 | President of a college - 1836 - Liczba stron: 156
...for kingly power, which is the sign for the thing signified. A. That figure by which we put the whole for a part, or a part for the whole ; a genus for a species, or a species for a genus; or any thing less, or any thing more, for the precise object meant. Q,. Can you give examples of this... | |
 | Charles Theophilus Ewald Rhenius - 1836 - Liczba stron: 320
...QfaJiL^aranrS^SK^n^ar, the Poetry of Milton. Grey hairs should be respected, lit: LD, they 4. Synecdoche, where the whole is put for a part, or a part for the •whole. The Tamulians use this figure also, hut not in all cases like in English, thus : A fleet of twenty... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1837 - Liczba stron: 242
...that one was dead. "Fuit Ilium et ingens gloria Teucrum," expresses that the glory of Troy is no more. When the whole is put for a part, or a part for the...; a genus for a species, or a species for a genus ; the singular number for the plural, or the plural for the singular ; in general, when anything less,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1838 - Liczba stron: 280
...tropes are called by the name of metonomy ' "T»n is a trope called a metalepsis 1 — Example. 8* When the whole is put for a part, or a part for the...; a genus for a species, or a species for a genus ; the singular number for the plural, or the plural for the singular ; in general, when any thing less,... | |
 | Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - 1838 - Liczba stron: 372
...dead. ' Fuit Ilium et ingens gloria Dardanidum,' signifies, that the glory of Troy is now no more. When the whole is put for a part, or a part for the...; a genus for a species, or a species for a genus ; the singular number for the plural, or the plural for the singular ; in general, when any thing more,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - Liczba stron: 242
...addressed the chair ;" that is, the person in the chair. 6. A SYNECDOCHE OR COMPREHENSION. When the wTiole is put for a part, or a part for the whole ; a genus...is put for the precise object meant, the figure is called a Synecdoche. Thus, "A fleet of twenty sail, instead of, iJiipi.n "The horse is a noble animal;"... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1840 - Liczba stron: 262
...entering on royal authority ; the sign being put for the thing signified. SYNECDOCHE. When the whole ,s put for a part, or a part for the whole ; a genus for a species, or a species for a genus ; m general, when any thing less, or any thine more, is put for the precise object meant; the figure... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1844 - Liczba stron: 234
...contained. " lie addressed the chair;" that is, the person in the chair. 5. A SYNECDOCHE OR COMPREHENSION. When the whole is put for a part, or a part for the...is put for the precise object meant, the figure is called a Synecdoche. Thus, " A fleet of twenty sail, instead of, ships." " The horse is a noble animal... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1844 - Liczba stron: 372
...the thing signified. Q. And what do you mean by Synecdoche ? A. That figure by which we put the whole for a part, or a part for the whole ; a genus for a species, or a species for a genus ; or any thing less, or any thing more, for the precise object meant. Q. Can you give a more full account... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1847 - Liczba stron: 252
...the sceptre," is a common expression for entering on royal authority; the sign being put for the thug signified. SYNECDOCHE. When the whole is put for a...is put for the precise object meant ; the figure is men called a Synecdoche or Comprelienswn. It is very common, for instance, to desc~:i u-'- -' ' ' LI.Cpart... | |
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