The Works of George Campbell: Philosophy of rhetoricT. Tegg, 1840 |
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... perspicuity of a performance may be endangered ; by the second , its dignity may be sacrificed . The Author does not flatter himself so far as to imagine that he hath succeeded per- fectly in his endeavours to avoid either extreme . In ...
... perspicuity of a performance may be endangered ; by the second , its dignity may be sacrificed . The Author does not flatter himself so far as to imagine that he hath succeeded per- fectly in his endeavours to avoid either extreme . In ...
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... perspicuity . These were therefore his highest aim . The best ornaments out of place are not only unbecoming but offensive . Nor can any thing be further from his thoughts than to pretend an exemption from such positive faults in ...
... perspicuity . These were therefore his highest aim . The best ornaments out of place are not only unbecoming but offensive . Nor can any thing be further from his thoughts than to pretend an exemption from such positive faults in ...
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... Perspicuity SECT . I. When is Obscurity apposite , if ever it be apposite , and what kind ? SECT . II . Objections answered CHAP . IX . May there not be an Excess of Perspicuity ? 256 ib . 265 273 ib . · • 278 . 283 BOOK III . THE ...
... Perspicuity SECT . I. When is Obscurity apposite , if ever it be apposite , and what kind ? SECT . II . Objections answered CHAP . IX . May there not be an Excess of Perspicuity ? 256 ib . 265 273 ib . · • 278 . 283 BOOK III . THE ...
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... perspicuity . Perspicuity here re- sults entirely from propriety and simplicity of diction , and from accuracy of method , where the mind is regularly , step by step , conducted forwards in the same track , the attention no way diverted ...
... perspicuity . Perspicuity here re- sults entirely from propriety and simplicity of diction , and from accuracy of method , where the mind is regularly , step by step , conducted forwards in the same track , the attention no way diverted ...
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... perspicuous , and generally that which best promotes the dis- covery of truth , is to give as distinct and methodical a delinea- tion as possible of one's own ideas , together with the grounds on which they are founded , and to leave it ...
... perspicuous , and generally that which best promotes the dis- covery of truth , is to give as distinct and methodical a delinea- tion as possible of one's own ideas , together with the grounds on which they are founded , and to leave it ...
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adjective admit adverb affirmed ambiguity analogy antonomasia appear application argument beauty catachresis character circumstances clause common commonly connexion consequently considered contrary critics degree denominated denote discourse doth Dunciad effect elocution eloquence employed English equal evidence example expression favour former French frequently give grammatical hath hearers Hudibras ideas idiom imagination impropriety instance justly kind language latter least Lord High Treasurer manner meaning metaphor metonymy mind moral nature necessary never noun object obscurity observed occasion orator Paradise Lost participle particular passage passions perhaps periphrasis perly person perspicuity phrases pity pleasure pleonasm poet preposition present preterite principles produce pronoun proper properly qualities Quintilian reason regard relation remarked render resemblance respect ridicule sense sentence sentiments serve signified solecism sometimes sophism speak speaker species Spect style syllables syllogism synecdoche Tatler term things thought tion tongue tropes truth verb vivacity wherein words writers
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 378 - Peace to all such ! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone. Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Seite 412 - 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.
Seite 249 - 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.
Seite 323 - 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.
Seite 12 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Seite 365 - 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.
Seite 18 - 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?
Seite 137 - 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.
Seite 364 - Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Seite 378 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?