The Practical Elements of Rhetoric: With Illustrative ExamplesGinn, 1892 - 488 páginas |
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... epithets , as heard especially in ardent conversa- tion : " The falls were very fine , and all the scenery about them is elegant . At the hotels also one can get a grand dinner ; at least while we were there we fared splendidly ...
... epithets , as heard especially in ardent conversa- tion : " The falls were very fine , and all the scenery about them is elegant . At the hotels also one can get a grand dinner ; at least while we were there we fared splendidly ...
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... epithets may here be defined and exempli- fied . First , what are called essential epithets are used to express some quality already involved in the noun ; as " wet waves , ” “ white milk , " " green pastures , " " the sharp sword ...
... epithets may here be defined and exempli- fied . First , what are called essential epithets are used to express some quality already involved in the noun ; as " wet waves , ” “ white milk , " " green pastures , " " the sharp sword ...
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... epithets may sometimes , by a license very rare in prose , be used without their substantives ; thus , Milton has " the dank , " " the dry , " for water and land . Sometimes also an epithet may be used substantively and be modified by a ...
... epithets may sometimes , by a license very rare in prose , be used without their substantives ; thus , Milton has " the dank , " " the dry , " for water and land . Sometimes also an epithet may be used substantively and be modified by a ...
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... epithet is " which had not time , as she passed over it , to bend beneath her . " Notice that the mere descrip- tive epithet " swift , " in the first line of the couplet , is not suscepti- ble of such expanded sense . The following ...
... epithet is " which had not time , as she passed over it , to bend beneath her . " Notice that the mere descrip- tive epithet " swift , " in the first line of the couplet , is not suscepti- ble of such expanded sense . The following ...
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... epithets , which in prose , as has been said , are so easily overdone , may be kept well within the bounds of good ... epithet in " He drew his bright sword " is evidently only a bit of use- less finery ; but in the sentence , " Laughing ...
... epithets , which in prose , as has been said , are so easily overdone , may be kept well within the bounds of good ... epithet in " He drew his bright sword " is evidently only a bit of use- less finery ; but in the sentence , " Laughing ...
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Términos y frases comunes
adapted adverb alliteration antecedent argument beauty become called Cardinal Newman Caroline of Brunswick character clause clearness condensed conjunctions construction coördinate course definite discourse distinction Don Francis effect elements emotion emphasis employed English epithets essay EXAMPLES expression fact feeling figure figure of speech George Henry Lewes give grammatical habit hearer idea illustrate imagination important indicated instance intellectual invention kind language laws less literary literature logical Macaulay manner Matthew Arnold means merely Metonymy mind narrative nature NOTE object observed occasion oratory paragraph passage periodic sentence phrases poetic diction poetry preceding present principle pronoun quality of style reader reference regarded relation relative relative clause repetition requires rhetoric seek sense sentence simile sion sometimes sound speech spirit statement structure subordinate suggestive Synecdoche taste tence theme things thought tion truth verb whole word-painting words
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Página 368 - I am the Resurrection and the Life, saith the Lord : he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live : and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die.
Página 344 - I have of late , (but wherefore I know not) lost all my mirth, foregone all custom of exercises; and, indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy , the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appeareth nothing to me, but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Página 343 - Avaunt ! and quit my sight ! Let the earth hide thee ! Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold ; Thou hast no speculation in those eyes Which thou dost glare with.
Página 162 - And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
Página 55 - In the afternoon they came unto a land In which it seemed always afternoon. All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream. Full-faced above the valley stood the moon; And, like a downward smoke, the slender stream Along the cliff to fall and pause and fall did seem. A land of streams! some, like a downward smoke, Slow-dropping veils of thinnest lawn, did go; And some thro' wavering lights and shadows broke, Rolling a slumbrous sheet of foam below.
Página 336 - Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight: The murmuring surge.
Página 312 - BRETHREN, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand ; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
Página 474 - Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion.
Página 313 - Scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures; and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve; after that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
Página 128 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock, and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.