An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricParaclete Potter, and by Sheldon Potter, Chesnut-Street, Philadelphia., 1818 - 276 páginas |
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... subjects introduced that plainer and more simple style of composition , which we now call Prose . Thus the ancient metaphorical and poetical dress of Language was at length laid aside in the intercourse of men , and reser- OF LANGUAGE . 45.
... subjects introduced that plainer and more simple style of composition , which we now call Prose . Thus the ancient metaphorical and poetical dress of Language was at length laid aside in the intercourse of men , and reser- OF LANGUAGE . 45.
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... metaphors are beautiful in poetry , which would be unnatural in prose ; some are graceful in ora- tions , which would be highly improper in his . torical or philosophical composition . Figures are the dress of 92 METAPHOR . Metaphor.
... metaphors are beautiful in poetry , which would be unnatural in prose ; some are graceful in ora- tions , which would be highly improper in his . torical or philosophical composition . Figures are the dress of 92 METAPHOR . Metaphor.
Página 93
... metaphors are to be drawn . The field for figurative language is very wide . ' All nature opens her stores and allows us to collect them without restraint . But we must beware of using such allusions as raise in the mind ... METAPHOR . 93.
... metaphors are to be drawn . The field for figurative language is very wide . ' All nature opens her stores and allows us to collect them without restraint . But we must beware of using such allusions as raise in the mind ... METAPHOR . 93.
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... metaphor at the beginning is beautiful ; the " stream , " the " unmoved rock , " the " waves rolling back broken , " are expressions in the pro- per and consistent language of figure ; but in the end , when we are told , " they did not ...
... metaphor at the beginning is beautiful ; the " stream , " the " unmoved rock , " the " waves rolling back broken , " are expressions in the pro- per and consistent language of figure ; but in the end , when we are told , " they did not ...
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... metaphor ; they are at the same moment presented to us as waves that roll , and as men that may be pursued and wounded by a spear . In the fifth place , take care not to make two different Metaphors meet on the same object . This ...
... metaphor ; they are at the same moment presented to us as waves that roll , and as men that may be pursued and wounded by a spear . In the fifth place , take care not to make two different Metaphors meet on the same object . This ...
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Página 179 - Swinging slow with sullen roar ; Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom...
Página 159 - Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato, to unfold What worlds or what vast regions hold The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
Página 81 - Health,' has not thought it improper to prescribe to his reader a poem or a prospect, where he particularly dissuades him from knotty and subtile disquisitions, and advises him to pursue studies that fill the mind with splendid and illustrious objects, as histories, fables, and contemplations of nature.
Página 77 - A beautiful prospect delights the soul as much as a demonstration; and a description in Homer has charmed more readers than a chapter in Aristotle.
Página 147 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Página 80 - Delightful scenes, whether in nature, painting, or poetry, have a kindly influence on the body, as well as the mind ; and not only serve to clear and brighten the imagination, but are able to disperse grief and melancholy, and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions. For this reason, Sir Francis Bacon, in his Essay upon Health...
Página 79 - He meets with a secret refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession. It gives him, indeed, a kind of property in every thing he sees, and makes the most rude uncultivated parts of nature administer to his pleasures : so that he looks upon the world as it were in another light. and discovers in it a multitude of charms, that conceal themselves from the generality of mankind.
Página 17 - In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Página 173 - Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for, in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. "And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where each lay, shall be grass, with reeds and rushes.
Página 21 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with...