A Practical System of Rhetoric; or the principles and rules of style, inferred from examples of writing: with an historical dissertation on English styleJohn R. Priestley, 1837 - 292 من الصفحات |
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addressed admired Æneid allusions amplification applied argument attained attempts called cause caution Cicero circumstances clauses common comparison composition connected connexion direct the attention discourse distinct duction effect emotions of beauty emotions of taste English English language epithets examination excite emotions exercise exhibit expression familiar favourable feelings fitted to excite following example frequently give given happy heaven Hence illustration imagination implied importance inferred instances intellectual habits introduced jects judgment kind knowledge labour language literary taste literature look meaning ment mentioned metaphor metonymy mind models of excellence nexion objects and scenes opinions ornaments of style passage period personification perspicuity philosophical phrases present principles pronoun proposition qualities racter readers reason refer regarded remarks resemblance Rhetoric rules sense sentence skill speak striking student sublimity synecdoche tence things thou thoughts tion traits tural Verbal Criticism vivacity Washington Irving words writer