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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... applying our knowledge as occasion demands , evidently depends on the intellectual habits , especially on the retentiveness and readiness of the memory . 2. Closely connected with the command of the thoughts , is the power of ...
... applying our knowledge as occasion demands , evidently depends on the intellectual habits , especially on the retentiveness and readiness of the memory . 2. Closely connected with the command of the thoughts , is the power of ...
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... applied to the selection of subjects for young writers . And on this point , two important directions may be given ; —they should be topics which they are capable of fully understanding , and which are interest- ing to them . Let a ...
... applied to the selection of subjects for young writers . And on this point , two important directions may be given ; —they should be topics which they are capable of fully understanding , and which are interest- ing to them . Let a ...
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... in Goldsmith's Traveller , to which these epithets are often applied . His description of Italy closes with the mention of its inhabitants , feeble and de- C graded , pleased with low delights and the sports of THOUGHT . 25 Transitions.
... in Goldsmith's Traveller , to which these epithets are often applied . His description of Italy closes with the mention of its inhabitants , feeble and de- C graded , pleased with low delights and the sports of THOUGHT . 25 Transitions.
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... applied the epithet sublime . They are less permanent than those of grandeur , but more thrilling and exalting . In these examples , the emotions which are excited , arise neither from a moral approbation of the objects . or of the ...
... applied the epithet sublime . They are less permanent than those of grandeur , but more thrilling and exalting . In these examples , the emotions which are excited , arise neither from a moral approbation of the objects . or of the ...
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... applied to the sense of taste . Take for example the case of wines . The wine merchant is able at once to decide as to the quality of the wine presented to him , and to detect any foreign in- gredient . He has acquired his ability to do ...
... applied to the sense of taste . Take for example the case of wines . The wine merchant is able at once to decide as to the quality of the wine presented to him , and to detect any foreign in- gredient . He has acquired his ability to do ...
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acquired admired Æneid allusions amplification applied argument attained called cause caution Cicero circumstances clauses common comparison composition connected connexion direct the attention distinct duction effect emotions of beauty emotions of taste English language epithets Eurystheus example excite emotions exercise exhibit expression familiar favourable feelings fitted to excite frequently give given happy Hence illustration imagination implies importance improvement inferred inquiry instances intellectual habits ject judgment kind knowledge labour language literary taste manner of writing meaning ment mentioned metaphor metonymy mind models of excellence nature nexion Numidia objects and scenes opinions ornaments of style passage period perspicuity philosophical philosophy of language phrases present principles productions pronoun proposition racter readers reason refer remarks resemblance Rhetoric rules sense sentence skill speak student sublimity symbolical arts synecdoche tence things thou thoughts tion traits vivacity words writer Zeuxis