A Grammar of Rhetoric and Polite Literature: Comprehending the Principles of Language and Style; the Elements of Taste and Criticism; with Rules for the Study of Composition and Eloquence ...A. H. Maltby, 1820 - 345 Seiten |
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... effect of this Figure CHAPTER VIII . - Climax or Amplification 195 · ibid Climax appears with grace in the calmer parts of Oratory 196 It is consistent with moderate Agitation ibid CHAPTER IX . The Antithesis 197 Unsuccessful Attempts ...
... effect of this Figure CHAPTER VIII . - Climax or Amplification 195 · ibid Climax appears with grace in the calmer parts of Oratory 196 It is consistent with moderate Agitation ibid CHAPTER IX . The Antithesis 197 Unsuccessful Attempts ...
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... effect this imitation , must have been the general motive which led men to the assignation of one name to a particular object rather than another .. ( See the Il- lustrations to Art . 7. ) 6. Whatever objects were to be named , in which ...
... effect this imitation , must have been the general motive which led men to the assignation of one name to a particular object rather than another .. ( See the Il- lustrations to Art . 7. ) 6. Whatever objects were to be named , in which ...
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... effect ; and language is the only vehicle by which this conveyance can be made . Corol . The art of speaking , then , is not less necessary to the ora- tor than the art of thinking . Without the latter the former could not have existed ...
... effect ; and language is the only vehicle by which this conveyance can be made . Corol . The art of speaking , then , is not less necessary to the ora- tor than the art of thinking . Without the latter the former could not have existed ...
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... effect of Taste.- But when criticism hath called forth to this object the attention of a people improving in arts and sciences , there is a probability that the effect will be accellerated , and that their speech will not only become ...
... effect of Taste.- But when criticism hath called forth to this object the attention of a people improving in arts and sciences , there is a probability that the effect will be accellerated , and that their speech will not only become ...
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... effect . Variety of sound is advantageous to a language ; and it is convenient that we should have some sounds that are rough and uasculine , as well as some that are liquid and feminine * . Those languages which are allowed to be the ...
... effect . Variety of sound is advantageous to a language ; and it is convenient that we should have some sounds that are rough and uasculine , as well as some that are liquid and feminine * . Those languages which are allowed to be the ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
action admit adverbs agent agreeable allegory Amphibrach Analysis ancient appear attention beauty character chiefly Cicero circumstances common comparison composition Corol criticism Dean Swift degree Demosthenes denote discourse distinguished effect elegance emotion employed English epic epic poetry Example expression figure former frequently genius give grace Greek hath hearers Hence Homer ideas Iliad Illus imagination imitation impression instance Julius Cæsar kind language Lord Bolingbroke manner meaning melody merit metaphors mind nature never nouns objects obscure observe orator ornament Ossian Paradise Lost passion pause period person perspicuity phrases pleasure poem poet poetical poetry precision preposition principles pronouns proper propriety prose qualities reader reason resemblance rule Scholia Scholium sense sensible sentence sentiments signify simplicity sometimes sound speaker speaking species speech Spondee style sublime substantive syllables taste tence things thou thought tion tone trochees verb verse Virgil virtue words writing
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 199 - Should such a man, too fond to rule alone. Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer...
Seite 184 - tis slander; Whose edge is sharper than the sword; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states. Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Seite 175 - fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here?
Seite 162 - The music of Carryl was, like the ." memory of joys that are past, pleasant and
Seite 138 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, 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 mild...
Seite 133 - With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone ; The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground.
Seite 326 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Seite 307 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Seite 119 - 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.
Seite 307 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...