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SECT. V. In regard to the End in view 130
CHAP. XI. Of the Cause of that Pleasure which we receive from Objects or
Representations that excite Pity and other painful Feelings 		134
SECT. I. The different Solutions hitherto given by Philosophers, examined 136
Part I. The first Hypothesis ib.
Part II. The second Hypothesis 137
Part III. The third Hypothesis 140
Part IV. The fourth Hypothesis 145
SECT. II. The Author's Hypothesis on this Subject 151
BOOK II
THE FOUNDATIONS AND ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES OF ELOCUTION.
CHAP. I. The Nature and Characters of the Use which gives Law to Lauguage 162
SECT. I. Reputable Use 164
SECT. II. National Use 168
SECT. III. Present Use 170
CHAP. II. The Nature and Use of Verbal Criticism, with its principal Canons. 174
SECT. I. Good Use not always Uniform in her Decisions 176
Canon the First 177
Canon the Second 179
Canon the Third 181
Canon the Fourth ib.
Canon the Fifth 182
SECT. II. Everything favoured by good Use, not on that Account worthy to be
retained 		183
Canon the Sixth 184
Canon the Seventh 187
Canon the Eighth 188
Canon the Ninth 18
CHAP. III. Of grammatical Purity 192
SECT. I. The Barbarism ib.
Part I. By the Use of obsolete Words ib.
Part II. By the Use of new Words 195
Part III. By the Use of good Words new modelled 197
SECT. II. The Solecism 202
SECT. III. The Impropriety 213
Part I. Impropriety in single Words ib.
Part II. Impropriety in Phrases 224
CHAP. IV. Some grammatical Doubts in regard to English Construction stated
and examined 		227
CHAP. V. Of the Qualities of Style strictly Rhetorical 237
CHAP. VI. Of Perspicuity 239
SECT. I. The Obscure ib.
Part I. From Defect ib.
Part II. From bad Arrangement 242
Part III. From using the same Word in different Senses 245
Part IV. From an uncertain Reference in Pronouns and Relatives 246
Part V. From too Artificial a Structure of the Sentence 247
Part VI. From technical Terms ib
Part VII. From long Sentences 248
SECT. II. The double Meaning 249
Part I. Equivocation ib.
Part II. Ambiguity 253
SECT. III. The Unintelligible 266
Part I. From Confusion of Thought ib.
Part II. From Affectation of Excellence 268
Part III. From Want of Meaning 270
Under this the various Kinds of Nonsense:
1. The Puerile 271
2. The Learned 272
3. The Profound 275
4. The Marvellous 276
CHAP. VII. What is the Cause that Nonsense so often escapes being detected,
both by the Writer and by the Reader? 		278
SECT. I. The Nature and Power of Signs, both in speaking and in thinking ib.
SECT. II. The Application of the preceding Principles 280

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Philosophy of Rhetoric. Contributors: George Campbell - author. Publisher: Harper & Brothers. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1873. Page Number: x.
    
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