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... phrases , Cavendum ne decrescat oratio , et fortiori subjungatur aliquid infir- mius , ut sacrilego fur , aut latroni petulans .. Guthrie presents us with " We are to avoid a dwindling of style ; for whatever is weak ought to be ...
... phrases , Cavendum ne decrescat oratio , et fortiori subjungatur aliquid infir- mius , ut sacrilego fur , aut latroni petulans .. Guthrie presents us with " We are to avoid a dwindling of style ; for whatever is weak ought to be ...
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... phrases , 48 , 49. Asyndeton and polysyndeton , 50-54 . Climax , 55-57 . Of figures formed by retrenchment of words ; words left to be understood from the context , 58-61 . Synezeugmenon , 62-64 . Paradiastole , xxii CONTENTS .
... phrases , 48 , 49. Asyndeton and polysyndeton , 50-54 . Climax , 55-57 . Of figures formed by retrenchment of words ; words left to be understood from the context , 58-61 . Synezeugmenon , 62-64 . Paradiastole , xxii CONTENTS .
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... phrases in elegant composition , 14 , 15 . Style not neglected by the ancients , 16-18 . Prose may be more or less compact and studied , 19-21 . Particulars that require attention in it , 22. Of order , 23-31 . Of junctions of words ...
... phrases in elegant composition , 14 , 15 . Style not neglected by the ancients , 16-18 . Prose may be more or less compact and studied , 19-21 . Particulars that require attention in it , 22. Of order , 23-31 . Of junctions of words ...
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... phrase or sentence , so as to connect such parts of it as ought to be separated , and to separate such as ought to be connected , would misrepresent the sense ; as would be the case in the verse in the text , by making a stop after ...
... phrase or sentence , so as to connect such parts of it as ought to be separated , and to separate such as ought to be connected , would misrepresent the sense ; as would be the case in the verse in the text , by making a stop after ...
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... phrase should be referred , and where , perhaps , the word or phrase itself is ambiguous , we may have to alter several words to make a cor- rection ; as in Hæres meus dare illi damnas esto_omnia sua . || Cicero runs into this kind of ...
... phrase should be referred , and where , perhaps , the word or phrase itself is ambiguous , we may have to alter several words to make a cor- rection ; as in Hæres meus dare illi damnas esto_omnia sua . || Cicero runs into this kind of ...
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