The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volumen1George Ramsay & Company, 1808 |
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Página 36
... idiom of our ingenious neigh- bours . Indeed , when an author varies the meaning in the same work , he not only occasions perplexity to his reader , but falls himself into an apparent inconsistency . An error of this kind in Mr Pope has ...
... idiom of our ingenious neigh- bours . Indeed , when an author varies the meaning in the same work , he not only occasions perplexity to his reader , but falls himself into an apparent inconsistency . An error of this kind in Mr Pope has ...
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... idioms , and cant phrases . The second kind , consisting in the aggrandise- ment of little things , which is by far the most splen- did , and displays a soaring imagination , these lines of Pope will serve to illustrate ; As Berecynthia ...
... idioms , and cant phrases . The second kind , consisting in the aggrandise- ment of little things , which is by far the most splen- did , and displays a soaring imagination , these lines of Pope will serve to illustrate ; As Berecynthia ...
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... idioms and similitudes , will require his utmost care . Another remark on this article that deserves our notice , is , that the less improved in knowledge and discernment the hearers are , the easier it is for the speaker to work upon ...
... idioms and similitudes , will require his utmost care . Another remark on this article that deserves our notice , is , that the less improved in knowledge and discernment the hearers are , the easier it is for the speaker to work upon ...
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... idioms may be common , which , * Non ratione nititur analogia , sed exemplo : nec lex est loquendi , sed observatio : ut ipsam analogiam nulla res alia fecerit , quam consue- tudo . Quint . Inst . L. i . c . 6 . nevertheless , have not ...
... idioms may be common , which , * Non ratione nititur analogia , sed exemplo : nec lex est loquendi , sed observatio : ut ipsam analogiam nulla res alia fecerit , quam consue- tudo . Quint . Inst . L. i . c . 6 . nevertheless , have not ...
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... idioms prevail among the populace , which , not- withstanding a use pretty uniform and extensive , are considered as corrupt , and like counterfeit money , though common , not valued . This is the case particularly with those terms and ...
... idioms prevail among the populace , which , not- withstanding a use pretty uniform and extensive , are considered as corrupt , and like counterfeit money , though common , not valued . This is the case particularly with those terms and ...
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Página 36 - Here files of pins extend their shining rows, Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux. Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Página 35 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Página 35 - A heavenly image in the glass appears, To that she bends, to that her eyes she rears ; The inferior priestess, at her altar's side, Trembling begins the sacred rites of pride.
Página 412 - It celebrates the church of England, as the most perfect of all others, in discipline and doctrine ; it advances no opinion they reject, nor condemns any they receive.
Página 413 - We next went to the school of languages, where three professors sat in consultation upon improving that of their own country. The first project was to shorten discourse by cutting polysyllables into one, and leaving out verbs and participles, because in reality all things imaginable are but nouns.
Página 73 - So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music: Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit That could be mov'd to smile at any thing.
Página 284 - And went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
Página 14 - All the ends of speaking are reducible to four ; every speech being intended to enlighten the understanding, to please the imagination, to move the passions, or to influence the will.
Página 164 - The coolest reasoner always in persuading, addresseth himself to the passions some way or other. This he cannot avoid doing, if he speak to the purpose. To make me believe, it is enough to show me that things are so ; to make me act, it is necessary to show that the action will answer some End.
Página 61 - And Milo-like surveys his arms and hands ; Then, sighing, thus, " And am I now three-score? Ah why, ye gods, should two and two make four?