The Practical Elements of Rhetoric: With Illustrative Examples 1887 |
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... hand ... on the other hand , not only ... but also , expressions whose value is best appreciated by those writers who think most of clearness in style . EXAMPLE - Consider how necessary it is in the following sentence to pre- pare the ...
... hand ... on the other hand , not only ... but also , expressions whose value is best appreciated by those writers who think most of clearness in style . EXAMPLE - Consider how necessary it is in the following sentence to pre- pare the ...
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... hand . And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand , they said among themselves , No doubt this man is a murderer , whom , though he hath escaped the sea , yet vengeance suffereth not to live . And he shook off the ...
... hand . And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand , they said among themselves , No doubt this man is a murderer , whom , though he hath escaped the sea , yet vengeance suffereth not to live . And he shook off the ...
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... Hand . Mental alertness and catholi- city of interest , good in themselves , may after all produce a mere luxuriance of grotesque opinions , without the wholesome correc- tive , always at hand , of subjecting all discoveries to the test ...
... Hand . Mental alertness and catholi- city of interest , good in themselves , may after all produce a mere luxuriance of grotesque opinions , without the wholesome correc- tive , always at hand , of subjecting all discoveries to the test ...
Contents
Definition of Rhetoric | 1 |
Style in General | 13 |
Diction | 27 |
Copyright | |
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