A Text-book on Rhetoric (1882) |
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... importance , the most forcible standing last , and making the deepest impression of the whole which the reader or ... important , the less interesting before the more interesting , the general before the specific , the specific before ...
... importance , the most forcible standing last , and making the deepest impression of the whole which the reader or ... important , the less interesting before the more interesting , the general before the specific , the specific before ...
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... important , not yet spoken of , are these : things are related and associated by us , ( 1 ) as sign , or symbol , and the thing symbolized , ( 2 ) as cause and effect , or source and what flows from it , ( 3 ) as instrument and the user ...
... important , not yet spoken of , are these : things are related and associated by us , ( 1 ) as sign , or symbol , and the thing symbolized , ( 2 ) as cause and effect , or source and what flows from it , ( 3 ) as instrument and the user ...
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... important word in the address should begin with a capital letter . All the items of it should be set off by the comma , and , as it is an abbreviated sentence , it should close with a period . Every important word in the salutation ...
... important word in the address should begin with a capital letter . All the items of it should be set off by the comma , and , as it is an abbreviated sentence , it should close with a period . Every important word in the salutation ...
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