The Philosophy of RhetoricT.B. Wait, 1811 - 517 pages |
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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