A Text-book on Rhetoric (1882) |
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Page 14
... thought , but not with the thought in single and detached sentences . It does not decide whether this thought and that thought are true , but what conclusion follows from them if we assume them to be true . It teaches us to reason ...
... thought , but not with the thought in single and detached sentences . It does not decide whether this thought and that thought are true , but what conclusion follows from them if we assume them to be true . It teaches us to reason ...
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... Thought is communicated by means of words . They are its instrument , its servant . The thought determines the expression - the worthy thought prompting to a worthy expression , the worthless thought allowing a poor expression . Both in ...
... Thought is communicated by means of words . They are its instrument , its servant . The thought determines the expression - the worthy thought prompting to a worthy expression , the worthless thought allowing a poor expression . Both in ...
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... thought more graphically than plain language can do it ; but energy , employing these grand qualities of style , is something different from them . A thought may be perfectly distinct , and may be expressed in a figure ; but it may not ...
... thought more graphically than plain language can do it ; but energy , employing these grand qualities of style , is something different from them . A thought may be perfectly distinct , and may be expressed in a figure ; but it may not ...
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