The Philosophy of RhetoricHarper, 1845 - 435 Seiten |
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Seite iv
... writers of discernment . The subject of that piece is , indeed , Laughter in gen- eral , with an inquiry into those qualities in the object by which it is excited . The investigation is conducted with the greatest accuracy , and the ...
... writers of discernment . The subject of that piece is , indeed , Laughter in gen- eral , with an inquiry into those qualities in the object by which it is excited . The investigation is conducted with the greatest accuracy , and the ...
Seite vii
... writer , which hardly escapes that of anybody else . Next to the purpose of illustrating the principles and canons which he here submits to the judgment of the public , the two following motives weighed most with the author in inducing ...
... writer , which hardly escapes that of anybody else . Next to the purpose of illustrating the principles and canons which he here submits to the judgment of the public , the two following motives weighed most with the author in inducing ...
Seite x
... Writer and by the Reader ? 278 SECT . I. The Nature and Power of Signs , both in speaking and in thinking .. ib . SECT . II . The Application of the preceding Principles 287 CHAP . VIII . The extensive Usefulness of Perspicuity .... X ...
... Writer and by the Reader ? 278 SECT . I. The Nature and Power of Signs , both in speaking and in thinking .. ib . SECT . II . The Application of the preceding Principles 287 CHAP . VIII . The extensive Usefulness of Perspicuity .... X ...
Seite 35
... writer , which is , indeed , inimitably fine . It represents a lady em- ployed at her toilet , attended by her maid , under the allegory of the celebration of some solemn and religious ceremony . The passage is rather long for a ...
... writer , which is , indeed , inimitably fine . It represents a lady em- ployed at her toilet , attended by her maid , under the allegory of the celebration of some solemn and religious ceremony . The passage is rather long for a ...
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... writers , Congreve has an exuberance of wit , but Farquhar has more humour . It may , however , with too much truth , be affirmed of English comedy in general ( for there are some exceptions ) , that , to the discredit of our stage , as ...
... writers , Congreve has an exuberance of wit , but Farquhar has more humour . It may , however , with too much truth , be affirmed of English comedy in general ( for there are some exceptions ) , that , to the discredit of our stage , as ...
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adjective admit adverb affirmed ambiguity antonomasia appear application argument ascer beauty catachresis cause circumstances clause common conjunctions connexion connexive consequence considered contrary critics denominated denote discourse doth Dunciad effect eloquence employed English equal eral evidence example exhibit 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
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 374 - Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer ; thy name is from everlasting.
Seite 52 - 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 moved to smile at any thing.
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 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.
Seite 123 - But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes ; and the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...
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 311 - Some say, he bid his angels turn askance The poles of earth, twice ten degrees and more, From the sun's axle ; they with labour push'd Oblique the centric globe.
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 61 - 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.
Seite 207 - We next went to the school of languages, where three professors sat in consultation upon improving that of their own country. The first project was to shorten discourse by cutting polysyllables into one, and leaving out verbs and participles, because in reality all things imaginable are but nouns.