The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Tom 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... expression to the sentiment which the speaker or the writer intends to convey by it , as mo- ral truth consisteth in the conformity of the sentiment intended to be conveyed , to the sentiment actually entertained by the speaker or the ...
... expression to the sentiment which the speaker or the writer intends to convey by it , as mo- ral truth consisteth in the conformity of the sentiment intended to be conveyed , to the sentiment actually entertained by the speaker or the ...
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... expression . There are in all languages certain el- liptical expressions , which use hath established , and which , therefore , very rarely occasion darkness . When they do occasion it , they ought always to be avoided , Such are , in ...
... expression . There are in all languages certain el- liptical expressions , which use hath established , and which , therefore , very rarely occasion darkness . When they do occasion it , they ought always to be avoided , Such are , in ...
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... expression languid . There are some cases in which this repetition is consequential on the very construction of their lan- guage . For example , we say properly in English , my father and mother ; because the possessive pronoun having ...
... expression languid . There are some cases in which this repetition is consequential on the very construction of their lan- guage . For example , we say properly in English , my father and mother ; because the possessive pronoun having ...
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... expression is therefore defective , and ought to have been , " He is inspired with a true sense of the digni- " ty , or of the importance of that function . " " You " ought to contemn all the wit in the world against " yout . " As the ...
... expression is therefore defective , and ought to have been , " He is inspired with a true sense of the digni- " ty , or of the importance of that function . " " You " ought to contemn all the wit in the world against " yout . " As the ...
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... expression , and the hearer endeavours , by the aid of reflection , to correct the imperfections of the speaker's language . So much for obviating the objections which are fre- quently raised against such remarks as I have already made ...
... expression , and the hearer endeavours , by the aid of reflection , to correct the imperfections of the speaker's language . So much for obviating the objections which are fre- quently raised against such remarks as I have already made ...
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