The Philosophy of RhetoricHarper & Brothers, 1849 - 455 Seiten |
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... equal influence . The elegant arts , as well as the useful , are founded in ex- perience ; but from the difference of their nature , there arises a considerable difference both in their origin and in their growth . Necessity , the ...
... equal influence . The elegant arts , as well as the useful , are founded in ex- perience ; but from the difference of their nature , there arises a considerable difference both in their origin and in their growth . Necessity , the ...
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... equal them . The same thing might probably be affirmed in regard to painting , sculp- ture , and music , if we had here as ample a fund of materials for forming a comparison . But let it be observed , that the remarks now made regard ...
... equal them . The same thing might probably be affirmed in regard to painting , sculp- ture , and music , if we had here as ample a fund of materials for forming a comparison . But let it be observed , that the remarks now made regard ...
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... equal latitude . But this is certainly a perversion of the word from its ordinary sense , through an excessive deference to the manner and idiom of our ingenious neighbours . Indeed , when an author varies the meaning in the same work ...
... equal latitude . But this is certainly a perversion of the word from its ordinary sense , through an excessive deference to the manner and idiom of our ingenious neighbours . Indeed , when an author varies the meaning in the same work ...
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... equal , is that of Young : " One day his wife ( for who can wives reclaim ! ) , Levell'd her barbarous needle at his fame . " t To both the preceding kinds the term burlesque is applied , but especially to the first . Of the third ...
... equal , is that of Young : " One day his wife ( for who can wives reclaim ! ) , Levell'd her barbarous needle at his fame . " t To both the preceding kinds the term burlesque is applied , but especially to the first . Of the third ...
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... equal force every species of misconduct it is not the criminal part which it attacks , but that which we denominate silly or foolish . With regard to doctrine , it is evident that it is not falsity or mistake , but palpable error 42 THE ...
... equal force every species of misconduct it is not the criminal part which it attacks , but that which we denominate silly or foolish . With regard to doctrine , it is evident that it is not falsity or mistake , but palpable error 42 THE ...
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adjective admit adverb ambiguity antonomasia appear application argument ascer beauty catachresis cents chap CHARLES ANTHON Cicero circumstances clause common conjunctions connexion connexive consequence considered contrary critics denominated denote discourse doth Dunciad effect eloquence employed English equal evidence example exhibit 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 orator particular passage passion perhaps periphrasis person perspicuity phrases pleonasm poet preceding preposition present preterit principles produce pronoun proper properly qualities Quintilian reason regard relation remark render resemblance respect SECT sense sensible sentence sentiments serve Sheep extra signified sion solecism sometimes sound speak speaker species Spect style syllables syllogism synecdoche Tatler tence term things thought tion tongue tropes truth verb vivacity wherein words writers
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Seite 48 - 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 407 - Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Seite 251 - 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.
Seite 309 - 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 363 - 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 334 - 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.
Seite 14 - 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.
Seite 379 - 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 289 - Every one knew how laborious the usual method is of attaining to arts and sciences ; whereas by his contrivance, the most ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, may write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, law, mathematics, and theology, without the least assistance from genius or study.
Seite 57 - 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.