Rhetoric; Or, A View of Its Principal Tropes and Figures, in Their Origin and Powers: With a Variety of Rules to Escape Errors and Blemishes, and Attain Propriety and Elegance in CompositionJ. and W. Oliver, 1767 - 478 Seiten |
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... She fent out her boughs unto " the fea , and her branches unto the river . Why ss haft thou broken down her hedges , fo that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth wafte it , and " the wild beast of ...
... She fent out her boughs unto " the fea , and her branches unto the river . Why ss haft thou broken down her hedges , fo that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth wafte it , and " the wild beast of ...
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... She o'er the tops of corn her flight could fteer , Nor ever bend , nor touch the golden ear ; YOUNG'S Laft Day , book i . Or + Extant pauca , fateor , apud Homerum verè improbabilia ; eft & apud Virgilium unum hujus generis fpecimen ...
... She o'er the tops of corn her flight could fteer , Nor ever bend , nor touch the golden ear ; YOUNG'S Laft Day , book i . Or + Extant pauca , fateor , apud Homerum verè improbabilia ; eft & apud Virgilium unum hujus generis fpecimen ...
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... she could glide , Nor tinge her flying footsteps in the tide * . In this description of VIRGIL there is not the least truth . No one perfon , however light and agil , being ever able to run along unbending corn , or skim along the main ...
... she could glide , Nor tinge her flying footsteps in the tide * . In this description of VIRGIL there is not the least truth . No one perfon , however light and agil , being ever able to run along unbending corn , or skim along the main ...
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... she builds f . Thus MILTON , defcribing the Angel RA- PHAEL's defcent from Heaven , fays , →→ Down thither , prone in fight He fpeeds , and thro ' the vaft etherial sky . Sails between worlds and worlds Here the novelty of the word ...
... she builds f . Thus MILTON , defcribing the Angel RA- PHAEL's defcent from Heaven , fays , →→ Down thither , prone in fight He fpeeds , and thro ' the vaft etherial sky . Sails between worlds and worlds Here the novelty of the word ...
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... She doubtlefs was a moft deferving wife t , " Who , when his foes were rushing thro ' his doors , " Drew from her husband's head his faithful fword . " " O to what heights of fame has DRANCES foar'd ! " How has he ftrew'd the fields ...
... She doubtlefs was a moft deferving wife t , " Who , when his foes were rushing thro ' his doors , " Drew from her husband's head his faithful fword . " " O to what heights of fame has DRANCES foar'd ! " How has he ftrew'd the fields ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Æneid againſt alfo Allegory anſwer Apoſtle atque beauty becauſe CATILINE cauſe CICERO Compariſon courſe death defcribed DEMOSTHENES deſcription difcourfes diſcourſes earth effe enim etiam ev'ry examples exprefsion facred Writings faid fame fays feem fenfe fentence fhall fhew fhould Figure firft firſt fome fometimes foul fpeaking fpeech ftill ftrength fubject fublime fuch funt furniſhes fword Georgic glory hæc hath heaven himſelf houſe Ifrael inftances itſelf juft laft LONGINUS LORD Metaphors Metonymy mind moft moſt muſt o'er obferve Orator paſsage paſsion perfon Pfalm pleaſure pow'r praiſe prefent Profopopeia purpoſe quæ quam Quid QUINTIL QUINTILIAN quod raiſed reaſon reprefented rife ſays Scripture ſeems ſhall ſpeak ſtate ſtrong Synecdoche tamen thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thro tion Tropes unto uſe verfe verſes VIRGIL whofe whoſe words γαρ δε εν και τε
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 391 - For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Seite 225 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Seite 335 - Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth : While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
Seite 237 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Seite 342 - And it came to pass, that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Seite 276 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Seite 347 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds ; I will be like the most High.
Seite 392 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Seite 47 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Seite 287 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.