An Abridgment of Lectures on RhetoricJ. Metcalf, Printer, 1823 - 306 עמודים |
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... sentence which answers that question . Also , the word " duration " in the third question of the same chapter , may be found in the sentence which answers that question . This mode of adapting the questions to the text , where it could ...
... sentence which answers that question . Also , the word " duration " in the third question of the same chapter , may be found in the sentence which answers that question . This mode of adapting the questions to the text , where it could ...
עמוד 52
... sentence , we find a very remarkable difference between ancient and modern tongues . The consideration of this will serve to unfold farther the genius of language , and to shew the causes of those al- terations , it has undergone in the ...
... sentence , we find a very remarkable difference between ancient and modern tongues . The consideration of this will serve to unfold farther the genius of language , and to shew the causes of those al- terations , it has undergone in the ...
עמוד 53
... sentence the person or thing , which speaks or acts ; next , its action ; and lastly , the object of its action . Thus an English writer , paying a compliment to a great man , would say , 66 It is impossible for me to pass over in ...
... sentence the person or thing , which speaks or acts ; next , its action ; and lastly , the object of its action . Thus an English writer , paying a compliment to a great man , would say , 66 It is impossible for me to pass over in ...
עמוד 62
... sentence , encumber speech ; and by rendering it more prolix , enervate its force . The sound of modern language is also less agreeable to the ear , being deprived of that variety and sweetness , which arose from the length of words and ...
... sentence , encumber speech ; and by rendering it more prolix , enervate its force . The sound of modern language is also less agreeable to the ear , being deprived of that variety and sweetness , which arose from the length of words and ...
עמוד 67
... sentences , or members of sentences ; as and , because , and the like . Prepositions are used for connecting words , as of , from , tn , & c . The beauty and strength of every language depend , in a great measure , on a proper use of ...
... sentences , or members of sentences ; as and , because , and the like . Prepositions are used for connecting words , as of , from , tn , & c . The beauty and strength of every language depend , in a great measure , on a proper use of ...
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