The Elements of RhetoricHarper & Brothers, 1878 - 564 páginas |
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... force . Those who made distinctions in these matters soon after added a third kind - the Rhodian , which they define to be of a middle char- acter between the other two . " Such differences as these may always be found . In Oriental ...
... force . Those who made distinctions in these matters soon after added a third kind - the Rhodian , which they define to be of a middle char- acter between the other two . " Such differences as these may always be found . In Oriental ...
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... force and clearness of Anglo - Saxon words , and adopted many of Latin origin . In the authorized version , on the contrary , the proportion of Anglo - Saxon words is greater than in any other English book . Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress ...
... force and clearness of Anglo - Saxon words , and adopted many of Latin origin . In the authorized version , on the contrary , the proportion of Anglo - Saxon words is greater than in any other English book . Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress ...
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... force of expression . Such writers are foremost in literature ; their works are studied by all ; they are models of style ; and they abound in sentences which are widely quoted , and used as common maxims or proverbial say- ings . Of ...
... force of expression . Such writers are foremost in literature ; their works are studied by all ; they are models of style ; and they abound in sentences which are widely quoted , and used as common maxims or proverbial say- ings . Of ...
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... force or meaning . Barry Corn- wall's lines are equally familiar : " The sea , the sea , the open sea , The blue , the fresh , the ever free ! " " Open , " " blue , " " fresh , " " free , " are all words which lack . precision ; they ...
... force or meaning . Barry Corn- wall's lines are equally familiar : " The sea , the sea , the open sea , The blue , the fresh , the ever free ! " " Open , " " blue , " " fresh , " " free , " are all words which lack . precision ; they ...
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... force , which have made them ad- mired in all ages , and have caused them to be quoted so often that they have become hackneyed by repetition . The songs of birds form another favorite theme for the poets , and especially that of the ...
... force , which have made them ad- mired in all ages , and have caused them to be quoted so often that they have become hackneyed by repetition . The songs of birds form another favorite theme for the poets , and especially that of the ...
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Æneid allusion ancient Anglo-Saxon antithesis argument arises associated Asyndeton beautiful Burke Burke's called character chief chiefly Cicero clauses common composition considered Demosthenes East India Bill effect elegance emotion emphasis English English language epithets euphony example exhibit expression fault feeling fiction figures of speech following passage force frequent genius give Greek hearers heaven honor human humor idea illustrated importance Jean Peltier Julius Cæsar kind king language Latin literature Lord lyric poetry means metaphor Milton mind modern narration narrative nature never object onomatopoeia orator oratory order of thought Paradise Lost passion periphrasis perspicuity poem poet poetry polysyndeton present proposition prose qualities Quincey Quintilian reader refers rhetoric ridiculous satire says scenes secondly seen sentence sentiments Shakespeare sometimes soul sound speaker statement style subject-matter sublime taste term thee things thou Thucydides tion vivacity Warren Hastings words writer
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Página 188 - tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely. That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Página 403 - Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold : Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
Página 222 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Página 164 - While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, — for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate the veil. God grant that in my day, at least, that curtain may not rise!
Página 107 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Página 163 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Página 213 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple. Who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter ? Her confuting is the best and surest suppressing.
Página 389 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
Página 199 - Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed; but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments...
Página 97 - That, chang'd thro' all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth, as in th' ethereal frame ; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze; Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the 'trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...