Abandon in style, 239.

Abruptness of transition, 305.
Absolute beautiful, 411.

Abstract put for concrete, 128.
Accent in English, 263.
Accentuated metres, 582.
Accumulation, 149.

Aims of composition, to instruct, 313; to con-
vince, 314; to persuade, 315; to please,
316; union of different aims, 317.
Aitiologia, 523.

Allegory, 112.

Allison, vocabulary of, 13.

Alliteration, a figure of, 186; in versification,
579.

Allusion, 118; historical, 119; literary, 120;
distinguished from quotation, 121; in il-
lustrative style, 249.
Amatory songs, 599.
Ambition, 467.

American humor, 435.
American oratory, 555.
American Taxation, speech by Burke on,
status of, 329; generalization of, 383;
argument from experience against, 372;
transition in speech on, 378.
Americanisms, 41.
Ames Fisher, quoted, 164.
Amphibrach, 592.

Amplification-one of the augumentative fig-
ures, 144; defined, 145; by dwelling on
details, 146; by direct statement, 147; by
comparison, 148; by accumulation, 149;
collectio, aggregatio, 150; synathroismus,
151; diasceue, 152; synezeugmenon, 153;
epexergasia, 154; dinumeratio, 155; de-
scription, 156; ecloge, 157; hypotyposis,
158; metastasis, 159; in argument, 379.
Anacœnosis, 511.

Anacoluthon, 211.
Anadiplosis, 180.
Analepsis, 219.

Analogy, Butler's, style of, 235.

Analogy, comparison of, 93; argument from,

373.

Analysis and synthesis, 338; for clearness of

statement, 377.

Anamnesis, 520.

Anangcæum, 513.

Anapæstic metre, 586.

Anastrophe, 191.

Anathema, 473.

"And" repeated, 264.

Anecdotes, a source of allusion, 120; used in
illustrative style, 251.
Anglo-Saxon words conducive to simplicity,
12; percentage of, in different authors, 13;|
the essential element in the English lan-
guage, 14; predominates in the most pop-
ular books, 15; power of compounding
words, 45; excess of metaphors in poetry,
108; excess of epithets, 140; alliterative
verse in, 186.

Animation of style, 239.

Annals, order of thought in, 343.

Annominatio, 123.

Answers to objections in oratory, 524.
Antanaclasis, 123, 451.

experience, 372; from analogy, 373;
from contrast, 374; application of the
different kinds of, 375; presentation of,
376-392.

Aristophanes, parody by, 444; satirical poet-
ry of, 445.

Aristotle, definition of rhetoric by, 1; classi-
fication of oratory by, 499.

Arrangement of words in a sentence, general
rule for the, 50; limitations of rule for, 51;
for purposes of harmony, 274.
Ars Poetica, Horace's, 313.

Art, a source of new words, 41; terms of,
transferred to poetry, 308; in description,
490; in classification of knowledge, 497.
Arthurian epopœia, 324.

432.

Anterresis, 524.

Anthypophora, 525.

Anticipation of objections in oratory, 525.
Anticlimax, 168.

Antimeria, 123.
Antimetabole, 79.

Antistrophe, 178, 596.
Antithesis-definition of, 74; utility of, 75;
effectiveness of, 76; compared with plain
statement, 77; various forms of, 78; anti-
metabole, 79; paradiastole, 80; synce-
ceosis or enantiosis, 81; oxymoron, 82;
parison, isocolon, 83; prosapodosis, 84.
Antonomasia, 128.

Apollonius of Tyana, quoted, 212, 529.
Apology of Socrates, 311.

Apophthegm, 76, 224, 389.
Aporia, 527.

Aposiopesis, 212.

Apostrophe, 116; with exclamation, 197.
Apparent intent, in oratory, 530.

Appeal, 486.

Appended clauses, 278.

Appositio, 206.

Arabian mythology, 463.

Arabian Nights' Entertainments, a source of
allusion, 120; aim of, 316; plot of, 353;
verisimilitude in, 369; love of splendor in
descriptions in, 468.
Archaism, 37.

Architecture, Greek and Gothic compared,

423.

Areopagitica, Milton's, 556.

