The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Том 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... common even in the style of our best writers , I shall produce a few examples : " It contain- 66 66 66 ed , " says Swift , " a warrant for conducting me and my retinue to Traldragdubb or Trildrogdrib , for it " it is pronounced both ...
... common even in the style of our best writers , I shall produce a few examples : " It contain- 66 66 66 ed , " says Swift , " a warrant for conducting me and my retinue to Traldragdubb or Trildrogdrib , for it " it is pronounced both ...
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... common interest * . " The word her may be ei- ther the possessive pronoun , or the accusative case of the personal pronoun . A very small alteration in the order totally removes the doubt . Say " in their and " her common interest ...
... common interest * . " The word her may be ei- ther the possessive pronoun , or the accusative case of the personal pronoun . A very small alteration in the order totally removes the doubt . Say " in their and " her common interest ...
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... common way of using it , an appellative , and follows the con- struction of appellatives . Thus we say , " the God of Abraham , " " the God of armies . " Besides , Paul in the passage quoted was speaking to heathens ; and this cir ...
... common way of using it , an appellative , and follows the con- struction of appellatives . Thus we say , " the God of Abraham , " " the God of armies . " Besides , Paul in the passage quoted was speaking to heathens ; and this cir ...
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... common sense , that the pronoun it relates to manage- ment , which is nearer , and not to subject , which is more remote . Nor is it the sense only that directs us in this preference . There is another principle by , which we are ...
... common sense , that the pronoun it relates to manage- ment , which is nearer , and not to subject , which is more remote . Nor is it the sense only that directs us in this preference . There is another principle by , which we are ...
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... common idiom may be avoided either by repeating the substantive , or by subjoining the substantive to the first adjective , and prefixing the article to the second as well as to the first . Say either , " Both the ecclesiastic powers ...
... common idiom may be avoided either by repeating the substantive , or by subjoining the substantive to the first adjective , and prefixing the article to the second as well as to the first . Say either , " Both the ecclesiastic powers ...
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