The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volumen2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... conjunctions ; as this , " Doubtless thou art our father , though Abraham be ignorant of us , and " Israel acknowledge us not * . " In the composition of the former , we have only to consider the distribu- tion of the words ; in that of ...
... conjunctions ; as this , " Doubtless thou art our father , though Abraham be ignorant of us , and " Israel acknowledge us not * . " In the composition of the former , we have only to consider the distribu- tion of the words ; in that of ...
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... conjunctions that is requisite for forming a complicated style . Here , therefore , if any where , one would expect to find an arrangement purely na- tural . Yet , in this language , the most usual , and what would with them therefore ...
... conjunctions that is requisite for forming a complicated style . Here , therefore , if any where , one would expect to find an arrangement purely na- tural . Yet , in this language , the most usual , and what would with them therefore ...
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... conjunction , whether it be expressed in one word or more , with naming or titling the persons ad- dressed , with a call to attention , or even with a term that is little more than an expletive , the place imme- + Macbeth . Of vivacity ...
... conjunction , whether it be expressed in one word or more , with naming or titling the persons ad- dressed , with a call to attention , or even with a term that is little more than an expletive , the place imme- + Macbeth . Of vivacity ...
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... conjunction which begins the sentence is some- times emphatical , as in that of Milton : -At last his sail broad vans He spreads for flight * ; where the description is the more picturesque that the verb is preceded by its regimen . The ...
... conjunction which begins the sentence is some- times emphatical , as in that of Milton : -At last his sail broad vans He spreads for flight * ; where the description is the more picturesque that the verb is preceded by its regimen . The ...
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... conjunctions are the most unfriendly to vivacity ; and next to them the re- lative pronouns , as partaking of the nature of conjunc- tion . It is by these parts , less significant in them- selves , that the more significant parts ...
... conjunctions are the most unfriendly to vivacity ; and next to them the re- lative pronouns , as partaking of the nature of conjunc- tion . It is by these parts , less significant in them- selves , that the more significant parts ...
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adjectives adverb ambiguity anapest antithesis antonomasia appear arrangement better catachresis cause Chap choice of words clauses Complex sentences composition conducive to vivacity conjunctions connectives employed connexive consequence considered as sounds contrary copulative denominated denote discourse doth effect ellipsis employed in combining English equivocal example exhibit expression figure former French give hath hearer ideas idiom imagine imitation instance justly kind language Latin manner meaning metaphor metonymy mind modern nature necessary nonsense noun object obscurity observed occasion offences against brevity Paradise Lost particle particular passage periphrasis perspicuity phrases pleonasm preceding preposition principles produce pronoun proper terms properly propriety reason relation remark rendered Sect sense sensible sentiment serve signify signs Simple sentences sometimes speak speaker species Spect spondee style substantive syllables synecdoché Tatler tautology tence ther things thought tion tive tongue translation verb vivacity as depending wherein writer
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Página 205 - whispers through the trees': If crystal streams 'with pleasing murmurs creep,' The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with
Página 202 - Sometimes, with secure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid Dancing in the chequered shade...
Página 222 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes...
Página 151 - For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell, Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Página 312 - And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women.
Página 317 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Página 383 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Página 295 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: And thou renewest the face of the earth.
Página 68 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Página 132 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.