The Works of George Campbell: Philosophy of rhetoricT. Tegg, 1840 |
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Strona ix
... Meaning Part I. Equivocation Part II . Ambiguity SECT . III . The Unintelligible Part I. From Confusion of Thought Part II . From Affectation of Excellence Part III . From Want of Meaning 1. The Puerile 2. The Learned 223 244 225 ib ...
... Meaning Part I. Equivocation Part II . Ambiguity SECT . III . The Unintelligible Part I. From Confusion of Thought Part II . From Affectation of Excellence Part III . From Want of Meaning 1. The Puerile 2. The Learned 223 244 225 ib ...
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... meanings of words , and , as nearly as the genius of the language in which one • This subordination is beautifully and concisely expressed by Hersan in Rollin , " Je conclus que la veritable eloquence est celle qui persuade ; qu'elle ne ...
... meanings of words , and , as nearly as the genius of the language in which one • This subordination is beautifully and concisely expressed by Hersan in Rollin , " Je conclus que la veritable eloquence est celle qui persuade ; qu'elle ne ...
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... meaning in the same work , he not only occasions perplexity to his reader but falls himself into an apparent inconsistency . An error of this kind , in Mr. Pope , has been lately pointed out by a very ingenious and judicious critic ...
... meaning in the same work , he not only occasions perplexity to his reader but falls himself into an apparent inconsistency . An error of this kind , in Mr. Pope , has been lately pointed out by a very ingenious and judicious critic ...
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... meaning of the words , hath a specious appearance on a single glance . Of this kind you have an in- stance in the subsequent lines , While thus the lady talk'd , the knight Turn'd th ' outside of his eyes to white , As men of inward ...
... meaning of the words , hath a specious appearance on a single glance . Of this kind you have an in- stance in the subsequent lines , While thus the lady talk'd , the knight Turn'd th ' outside of his eyes to white , As men of inward ...
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... meaning of the word oddity , and is the proper object of laughter . The difference between these and that grander kind of elo- quence treated in the first part of this chapter , I shall , if pos- sible , still further illustrate , by a ...
... meaning of the word oddity , and is the proper object of laughter . The difference between these and that grander kind of elo- quence treated in the first part of this chapter , I shall , if pos- sible , still further illustrate , by a ...
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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?