Arguments difference between rhetoric
and logic with reference to argument,
357; logic defined, 358; reasoning, 359;
terms, 360; propositions, 361; definition,
362; proof, 363; deduction, 364; induc-
tion, 365: Mill's four experimental meth-
ods of inquiry, 366; enthymeme, 367;
kinds of arguments, 368; causative, 369;
illustrative, 370; exemplative, 371; from

pression of doubt or ignorance, 527; in-
tentional omission of words, 528; withdraw-
al of expression, 529; apparent intent, 530;
supposed case, 531; other forms, 532.
Asiatic oratory, 4.

Assertion, for emphasis, 170; for strengthen-
ing argument, 387, 487.

Associative theory of the beautiful, 410.
Assonant rhymes, 594.

Asyndeton, 216; compared with polysyn-
deton, 217.

Attack, in oratory, 534; personal, 535; in-
cidental reference, 536; side thrust, 537;
defence turned into attack, 541; testi-
mony of adversary turned against himself,

Bacon, style of, 4; Pope on, 19; Landor on,
20; on new words, 39; conciseness of, 58;
quoted, 75, 77, 83, 224; epigrammatic
style of, 253; persuasion of, 315.
Badinage, 449.

Baldness in style, 246, 305.
Ballad, simplicity in, 10; quaintness in, 258;
pathetic, 481; definition of, 598.
Banter, 449.
Barbarism, 39.

Baron Munchausen, satire of, 446.
Barrow, Dr. Isaac, quoted, 203, 433.
Bathos, 246.

Batrachomyomachia, 437.
Beattie, quoted, 105.
Beautiful, theories concerning the, 410; defi-
nition of, 411; taste, 412; in nature, 413;
color, 414; form, 415; motion, 416; sound,
417; proportion, 418; variety, 419; de-
sign, 420; in morals, 421; in literature,
422; difference between ancient and mod-
ern idea of, 423.

Beauty, power of, 467.

Beckford, description by, 490.

Bedford, Burke's letter to Duke of, 19.
Belles-lettres, 292; analogous to painting,
292; to music, 293.

Bentley, quoted, 443.
Beranger, quoted, 249.
Berkeley, aim of, 314.

Bias, on part of writer, 315; status, 328.
Bible, vocabulary of, 13; source of figurative
language, 110; source of allusion, 120.
See Scriptures.

Biography, conclusion in, 403; narrative in,
494.

Bismarck, quoted, 139, 227.

Black, William, description by, 490.
Blackwood's Magazine, 323.

Blair, vocabulary of, 13.

Blame, 473.

Blank verse, 595.

Bleak House, Dickens's, 231; illustrative ar-

gument in, 370.

Boccaccio, 10.

Boileau, quoted, 428.

Bolingbroke, quoted, 59, 245.

Bombast, 246.

Bonar, Horatio, quoted, 584.

Bon Gualtier, burlesque by, 437.
Bon-mot, 443.

Book of Common Prayer, vocabulary of, 13;
effect on English language, 34; quoted,
185.

Boswell, life of Johnson by, 317.

Bravura, 299.

Brevity, in style, 58; in exordium, 396; in
wit, 433.

Bride of Lammermoor, vocabulary of, 13.
Brilliancy, 243.

Bristol Election, Burke's speech on, example
of narrative and expository subject-matter,

311.

Brougham, Lord, vocabulary of, 13; quoted,
89, 148, 161, 180, 185, 264, 306, 485, 486,
487, 506; status of, 329; description by,
385 on Greek oratory, 546; sarcasm of,
550; physical disadvantages as an orator,
559.

Browne, Sir Thomas, quoted, 58, 75, 224;
epigrammatic style of, 253; criticised by
De Quincey, 299; persuasion of, 315.
Browning, Mrs., vocabulary of, 13; imita-

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tion of Poe by, 295; invention of, 324; sub-
limity of, 430; pathetic, 482.
Browning, Robert, vocabulary of, 13; quoted,
171, 212, 214, 586, 587; mannerism of, 269;
parody on, 444; subjective narration of,
495; expository poetry, 498.

Bryant, quoted, 116, 130, 585; invention of,

325.

