Certo sciant homines, artes inveniendi solidas et veras
adolescere et incrementa sumere cum ipsis inventis,

BAC. DE AUGM. SCIENT. I. v. c. 3.

SECOND EDITION.

VOL. II.

London:

TRINTED FOR A. STRAHAN, T. CADELL, JUN. AND W. DAVIES;

AND WILLIAM CREECH AT EDINBURGH:

By J. Moir, Edinburgh,

CONTENTS

OF THE

SECOND VOLUME.

BOOK II.-CONTINUED.

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It

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The Foundations and essential Properties of Elo-
cution-continued.

Page

CHAP. V. Of the qualities of style strictly rhetorical ....

CHAP. VI. Of perspicuity

4

Sect. I. The obscure

7

Part I. From defect

ib,

Part II. From bad arrangement

Part III. From using the same word in different senses . . 17

Part IV. From an uncertain reference in pronouns and

relatives

19

Part V. From too artificial a structure of the sentence

Part VI. From technical terms

Part VII. From long sentences

Sect. II. The double meaning

24

Part I. Equivocation.

25

Part II. Ambiguity

· 33

Sect. III. The unintelligible

56

Part

I. From confusion of thought

57

Part II. From affectation of excellence .

бо

Part III, From want of meaning

64

Under this the various kinds of nonsense,

1. The puerile .

67

2. The learned

68

3. The profound

75

4. The marvellous

76

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