The Philosophy of RhetoricHarper & Brothers, 1859 - 435 páginas |
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... rendered conducive to that which is the primary intention . Accordingly , the propriety or the impropriety of the introduction of such secondary ends will always be in- ferred from their subserviency or want of subserviency to that end ...
... rendered conducive to that which is the primary intention . Accordingly , the propriety or the impropriety of the introduction of such secondary ends will always be in- ferred from their subserviency or want of subserviency to that end ...
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... render jesting imperti- nence , and laughter madness . Therefore , anything in preach- ing which might provoke this emotion , would justly be deeni- ed an unpardonable offence against both piety and decorum . In the two preceding ...
... render jesting imperti- nence , and laughter madness . Therefore , anything in preach- ing which might provoke this emotion , would justly be deeni- ed an unpardonable offence against both piety and decorum . In the two preceding ...
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... rendered consistent with unbelief , it cannot be rendered compatible with incredi- bility . Thus , in order to satisfy the mind , in most cases , truth , and , in every case , what bears the semblance of truth , must be presented to it ...
... rendered consistent with unbelief , it cannot be rendered compatible with incredi- bility . Thus , in order to satisfy the mind , in most cases , truth , and , in every case , what bears the semblance of truth , must be presented to it ...
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... rendered necessary for conveying the sense . The orator requires also beauty and strength . The highest aim of the ... render his discourse graceful and energetic . So much for the connexion that subsists between rhetoric and these ...
... rendered necessary for conveying the sense . The orator requires also beauty and strength . The highest aim of the ... render his discourse graceful and energetic . So much for the connexion that subsists between rhetoric and these ...
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... render this knowledge useful to us in dis- covering the nature of things , and in regulating our conduct , a farther process of the mind is necessary , which deserves to be carefully attended to , and may be thus illustrated . I have ...
... render this knowledge useful to us in dis- covering the nature of things , and in regulating our conduct , a farther process of the mind is necessary , which deserves to be carefully attended to , and may be thus illustrated . I have ...
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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.