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Page 76
... figures of balance and repetition , and periodic structures , without much knowledge of what the latter sought to achieve . Ciceronianism proved ill adapted to the new analytical English language . As Bacon expressed it in The ...
... figures of balance and repetition , and periodic structures , without much knowledge of what the latter sought to achieve . Ciceronianism proved ill adapted to the new analytical English language . As Bacon expressed it in The ...
Page 223
... Figures do not simply communi- cate ideas , they enhance conceptions , conveying , as they do , symbolic meanings and insights . Figures of Thought are a special CONCLUSION 223.
... Figures do not simply communi- cate ideas , they enhance conceptions , conveying , as they do , symbolic meanings and insights . Figures of Thought are a special CONCLUSION 223.
Page 224
... Figures of Speech , but , generally , reject them . Blair was echoing Cicero's De Oratore and neo - classical prejudice when he conjectured that figures arose from ' the barrenness of language ' . Thus it comes about that , when they ...
... Figures of Speech , but , generally , reject them . Blair was echoing Cicero's De Oratore and neo - classical prejudice when he conjectured that figures arose from ' the barrenness of language ' . Thus it comes about that , when they ...
Contents
Preface | 11 |
Introduction | 13 |
Social Strata and Levels of Communication | 21 |
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