Buffoonery, 309, 455.

Building of the Ship, Longfellow's, vocab-
ulary of, 13.
Bull, Irish, 435.

Bulwer. See Lytton.
Buncombe, 246.

Bunyan, style of, 4; simplicity of, 10; vo-
cabulary of, 13; compared with Spencer,
112; quaintness of, 258; Grace Abounding
of, 495.

Burden of proof, 330.

Burke, vocabulary of, 13; Latin style of, 15;
quoted, 19, 20, 81, 82, 88, 94, 109, 120, 132,
141, 146, 149, 163, 171, 183, 227, 245, 254,
256, 269, 270, 273, 276, 277, 309, 380, 381,
383, 384, 385, 389, 405, 519, 527, 531, 547:
conciseness of, 58; anaphora, 176; sug-
gestive style of, 257; affluence of, 258; per-
suasion of, 315; invention of, 319; status of,
329; attention to method by, 339; order of
thought in, 350; definition of, 362; causa-
tive argument of, 369; comprehensiveness
of, 382; exordium of, 396; amplification of,
379; panegyric of, 548; command of sub-
ject by, 552; love of imagery by, 555;
faults of, as an orator, 556, 557; physical
disadvantages of, as an orator, 559; in-
tellectual qualities, 561.

Burlesque, 437, 566.
Burney, Miss, 323.

Burns, Robert, simplicity of, 10; quoted,
186, 595; effect of his poetry on feelings,
317; pathetic, 482.

"But" repeated too frequently, 264.
Butler, Bishop, vocabulary of, 13; style of,

235.

Byrom, Dr., quoted, 439, 485, 488.

Byron, Lord, vocabulary of, 13; quoted, 19,
20, 25, 35, 92, 117, 120, 131, 132, 137, 166,
174, 178, 180, 183, 186, 197, 206, 219, 227,
233, 236, 245, 260, 295, 317, 422, 462, 584;
epithets of, 140; mannerism of, 269; sub-
limity of, 430; lampoon of, 442; pathetic,
482; description by, 490; subjective de-
scription by, 491; compared with Scott,
492; subjective narration of, 495.

Cadmon, quoted, 430.
Casural pause, 593.

Calhoun, J. C., quoted, 508, 522, 524.
Campbell, Dr., vocabulary of, 13; vivacity
defined by, 64, 238.

Classification, defined, 333; of narrative, 334”,
of description, 335; of grouping, 336; in
exposition, 337; analysis and synthesis of,
338; general and particular propositions,
339; incongruity in, 432.

Clauses, improper position of, 50; appended,
54; variety in, 282; co-ordination of, 283.
Clay, Henry, quoted, 485, 515, 517.
Clearness, of conception necessary to pre-
cision, 22; in method, 57; in arguments,
377.

Climax, defined, 160; incrementum with,
161; progressio with, 162.
Close of sentence, 284.

260.

Chaste style, 302.

Chatham, Earl of, vocabulary of, 13; quoted,
88, 91, 172, 174, 185, 235, 405, 473, 486, 488,
511, 524, 534; status of, 329; order of
thought in, 340; exordium of, 396; sar-
casm of, 550; physical advantages of, as an
orator, 559; courage of, 560; intellectual
qualities of, 561.

Chaucer, vocabulary of, 13; House of Fame
by, 112; style of, 258; aim of, 316; in-
vention of, 324; pathetic, 482.

Coleridge, S. T., quoted, 115, 191, 297; sub-
jective narrative by, 495.
Colin Clout, a satire, 445.
Collectio, 150.

Collins, quoted, 79, 115, 189, 191, 295, 591;
epithets of, 140.
Colloquialisms, 270.
Colonizing movements, a source of new
words, 41.

Color, a source of beauty, 414.
Comedy, conclusion in, 404; defined, 566.
Command, 485.

Command of subject in oratory, 552; of
language, 561.
Commentum, 205.
Commoratio, 515.

Comparison, 93; of degree, 94; of analogy,
95; of similarity, 96; for ornament, 97;
for explanation and illustration, 98; faults
in, 99; in illustrative style, 250; incon-
gruity in, 432.

