Rhetoric; Or, A View of Its Principal Tropes and Figures, in Their Origin and Powers: With a Variety of Rules to Escape Errors and Blemishes, and Attain Propriety and Elegance in CompositionJ. and W. Oliver, 1767 - 478 páginas |
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... young perfons , and efpe- cially fuch who are candidates for the learned profeffions , may , by the citations of fome of the bold and animated . Tropes and Figures from the moft eminent Authors , both in profe and verfe , catch ...
... young perfons , and efpe- cially fuch who are candidates for the learned profeffions , may , by the citations of fome of the bold and animated . Tropes and Figures from the moft eminent Authors , both in profe and verfe , catch ...
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... young Gentlemen , to whom these papers may be peculiarly ferviceable , conclude with the words of DIONYSIUS HALICARNASSENSIS to his friend RUFUS . " You will " receive my present , which will turn to good account , " provided you are ...
... young Gentlemen , to whom these papers may be peculiarly ferviceable , conclude with the words of DIONYSIUS HALICARNASSENSIS to his friend RUFUS . " You will " receive my present , which will turn to good account , " provided you are ...
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... YOUNG , TILLotson , Ad- DISON , and CICERO . § 13. Examples of beau- tiful Metaphors from DODDRIDGE , YOUNG , TILLOTSON , ADDISON , and CICERO . $ 14 . Metaphors not to be pursued too far ; with in- ftances of faults of this kind . §15 ...
... YOUNG , TILLotson , Ad- DISON , and CICERO . § 13. Examples of beau- tiful Metaphors from DODDRIDGE , YOUNG , TILLOTSON , ADDISON , and CICERO . $ 14 . Metaphors not to be pursued too far ; with in- ftances of faults of this kind . §15 ...
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... YOUNG , who abounds with as great images as perhaps ever entered an human mind , and who has conducted many of them with amazing fuc- cefs , fometimes fails in his Metaphors . The fol- lowing passages feem to me inconteftible evidences ...
... YOUNG , who abounds with as great images as perhaps ever entered an human mind , and who has conducted many of them with amazing fuc- cefs , fometimes fails in his Metaphors . The fol- lowing passages feem to me inconteftible evidences ...
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... YOUNG ! Eternity's vaft ocean lies before thee .. > Give thy mind fea - room ; keep it wide of earth , That rock of ... YOUNG's Night Thoughts , book vii , 66 66 IT " yet it is an abfurdity of THE METAPHOR CONSIDERED . 41.
... YOUNG ! Eternity's vaft ocean lies before thee .. > Give thy mind fea - room ; keep it wide of earth , That rock of ... YOUNG's Night Thoughts , book vii , 66 66 IT " yet it is an abfurdity of THE METAPHOR CONSIDERED . 41.
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Términos y frases comunes
Æneid againſt alfo Allegory anſwer Apoſtle atque beauty becauſe CATILINE cauſe CICERO Compariſon courſe death defcribed DEMOSTHENES deſcription difcourfes diſcourſes earth effe enim etiam ev'ry examples exprefsion facred Writings faid fame fays feem fenfe fentence fhall fhew fhould Figure firft firſt fome fometimes foul fpeaking fpeech ftill ftrength fubject fublime fuch funt furniſhes fword Georgic glory hæc hath heaven himſelf houſe Ifrael inftances itſelf juft laft LONGINUS LORD Metaphors Metonymy mind moft moſt muſt o'er obferve Orator paſsage paſsion perfon Pfalm pleaſure pow'r praiſe prefent Profopopeia purpoſe quæ quam Quid QUINTIL QUINTILIAN quod raiſed reaſon reprefented rife ſays Scripture ſeems ſhall ſpeak ſtate ſtrong Synecdoche tamen thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thro tion Tropes unto uſe verfe verſes VIRGIL whofe whoſe words γαρ δε εν και τε
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Página 391 - For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Página 225 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Página 335 - Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth : While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
Página 237 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Página 342 - And it came to pass, that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Página 276 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Página 347 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds ; I will be like the most High.
Página 392 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Página 47 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Página 287 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.