The Philosophy of RhetoricHarper, 1851 - 435 Seiten |
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Seite vii
... things , carefully to beware of implicit attachment and servile imitation , even when they seem to be claimed by the most celebrated names . The other is , to evince that we are in danger of doing great injustice to a work by deciding ...
... things , carefully to beware of implicit attachment and servile imitation , even when they seem to be claimed by the most celebrated names . The other is , to evince that we are in danger of doing great injustice to a work by deciding ...
Seite xi
... Things Sensible for things Intelligible .. 4. Things Animate for things Lifeless 300 ........ 305 307 ib . 315 ib . 321 ib . 322 325 327 Part III . The Use of those Tropes which are obstructive to Vivacity ...... 331 SECT . III . Words ...
... Things Sensible for things Intelligible .. 4. Things Animate for things Lifeless 300 ........ 305 307 ib . 315 ib . 321 ib . 322 325 327 Part III . The Use of those Tropes which are obstructive to Vivacity ...... 331 SECT . III . Words ...
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... things . Accordingly , in all tongues , perhaps without exception , the ordinary terms which are considered as literally expressive of the latter , are also used promiscu- ously to denote the former . Now admiration , when thus applied ...
... things . Accordingly , in all tongues , perhaps without exception , the ordinary terms which are considered as literally expressive of the latter , are also used promiscu- ously to denote the former . Now admiration , when thus applied ...
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... things them- selves be understood , it does not seem material what names are assigned them . Yet it is both more accurate , and proves no inconsiderable aid to the right understanding of things , to discriminate by different signs such ...
... things them- selves be understood , it does not seem material what names are assigned them . Yet it is both more accurate , and proves no inconsiderable aid to the right understanding of things , to discriminate by different signs such ...
Seite 29
... things signified . That the lofty and the vehement , though still distinguishable , are some- times combined , and act with united force , is not to be denied . It is then only that the orator can be said to fight with weap- ons which ...
... things signified . That the lofty and the vehement , though still distinguishable , are some- times combined , and act with united force , is not to be denied . It is then only that the orator can be said to fight with weap- ons which ...
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50 cents 75 cents adjective admit adverb affirmed ambiguity antonomasia appear application argument ascer beauty catachresis Cicero circumstances clause 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 illustrate 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 Philosophy 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 tence term things thought tion tongue translation tropes truth verb vivacity wherein words writers
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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.