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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... effect my purpose by a defi- nition , or an extended technical explanation of these terms , there would be little reason to hope for success . I would rather refer him directly to the operations of his own mind , point out to him ...
... effect my purpose by a defi- nition , or an extended technical explanation of these terms , there would be little reason to hope for success . I would rather refer him directly to the operations of his own mind , point out to him ...
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... effects we are led to search for their causes , we find , that our attention is engaged by the valuable thoughts and just reasonings that are exhibited ; that we are pleased by what gives exercise to our imagination , -by happy turns of ...
... effects we are led to search for their causes , we find , that our attention is engaged by the valuable thoughts and just reasonings that are exhibited ; that we are pleased by what gives exercise to our imagination , -by happy turns of ...
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... effect of this habit is seen in that want of originality and vigour of thought , which in maturer years characterizes the efforts of these servile minds . Method . Another intellectual attainment essential to the success of the writer ...
... effect of this habit is seen in that want of originality and vigour of thought , which in maturer years characterizes the efforts of these servile minds . Method . Another intellectual attainment essential to the success of the writer ...
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... effect these objects constitute what is called amplification . To state the various ways , in which writers enlarge upon the propositions which they advance , is imprac- ticable . Ingenuity is continually in exercise , seeking to arrest ...
... effect these objects constitute what is called amplification . To state the various ways , in which writers enlarge upon the propositions which they advance , is imprac- ticable . Ingenuity is continually in exercise , seeking to arrest ...
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... effect , are more frequently used to instruct and influence those of candid minds , than to convince opposers . They gratify also the strong propensity of man to know the causes of things , and thus dispose the mind to the reception of ...
... effect , are more frequently used to instruct and influence those of candid minds , than to convince opposers . They gratify also the strong propensity of man to know the causes of things , and thus dispose the mind to the reception of ...
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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