The Philosophy of RhetoricHarper & Brothers, 1860 - 435 páginas |
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... language , the obscurity in which a subject was formerly involved vanishes entirely , and a reader unacquainted with all other theories and hypotheses , can hardly be persua- ded that there was ever any difficulty in the question . But ...
... language , the obscurity in which a subject was formerly involved vanishes entirely , and a reader unacquainted with all other theories and hypotheses , can hardly be persua- ded that there was ever any difficulty in the question . But ...
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... language be older than criticism , those expressions adopted by the former to elucidate matters of taste , will be found to have a pretty close conformity to the purest discoveries of the latter . Nay , of so much consequence here are ...
... language be older than criticism , those expressions adopted by the former to elucidate matters of taste , will be found to have a pretty close conformity to the purest discoveries of the latter . Nay , of so much consequence here are ...
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... language but Latin . In propriety , there could not be such a thing as a universal grammar , unless there were such a thing as a universal language . The term hath sometimes , indeed , been applied to a collection of observations on the ...
... language but Latin . In propriety , there could not be such a thing as a universal grammar , unless there were such a thing as a universal language . The term hath sometimes , indeed , been applied to a collection of observations on the ...
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... language , and tha they be construed in the manner , and used in the significatior which custom hath rendered necessary for conveying the sense . The orator requires also beauty and strength . The highest aim of the former is the lowest ...
... language , and tha they be construed in the manner , and used in the significatior which custom hath rendered necessary for conveying the sense . The orator requires also beauty and strength . The highest aim of the former is the lowest ...
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... language . Indeed , in the extent of this capacity , as much , perhaps , as in anything , lies also the principal natural superiority of one man over another . But , that we may be satisfied that to this kind of reason- ing , in its ...
... language . Indeed , in the extent of this capacity , as much , perhaps , as in anything , lies also the principal natural superiority of one man over another . But , that we may be satisfied that to this kind of reason- ing , in its ...
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adjective admit adverb affirmed ambiguity Anthon's antonomasia appear application argument ascer beauty catachresis CHARLES ANTHON Cicero 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 Greek hath hearers Hudibras ideas idiom imagination impropriety instance justly kind language Latin latter manner meaning ment metaphor metonymy mind moral Muslin nature 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 sense sensible sentence sentiments serve Sheep extra signified sion solecism sometimes sound speak speaker species Spect style syllables synecdoche Tatler tence term things thought tion tongue tropes truth verb vivacity wherein words writers
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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 432 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Página 257 - For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, saying, Fear not, Paul ; thou must be brought before Caesar ; and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
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 35 - 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. The...
Página 40 - She said ; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her Beau demand the precious hairs: (Sir Plume of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane) With earnest eyes, and round unthinking face, He first the snuff-box open'd, then the case, And thus broke out — "My Lord, why, what the devil?
Página 340 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
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 272 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
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.