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... degree it were better to avoid . And there are consequences regarding the language in general , as well as the success of particular works , which should preserve verbal criticism from being con- sidered as beneath the attention of any ...
... degree it were better to avoid . And there are consequences regarding the language in general , as well as the success of particular works , which should preserve verbal criticism from being con- sidered as beneath the attention of any ...
Page xii
... degree ? ib . - • - • Part II . In what esteem ought this kind of imitation to be held , and when ought it to be attempted ? CHAP . II . Of vivacity as depending on the number of the words SECT . I. This quality explained and ...
... degree ? ib . - • - • Part II . In what esteem ought this kind of imitation to be held , and when ought it to be attempted ? CHAP . II . Of vivacity as depending on the number of the words SECT . I. This quality explained and ...
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... degree of perfection beyond what we have experienced ; but we have some conception of the very utmost to which it ... degrees , excel the ancient Greeks in the arts of navigation and ship - building ; and how much farther we may still ...
... degree of perfection beyond what we have experienced ; but we have some conception of the very utmost to which it ... degrees , excel the ancient Greeks in the arts of navigation and ship - building ; and how much farther we may still ...
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... degrees of evidence , its perfection in point of eloquence , if so uncommon an application of the term may be allowed , con- sists in perspicuity . Perspicuity here results entirely from pro- priety and simplicity of diction , and from ...
... degrees of evidence , its perfection in point of eloquence , if so uncommon an application of the term may be allowed , con- sists in perspicuity . Perspicuity here results entirely from pro- priety and simplicity of diction , and from ...
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... which are strictly univocal . Thus admiration , when persons are the object , is commonly used for a high degree of esteem ; but when otherwise applied , it denotes solely an internal taste . It GH . I , 15 OF RHETORIC .
... which are strictly univocal . Thus admiration , when persons are the object , is commonly used for a high degree of esteem ; but when otherwise applied , it denotes solely an internal taste . It GH . I , 15 OF RHETORIC .
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adjective admit adverb affirm ambiguity analogy antonomasia appear application argument beauty catachresis cause character circumstances clause common commonly conjunctions connexive consequence considered contrary critics degree denominated denote discourse doth Dunciad effect eloquence employed English equal evidence example expression former French frequently give grammatical hath hearers Hudibras ideas idiom imagination impropriety instance justly kind language latter manner meaning metaphor metonymy mind moral nature necessary never nosyllables noun object obscurity observed occasion orator participle particular passage passion perhaps periphrasis perly person perspicuity phrases pleasure pleonasm poet preceding preposition present preterit principles produce pronoun proper properly qualities Quintilian racter reason regard relation remark render resemblance respect ridicule rience sense sensible sentence sentiments serve signify sion solecism sometimes sophism sort speak speaker species Spect style syllogism Tatler tence term things thought tion tongue tropes truth verb vivacity wherein words writer