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But the above examples are arranged either by Pleonasm or by some such like artifice.
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Pleonasm: Redundant word or expression. was invited to speak at last night's service here at Riverview Church.
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Couple more: - Pleonasm is often mistaken for profundity.
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Couple more: - Pleonasm is often mistaken for profundity.
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Pleonasm: Redundant word or expression. was invited to speak at last night's service here at Riverview Church.
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Couple more: - Pleonasm is often mistaken for profundity.
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Couple more: - Pleonasm is often mistaken for profundity.
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Couple more: - Pleonasm is often mistaken for profundity.
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Among the figures Pleonasm is sometimes used for the sake of the metre; as in (I. xix.
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This proves that the expression, which consists of four words, "the souls of those who were beheaded," is a Pleonasm, and is to be treated as a figure, and not to be translated literally; but, being in the masculine gender, should be rendered without circumlocution "those who were beheaded" (compare Jer. ii.
Commentary on Revelation 1837-1913 1909
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