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As the writer doth not intend to signify that all the wit in the world is actually
exerted against the person whom he addresses , there is a defect in the
expression , though perhaps it will be thought chargeable with redundancy at the
same time .
As the writer doth not intend to signify that all the wit in the world is actually
exerted against the person whom he addresses , there is a defect in the
expression , though perhaps it will be thought chargeable with redundancy at the
same time .
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But this mode of expression ought to be avoided , because , if admitted in one
instance , where the meaning perhaps is clear to the generality of readers , a
writer will be apt inadvertently to fall into it in other instances , where the meaning
is ...
But this mode of expression ought to be avoided , because , if admitted in one
instance , where the meaning perhaps is clear to the generality of readers , a
writer will be apt inadvertently to fall into it in other instances , where the meaning
is ...
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Some meaning , after long poring , will perhaps be traced ; but in all such cases
we may be said more properly to divine what the author would say , than to
understand what he says ; and therefore all such sentences deserve to be ranked
...
Some meaning , after long poring , will perhaps be traced ; but in all such cases
we may be said more properly to divine what the author would say , than to
understand what he says ; and therefore all such sentences deserve to be ranked
...
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With the joint assistance of the context , reflection , and conjecture , we shall
perhaps conclude , that the author intended to say , “ that the rank among " these
politicians , was determined by the opinion generally entertained of the rank in
point ...
With the joint assistance of the context , reflection , and conjecture , we shall
perhaps conclude , that the author intended to say , “ that the rank among " these
politicians , was determined by the opinion generally entertained of the rank in
point ...
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These I shall produce from an author , who , though far from being deficient in
acuteness , invention , or vivacity , is perhaps , in this species of composition , the
most eminent of all that have written in the English language : “ If the “ savour of ...
These I shall produce from an author , who , though far from being deficient in
acuteness , invention , or vivacity , is perhaps , in this species of composition , the
most eminent of all that have written in the English language : “ If the “ savour of ...
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| Title | The Philosophy of Rhetoric, 2. köide The Philosophy of Rhetoric, George Campbell |
| Author | George Campbell |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 22 veeb. 2008 |
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