of per- plexity ...
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... words according to their most appropriate relations ; and applying fitting ornaments , figures of thought , and figures of speech , to illustrate , elucidate , and interest — thus establishing the sense of the whole . Thus , " it.is ...
... words according to their most appropriate relations ; and applying fitting ornaments , figures of thought , and figures of speech , to illustrate , elucidate , and interest — thus establishing the sense of the whole . Thus , " it.is ...
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... word and its paronyms - i . e . , words derived from the same root- the meaning of which is not entirely fixed , as eloquent and eloquence . These words , and another which is more determined , elocution , introduce into the consi ...
... word and its paronyms - i . e . , words derived from the same root- the meaning of which is not entirely fixed , as eloquent and eloquence . These words , and another which is more determined , elocution , introduce into the consi ...
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... word convicted , which would seem to belong directly to the word conviction , is a legal technicality , showing that although the criminal may not confess his guilt , and stands convicted only before the world , that the world itself is ...
... word convicted , which would seem to belong directly to the word conviction , is a legal technicality , showing that although the criminal may not confess his guilt , and stands convicted only before the world , that the world itself is ...
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