The Works of George Campbell: Philosophy of rhetoricT. Tegg, 1840 |
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Strona vi
... further from his thoughts than to pretend an exemption from such positive faults in expression , as , on the article of Elocution , he hath so freely criticized in the best English authors . He is entirely sensible , that an impropriety ...
... further from his thoughts than to pretend an exemption from such positive faults in expression , as , on the article of Elocution , he hath so freely criticized in the best English authors . He is entirely sensible , that an impropriety ...
Strona xii
... further . But their utility reaches a very little way , compared with that which results from the knowledge of the foundations of the art , and of what has been , not unfitly , styled arithmetic universal . It may be justly said that ...
... further . But their utility reaches a very little way , compared with that which results from the knowledge of the foundations of the art , and of what has been , not unfitly , styled arithmetic universal . It may be justly said that ...
Strona xv
... further we may still excel them in these , by means of discoveries and improve- ments yet to be made , it would be the greatest presumption in any man to say . But as it requires not a prophetic spirit to discover , it implies no ...
... further we may still excel them in these , by means of discoveries and improve- ments yet to be made , it would be the greatest presumption in any man to say . But as it requires not a prophetic spirit to discover , it implies no ...
Strona xvi
... Further , if the logical art , and the ethical , be useful , eloquence is useful , as it instructs us how these arts must be applied for the conviction and the persuasion of others . It is indeed the grand art of communi- cation , not ...
... Further , if the logical art , and the ethical , be useful , eloquence is useful , as it instructs us how these arts must be applied for the conviction and the persuasion of others . It is indeed the grand art of communi- cation , not ...
Strona xix
... further under consideration , than as a fine art , and adapted , like the others above mentioned , to please the fancy , and to move the passions . But to treat it also as a useful art , and closely connected with the understand- ing ...
... further under consideration , than as a fine art , and adapted , like the others above mentioned , to please the fancy , and to move the passions . But to treat it also as a useful art , and closely connected with the understand- ing ...
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adjective admit adverb affirmed ambiguity analogy antonomasia appear application argument beauty catachresis character circumstances clause common commonly connexion consequently considered contrary critics degree denominated denote discourse doth Dunciad effect elocution eloquence employed English equal evidence example expression favour former French frequently give grammatical hath hearers Hudibras ideas idiom imagination impropriety instance justly kind language latter least Lord High Treasurer manner meaning metaphor metonymy mind moral nature necessary never noun object obscurity observed occasion orator Paradise Lost participle particular passage passions perhaps periphrasis perly person perspicuity phrases pity pleasure pleonasm poet preposition present preterite principles produce pronoun proper properly qualities Quintilian reason regard relation remarked render resemblance respect ridicule sense sentence sentiments serve signified solecism sometimes sophism speak speaker species Spect style syllables syllogism synecdoche Tatler term things thought tion tongue tropes truth verb vivacity wherein words writers
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Strona 378 - Peace to all such ! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone. Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Strona 412 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Strona 249 - 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.
Strona 323 - Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Strona 12 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Strona 365 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Strona 18 - Plume repairs. And bids her beau demand the precious hairs: (Sir Plume of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane) With earnest eyes, and round unthinking face, He first the snuff-box open'd, then the case, And thus broke out— "My Lord, why, what the devil?
Strona 137 - And went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
Strona 364 - Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Strona 378 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?