The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Nide 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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Sivu 10
... greater evil than a- " narchy itself , as much as a savage is a happier state " of life than a slave at the oar * . " Neither savage nor slave can be denominated a state of life , though the states in which they live may properly be ...
... greater evil than a- " narchy itself , as much as a savage is a happier state " of life than a slave at the oar * . " Neither savage nor slave can be denominated a state of life , though the states in which they live may properly be ...
Sivu 25
... greater part of the language ; for , in every language , the words strictly univocal will be found to be the smaller number . But it must be admitted , as a rule Of perspicuity . in elocution , that equivocal terms ought Chap . VI . 25 ...
... greater part of the language ; for , in every language , the words strictly univocal will be found to be the smaller number . But it must be admitted , as a rule Of perspicuity . in elocution , that equivocal terms ought Chap . VI . 25 ...
Sivu 42
... greater risk of destroying that beautiful simplicity , which is an eminent characteris- tic of the language of holy writ . I shall take an in- stance from the speech of Judah to his brother Joseph in Egypt : " We said to my lord , The ...
... greater risk of destroying that beautiful simplicity , which is an eminent characteris- tic of the language of holy writ . I shall take an in- stance from the speech of Judah to his brother Joseph in Egypt : " We said to my lord , The ...
Sivu 45
... greater in our lan- guage than in most others , our adjectives having no declension whereby case , number , and gender , are distinguished . Their relation , therefore , for the most part , is not otherwise to be ascertained but by ...
... greater in our lan- guage than in most others , our adjectives having no declension whereby case , number , and gender , are distinguished . Their relation , therefore , for the most part , is not otherwise to be ascertained but by ...
Sivu 62
... greater . So far at least the author talks consequentially , His meaning , expressed in plain language ( for the line it- self hath no meaning ) , was probably no more than this : " When the waters of the deluge had subsided . " I ...
... greater . So far at least the author talks consequentially , His meaning , expressed in plain language ( for the line it- self hath no meaning ) , was probably no more than this : " When the waters of the deluge had subsided . " I ...
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adjectives adverb ambiguity anapest antithesis antonomasia appear arrangement better catachresis cause Chap choice of words clauses Complex sentences composition conducive to vivacity conjunctions connectives employed connexive consequence considered as sounds contrary copulative denominated denote discourse doth effect ellipsis employed in combining English equivocal example exhibit expression figure former French give hath hearer ideas idiom imagine imitation instance justly kind language Latin manner meaning metaphor metonymy mind modern nature necessary nonsense noun object obscurity observed occasion offences against brevity Paradise Lost particle particular passage periphrasis perspicuity phrases pleonasm preceding preposition principles produce pronoun proper terms properly propriety reason relation remark rendered Sect sense sensible sentiment serve signify signs Simple sentences sometimes speak speaker species Spect spondee style substantive syllables synecdoché Tatler tautology tence ther things thought tion tive tongue translation verb vivacity as depending wherein writer
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Sivu 205 - whispers through the trees': If crystal streams 'with pleasing murmurs creep,' The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with
Sivu 202 - Sometimes, with secure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid Dancing in the chequered shade...
Sivu 222 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes...
Sivu 151 - 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.
Sivu 312 - And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women.
Sivu 317 - 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...
Sivu 383 - 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.
Sivu 295 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: And thou renewest the face of the earth.
Sivu 68 - 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.
Sivu 132 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.