The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1809 |
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... figure of syn- tax , wherein one or more words are not ex- pressed ; and from this deficiency it has got the name ellipsis . lied to preterition , when the orator , through ELLIPSIS , in rhetoric , a figure nearly al- transport of ...
... figure of syn- tax , wherein one or more words are not ex- pressed ; and from this deficiency it has got the name ellipsis . lied to preterition , when the orator , through ELLIPSIS , in rhetoric , a figure nearly al- transport of ...
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... figures painted or cut metaphori- cally , expressing some action , with reflec- tions underneath , which , in some ... figures stick out from the plane whereon it is cut ; and ac- cording as the figures are more or less pro- minent ...
... figures painted or cut metaphori- cally , expressing some action , with reflec- tions underneath , which , in some ... figures stick out from the plane whereon it is cut ; and ac- cording as the figures are more or less pro- minent ...
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... figures . In embroidering stuffs , the work is per- formed in a kind of loom , because the more the piece is stretched , the easier it is worked . As to muslin , they spread it upon a pattern ready designed ; and sometimes , before it ...
... figures . In embroidering stuffs , the work is per- formed in a kind of loom , because the more the piece is stretched , the easier it is worked . As to muslin , they spread it upon a pattern ready designed ; and sometimes , before it ...
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... figure of syn- tax , wherein one or more words are not ex- pressed ; and from this deficiency it has got the name ellipsis . ELLIPSIS , in rhetoric , a figure nearly al- lied to preterition , when the orator , through transport of ...
... figure of syn- tax , wherein one or more words are not ex- pressed ; and from this deficiency it has got the name ellipsis . ELLIPSIS , in rhetoric , a figure nearly al- lied to preterition , when the orator , through transport of ...
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... figures painted or cut metaphori- cally , expressing some action , with reflec- tions underneath , which , in some ... figures stick out from the plane whereon it is cut ; and ac- cording as the figures are more or less pro- minent ...
... figures painted or cut metaphori- cally , expressing some action , with reflec- tions underneath , which , in some ... figures stick out from the plane whereon it is cut ; and ac- cording as the figures are more or less pro- minent ...
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