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That this figure may be used with elegance , the speaker , or writer , should be
careful to shun all ambiguity of expression . Whenever the meaning is darkened ,
the figure is improperly used . Simple sentences are seldom elliptical : but ...
That this figure may be used with elegance , the speaker , or writer , should be
careful to shun all ambiguity of expression . Whenever the meaning is darkened ,
the figure is improperly used . Simple sentences are seldom elliptical : but ...
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Although figures imply a deviation from the simple form of speech , we are not
thence to conclude , that they imply ... are but few sentences of considerable
length , in which there does not occur some expression that may be termed a
figure .
Although figures imply a deviation from the simple form of speech , we are not
thence to conclude , that they imply ... are but few sentences of considerable
length , in which there does not occur some expression that may be termed a
figure .
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If the resemblance , on which the figure is founded , be long dwelt upon , and
carried into all its minute circumstances , the reader becomes tired and weary of
this stretch of fancy , and we render our discourse obscure . This is called
straining a ...
If the resemblance , on which the figure is founded , be long dwelt upon , and
carried into all its minute circumstances , the reader becomes tired and weary of
this stretch of fancy , and we render our discourse obscure . This is called
straining a ...
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The advantage of this figure arises from the illustration which the similé employed
gives to the principat object ; from the clearer view which it presents ; or The more
strong impression which it stamps upon the mind . Comparison ought not to ...
The advantage of this figure arises from the illustration which the similé employed
gives to the principat object ; from the clearer view which it presents ; or The more
strong impression which it stamps upon the mind . Comparison ought not to ...
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This is mere : bombast . It is difficult to ascertain , by any precise rule , the proper
measure and boundary of this figure . Good sense and correct taste must
determine the point , beyond which , if we pass , we become extravagant . 6 9 old
age .
This is mere : bombast . It is difficult to ascertain , by any precise rule , the proper
measure and boundary of this figure . Good sense and correct taste must
determine the point , beyond which , if we pass , we become extravagant . 6 9 old
age .
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| Titel | The Grammatical Instructer; Containing an Exposition of All the Essential Rules of English Grammar, Etc |
| Autor/in | Samuel B. EMMONS |
| Verlag | Waitt & Dow, 1832 |
| Original von | British Library |
| Digitalisiert | 13. Nov. 2014 |
| Länge | 160 Seiten |
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