The Philosophy of RhetoricHarper & Brothers, 1859 - 435 páginas |
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... properly liberal arts , fall entirely under the denomination of the useful ; whereas painting and sculpture , though requiring a good deal of manual labour , and in that respect more nearly related to the mechanical , belong to the ...
... properly liberal arts , fall entirely under the denomination of the useful ; whereas painting and sculpture , though requiring a good deal of manual labour , and in that respect more nearly related to the mechanical , belong to the ...
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... properly applied , may yet carry them . For some cen- turies backward , the men of every age have made great and unexpected improvements on the labours of their predeces- sors . And it is very probable that the subsequent age will ...
... properly applied , may yet carry them . For some cen- turies backward , the men of every age have made great and unexpected improvements on the labours of their predeces- sors . And it is very probable that the subsequent age will ...
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... proper mediums are suggested , whereby the necessary aids of topics , arguments , illustrations , and motives may be procured . Besides , this study , properly conducted , leads directly to an acquaintance with ourselves ; it not only ...
... proper mediums are suggested , whereby the necessary aids of topics , arguments , illustrations , and motives may be procured . Besides , this study , properly conducted , leads directly to an acquaintance with ourselves ; it not only ...
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... properly supplied by Nature , appeared to the author of Hudi- bras the utmost pitch that had even to his time been ... proper rules of composition , not only in the two sorts of poesy , epic and dramatic , but also in the three sorts of ...
... properly supplied by Nature , appeared to the author of Hudi- bras the utmost pitch that had even to his time been ... proper rules of composition , not only in the two sorts of poesy , epic and dramatic , but also in the three sorts of ...
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... properly employed , have such a mar- vellous efficacy in rousing the passions , and by some secret , sudden , and inexplicable association , awakening all the ten- derest emotions of the heart . In this case , the address of the orator ...
... properly employed , have such a mar- vellous efficacy in rousing the passions , and by some secret , sudden , and inexplicable association , awakening all the ten- derest emotions of the heart . In this case , the address of the orator ...
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adjective admit adverb affirmed ambiguity antonomasia appear application argument ascer beauty catachresis cause circumstances clause common composition conjunctions connexion connexive consequence considered contrary critics denominated denote discourse doth Dunciad effect eloquence employed English equal eral evidence example expression farther former French frequently give grammatical hath hearers Hudibras ideas idiom imagination impropriety instance justly kind language Latin latter Lysias manner meaning ment metaphor metonymy mind moral nature necessary never noun object obscurity observed occasion orator particular passage passion perhaps periphrasis person perspicuity phrases pleonasm poet preceding preposition preterit principles produce pronoun proper properly qualities Quintilian reason regard relation remark render resemblance respect ridicule sense sensible sentence sentiments serve signified sion solecism sometimes sophism sort sound speak speaker species Spect spondee style syllables syllogism synecdoche Tatler tence term things thought tion tongue tropes truth verb vivacity wherein words writers
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Página 315 - For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell, Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Página 51 - I may therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly...
Página 355 - That palter with us in a double sense ; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope.
Página 35 - Eurus and Auster, and the dreadful force Of Boreas, that congeals the Cronian waves, Tumultuous enter with dire chilling blasts, Portending agues. Thus a well-fraught ship, Long sail'd secure, or through th...
Página 369 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock : and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not : for it was founded upon a rock.
Página 20 - H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did it by ; Else, when with greatest art he spoke, You'd think he talked like other folk.
Página 385 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Página 295 - Every one knew how laborious the usual method is of attaining to arts and sciences ; whereas by his contrivance, the most ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, may write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, law, mathematics, and theology, without the least assistance from genius or study.
Página 63 - Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time.
Página 273 - For thee we dim the eyes, and stuff the head With all such reading as was never read : For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it : So spins the silkworm small its slender store, And labours till it clouds itself all o'er.