The Elements of RhetoricHarper & Brothers, 1878 - 564 Seiten |
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... manner . But while the number of writers is necessarily lim- ited , the number of those who love literature for its own sake is virtually unlimited . The reading of books is a very different thing from the writing of books ; and the ...
... manner . But while the number of writers is necessarily lim- ited , the number of those who love literature for its own sake is virtually unlimited . The reading of books is a very different thing from the writing of books ; and the ...
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... manner of expression , where the writer treats his subject with conscious ornament , not so much in order to win assent as to stimulate the atten- tion and gratify the taste . Here it may be defined as the art of ornamental composition ...
... manner of expression , where the writer treats his subject with conscious ornament , not so much in order to win assent as to stimulate the atten- tion and gratify the taste . Here it may be defined as the art of ornamental composition ...
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... manner . This quality is a chief characteristic of the most ancient literatures , and of the oldest writings in any language . It is very perceptible in the narra- tive portions of the sacred Scriptures . In the Greek Iliad and Odyssey ...
... manner . This quality is a chief characteristic of the most ancient literatures , and of the oldest writings in any language . It is very perceptible in the narra- tive portions of the sacred Scriptures . In the Greek Iliad and Odyssey ...
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... manner to the grand and imposing . Such simplicity is often combined with easy grace and tender pathos ; and its effect is more striking in times when an artificial diction is in vogue . Thus , while Johnson was composing his sonorous ...
... manner to the grand and imposing . Such simplicity is often combined with easy grace and tender pathos ; and its effect is more striking in times when an artificial diction is in vogue . Thus , while Johnson was composing his sonorous ...
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... manner and upon the same scale as that of Mr. Marsh . § 13. TABLE SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE OF WORDS OF ANGLO- SAXON ORIGIN IN DIFFERENT BOOKS . THE ENGLISH BIBLE AND PRAYER - BOOK . Ruth .. Jonah . Malachi .. The Book of Common Prayer ...
... manner and upon the same scale as that of Mr. Marsh . § 13. TABLE SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE OF WORDS OF ANGLO- SAXON ORIGIN IN DIFFERENT BOOKS . THE ENGLISH BIBLE AND PRAYER - BOOK . Ruth .. Jonah . Malachi .. The Book of Common Prayer ...
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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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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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!
Seite 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.
Seite 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
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...