The Philosophy of RhetoricHarper & brothers, 1875 - 435 من الصفحات |
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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 ...
الصفحة 17
... 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 ...
الصفحة 31
... 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 ...
الصفحة 35
... 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 ...
الصفحة 42
... 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 42 123 ...
... 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 42 123 ...
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adjective admit adverb affirmed ambiguity antonomasia appear application argument ascer beauty catachresis cause circumstances clause Cloth common 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 JOHN S. C. ABBOTT Julius Cæsar justly kind language Latin latter 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 sense sensible sentence sentiments serve signified sion solecism sometimes sound speak speaker species Spect style syllables synecdoche tence term things thought tion tongue tropes truth verb vivacity wherein words writers
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الصفحة 398 - Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, || assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, || and
الصفحة 378 - ordered the cripple who sat begging at the beautiful gate of the temple to look on them, he looked at them very earnestly, expecting to receive something from them. Then Peter said, " Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have, give I thee : In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, arise and
الصفحة 308 - the lilies how they grow : they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If, then, God so clothe the grass which to-day is in the field and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe
الصفحة 349 - revenge! Timotheus cries; See the furies arise ' See the snakes that they rear, How they hiss in their hair, And the sparkles that flash from their ey'es ! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And glittering temples of their hostile gods. The princes applaud with a furious
الصفحة 315 - heard in oar land, the fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape perfume the air." The passage is not more remarkable for the liveliness than for the elegance of the picture it exhibits. The examples are all taken from whatever can contribute to regale
الصفحة 160 - in our version, there is something which to me has a contradictory appearance. He came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. There is not a vestige of this inconsistency in the original, which says simply,
الصفحة 272 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, From harmony to harmony, Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man."* This universal frame began: In general it may be said, that in writings of this
الصفحة 306 - an infinite deal of nothing. 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.''* It
الصفحة 41 - Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law. Or some frail china jar receives a flaw ; Or stain her honour, or her new brocade ; Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade, Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball: Or whether Heaven has doom'd that Shock must fall."*
الصفحة 387 - These wait all upon thee, that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. Thou givest them. They gather. Thou openest thy hand. They are filled with good. Thou hidest thy face. They are troubled. Thou