The Philosophy of RhetoricT. Tegg, 1841 - Всего страниц: 396 |
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... meaning . Part I. Equivocation .. Ambiguity From confusion of thought . Part II . From affectation of excellence .. Part III . From want of meaning .. Under this the various kinds of nonsense , 1. The puerile .. 3. The profound .. 4 ...
... meaning . Part I. Equivocation .. Ambiguity From confusion of thought . Part II . From affectation of excellence .. Part III . From want of meaning .. Under this the various kinds of nonsense , 1. The puerile .. 3. The profound .. 4 ...
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... meanings of words , and , as nearly as the genius of the language in which one writes will permit , to make them correspond to the boundaries as- signed by Nature to the things signified . That the lofty and the ve- hement , though ...
... meanings of words , and , as nearly as the genius of the language in which one writes will permit , to make them correspond to the boundaries as- signed by Nature to the things signified . That the lofty and the ve- hement , though ...
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... meaning in the same work , he not only occa- sions perplexity to his reader , but falls himself into an apparent inconsistency . An error of this kind in Mr. Pope has been lately pointed out by a very inge- nious and judicious critic ...
... meaning in the same work , he not only occa- sions perplexity to his reader , but falls himself into an apparent inconsistency . An error of this kind in Mr. Pope has been lately pointed out by a very inge- nious and judicious critic ...
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... meaning of the word oddity , and is the proper object of laughter . The difference between these and that grander kind of eloquence treated in the first part of this chapter , I shall , if possible , still farther illustrate by a few ...
... meaning of the word oddity , and is the proper object of laughter . The difference between these and that grander kind of eloquence treated in the first part of this chapter , I shall , if possible , still farther illustrate by a few ...
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... meaning , as far as I have remarked , between the two terms , is , that the first generally denotes a coarser , the second a finer sort of ridicule ; the former prevails most among the lower classes of the people , the latter only among ...
... meaning , as far as I have remarked , between the two terms , is , that the first generally denotes a coarser , the second a finer sort of ridicule ; the former prevails most among the lower classes of the people , the latter only among ...
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