An Abridgment of Lectures on RhetoricSimeon Butler, 1818 - 216 էջ |
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Էջ 51
... admit no change , except what expresses the degree of comparison . Its verbs , instead of the varie- ties of ancient conjugation , admit only four or five changes in termination . A few prepositions and aux- iliary verbs effect all the ...
... admit no change , except what expresses the degree of comparison . Its verbs , instead of the varie- ties of ancient conjugation , admit only four or five changes in termination . A few prepositions and aux- iliary verbs effect all the ...
Էջ 80
... admits it without any force . Thus , " a raging storm , a deceitful disease , a cruel dis- aster , " are familiar expressions . This is indeed so obscure a degree of personification , that it might per haps be properly classed with ...
... admits it without any force . Thus , " a raging storm , a deceitful disease , a cruel dis- aster , " are familiar expressions . This is indeed so obscure a degree of personification , that it might per haps be properly classed with ...
Էջ 83
... admits explaining comparisons . For instance , the distinction between the powers of sense and imagination is in Mr. Harris's Hermes illustrated by a simile : " As wax , " says he , " would not be adequate to the purposes of signiture ...
... admits explaining comparisons . For instance , the distinction between the powers of sense and imagination is in Mr. Harris's Hermes illustrated by a simile : " As wax , " says he , " would not be adequate to the purposes of signiture ...
Էջ 89
... admits is adopted for the sake of force rather than of grace . The same thought is never re- peated . The utmost precision is studied in his sen- tences ; and they are generally designed to suggest more to the reader's imagination than ...
... admits is adopted for the sake of force rather than of grace . The same thought is never re- peated . The utmost precision is studied in his sen- tences ; and they are generally designed to suggest more to the reader's imagination than ...
Էջ 99
... admits . It is moreover figurative without being too much so for the subject . There is no fault in it whatever , ex- cept this , the epithet large , which he applies to variety , is more commonly applied to extent than to number . It ...
... admits . It is moreover figurative without being too much so for the subject . There is no fault in it whatever , ex- cept this , the epithet large , which he applies to variety , is more commonly applied to extent than to number . It ...
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abounds action admit Æneid agreeable ancient appear beauty blank verse characters Cicero circumstances comedy composition concise critics degree Demosthenes dignity discourse distinction distinguished effect elegant eloquence emotions employed Eneid English epic poem epic poetry excel exhibit expression figure founded French frequently genius give grandeur Greek happy hearers Hence historian Homer human ideas Iliad imagination imitation invention Jane Shore ject kind language Livy Lusiad lyric poetry manner merit metaphors Milton mind mode modern moral narration nature objects observe orator ornament painting Paradise Lost passion pastoral pathetic pause peculiar perfect personages perspicuity Pharsalia philosophical Plautus pleasing pleasure poet poetical principal proper propriety render requisite resemblance ridicule Roman rule scene sense sentence sentiments simplicity sound speaker speaking species speech spirit strength strong style sublime syllable Tacitus taste tence Theocritus thing tion tragedy tropes unity variety verse versification Virgil Voltaire words writing
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Էջ 18 - And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Էջ 171 - O SING unto the LORD a new song: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth. Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; Shew forth his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the heathen, His wonders among all people.
Էջ 172 - And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water : in the habitation of dragons where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Էջ 214 - States entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author., and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and also to an act entitled an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and...
Էջ 102 - He can converse with a Picture, and find an agreeable Companion in a Statue. He meets with a secret Refreshment in a Description, and often feels a greater Satisfaction in the Prospect of Fields and Meadows, than another does in the Possession.
Էջ 79 - O unexpected stroke, worse than of death ! Must I thus leave thee, Paradise ? thus leave Thee, native soil! these happy walks and shades, Fit haunt of gods ? where I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both.
Էջ 79 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Էջ 103 - Imagination, but are able to disperse Grief and Melancholy, and to set the Animal Spirits in pleasing and agreeable Motions. For this Reason Sir Francis Bacon, in his Essay upon Health, has not thought it improper to prescribe to his Reader a Poem or a Prospect, where he particularly dissuades him from knotty and subtile Disquisitions, and advises him to pursue Studies that fill the Mind with splendid and illustrious Objects, as Histories, Fables, and Contemplations of Nature.
Էջ 172 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Էջ 63 - I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.