Complex sentence, 52.

Compliment, in oratory, 506,

Composition in English and other languages,

45.

Compound sentences, 52.

Compound words, 45; faults in use of, 46.
Comprehensiveness, 382.

Conceit, 307.

Concession in oratory, 508.

Conciliation in oratory, in exordium, 396; in
language, 504; in demeanor, 554.
Conciliation with America, speech of Burke
on, status of, 329; outline of speech on,
339; causative argument in speech on,
369; diminution in, 380; condensation in,
381; definition of, 384; exordium in, 396;
conclusion of, 405.

Conciseness, tends to perspicuity, 58; to
energy, 228.

Crown, Demosthenes's oration on the, exposi-
tory and narrative subject-matter in, 311;
aim of, 317; status of, 329; order of
thought in, 351; exordium in, 396; con-
clusion of, 405; defence turned to attack

in, 541; outburst of feeling in, 544; concil-
iation in, 554.

Cry of the Children, Mrs. Browning's, 470.
Ctesiphon, Eschines against, order of
thought in, 351.
Cumming, 288.

Curran, quoted, 243, 486, 511, 524, 528, 532,
534.

Current sayings, 76.

Cursor Mundi, vocabulary of, 13.

Conjugal affection, 470.

Connectives, variation of, 281.

Consonant rhymes, 594.

Consonants, too many together, 263.
Consultation with audience, 511.
Container for contained, 130.
Contiguity, figures arising from idea of, de-
fined, 127; synecdoche, 128; antimeria,
enallage, 129; metonymy, 130; metalepsis,
131; periphrasis, 132; euphemism, 133;
hypocorisma, 134; litotes, 135; exemplum,
136; epithets, 137–142.

Contrast, figures based upon idea of, defined,
73; antithetical forms of, 74-84; definition
by, 362; argument from, 374; incongruity

in, 432.

Control of emotion, 546.
Controversial debate, 501.

Conviction an aim of composition, 314, 317.
Convivial songs, 599.

Co-ordination of clauses, 283.
Copiousness, 241.

Cornwall, Barry, vocabulary of, 13.
Correct style, 307.

Counter proposition, 361.
Countries, epithets applied to, 139.
Couplet, 596.

Cowper, simplicity of, 10; vocabulary of,
13; quoted, 92, 129, 171, 186, 585, 586; in-
vention of, 322; pathetic, 482; expository
poetry, 498.

Crabbe, invention of, 322; objective narra-
tion of, 495.

Creative invention, 320, 325.

Cretic, 592.

Crisis in fiction, 352.

Criticism, Essay on, Pope's, 313.

Dante, quoted, 228; invention of, 320, 325,
332; introduction of, 394; pathetic, 481;
subjective narration by, 495.

Darkness a source of the sublime, 425.
Darwin, Erasmus, 246; expository poetry of,
498.

Debate, 500; controversial, 501; parliamen-

tary, 502.

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,
classification in, 334.

Decrementive figures, classified, 143; de-
fined, 165; diminution in, 166; deprecia-
tion of, 167; anticlimax in, 168.
Deduction, 364.

Defence in oratory, 538; strict, 539; indi-
rect reply, 540; turned into attack, 541;
testimony of adversary turned against
himself, 254.

Defiance in oratory, 396; language of emo-
tions, 473.

Definite in style, 128; tending to energy,
231; in argument, 384.

Definition explained, 362; tends to clearness
in argument, 377.

Defoe, style of, 4; simplicity of, 10; vocab-
ulary of, 13.

Degree, comparison of, 93.
Dejection in emotions, 475.

Deliberative oratory, 499.
Delicacy in style, 302.
Delight, 474.

Demodocus, quoted, 439.

Demonstrative terms, in style, 233; in ora-
tory, 499.

Demosthenes, quoted, 157, 200, 201, 544; hy-
perbaton of, 194; description by, 385; adju-
ration of, 486; attack of, 534; command of
subject by, 552; conciliation of, 554; physical
advantages of, as an orator, 559; courage
of, 560.

Denial, in arguments, 388; in emotions, 487.
Denunciation, 473.

Depreciation, 167.