The Philosophy of RhetoricHarper, 1851 - 435 Seiten |
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Seite vii
... expression , as , on the article of elocution , he hath so freely criticised in the best Eng- lish authors . He is entirely sensible that an impropri- ety or other negligence in style will escape the notice of the writer , which hardly ...
... expression , as , on the article of elocution , he hath so freely criticised in the best Eng- lish authors . He is entirely sensible that an impropri- ety or other negligence in style will escape the notice of the writer , which hardly ...
Seite 34
... expressions , provincial idioms , and cant phrases . The second kind , consisting in the aggrandizement of little things ... expression which frequently -ccurs both in the Iliad and in the Odyssey . + Hudibras , part i . , canto 2 . The ...
... expressions , provincial idioms , and cant phrases . The second kind , consisting in the aggrandizement of little things ... expression which frequently -ccurs both in the Iliad and in the Odyssey . + Hudibras , part i . , canto 2 . The ...
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... expression , so as to destroy the wit ( which often turns on a very little circum- stance ) , without altering the real import of the sentence ( a thing not only possible , but easy ) , you will produce the same opinion and the same ...
... expression , so as to destroy the wit ( which often turns on a very little circum- stance ) , without altering the real import of the sentence ( a thing not only possible , but easy ) , you will produce the same opinion and the same ...
Seite 54
... expression Now it is by the sense that rhetoric holds of logic , and by the expression that she holds of grammar . The sole and ultimate end of logic is the eviction of truth ; one important end of eloquence , though , as appears from ...
... expression Now it is by the sense that rhetoric holds of logic , and by the expression that she holds of grammar . The sole and ultimate end of logic is the eviction of truth ; one important end of eloquence , though , as appears from ...
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... expression or body of the discourse that she holds of grammar , or the art of conveying our thoughts in the words of a particular language . The observation of one analogy naturally suggests another . As the soul is of heavenly ex ...
... expression or body of the discourse that she holds of grammar , or the art of conveying our thoughts in the words of a particular language . The observation of one analogy naturally suggests another . As the soul is of heavenly ex ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 222 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
Seite 54 - He reads much ; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men : he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony ; he hears no music : Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort, As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit That could be mov'd to smile at any thing.
Seite 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.
Seite 35 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Seite 398 - God is not a man, that he should lie;. neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Seite 197 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Seite 133 - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.