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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الصفحة 77
... appearance ; and then ask in scorn , where the promised splendour and comfort is to be found . " This example is different from the preceding . It is only in the first part of it , that the words are designed to be figuratively applied ...
... appearance ; and then ask in scorn , where the promised splendour and comfort is to be found . " This example is different from the preceding . It is only in the first part of it , that the words are designed to be figuratively applied ...
الصفحة 78
... appearance of government ; and then ask in scorn , where the promised splendour and comfort is to be found . " This would have been pur- suing the metaphor too far ; it would be called strained . and good taste would condemn it . Hence ...
... appearance of government ; and then ask in scorn , where the promised splendour and comfort is to be found . " This would have been pur- suing the metaphor too far ; it would be called strained . and good taste would condemn it . Hence ...
الصفحة 90
... our thoughts and in the appearance of objects . To illus- trate this remark , I introduce several different ways in which the shining of the Sun is represented : -- 1 " Behold the Sun hath burst the Eastern gates , 90 SYSTEM OF RHETORIC .
... our thoughts and in the appearance of objects . To illus- trate this remark , I introduce several different ways in which the shining of the Sun is represented : -- 1 " Behold the Sun hath burst the Eastern gates , 90 SYSTEM OF RHETORIC .
الصفحة 91
... appearance of ob- jects , may be learned from the following expressions which describe the passage of light : - " A peculiar melancholy reigns over the aisle where Mary lies buried . The light struggles dimly through windows darkened by ...
... appearance of ob- jects , may be learned from the following expressions which describe the passage of light : - " A peculiar melancholy reigns over the aisle where Mary lies buried . The light struggles dimly through windows darkened by ...
الصفحة 102
... appearance of his troops . The despatches , which were sent , consisted of pictures , representing the appearance of the ships , the disembarking of men , their arms and equipments , and military array . Had Montezuma with a company of his.
... appearance of his troops . The despatches , which were sent , consisted of pictures , representing the appearance of the ships , the disembarking of men , their arms and equipments , and military array . Had Montezuma with a company of his.
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