Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 pages |
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... Speech ... 392 TABLE 1. Subjects expressed figuratively . " 2. Attributes expressed figuratively " C XXI . Narration and Description ......... .. XXII . The Philosophy of Style .. " XXIII Epic and Dramatic Compositions . " XXIV . The ...
... Speech ... 392 TABLE 1. Subjects expressed figuratively . " 2. Attributes expressed figuratively " C XXI . Narration and Description ......... .. XXII . The Philosophy of Style .. " XXIII Epic and Dramatic Compositions . " XXIV . The ...
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... speech , as without it speech would be wofully imperfect . Brute animals may have some ob- scure notion of these circumstances , as connected with particular objects : an ox probably perceives that he takes longer time to go round a ...
... speech , as without it speech would be wofully imperfect . Brute animals may have some ob- scure notion of these circumstances , as connected with particular objects : an ox probably perceives that he takes longer time to go round a ...
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... speech is the most powerful of all the means by which one human being can display itself to another , the objects of the eye must so far yield preference to those of the ear . With respect to inanimate objects of sight , sounds may be ...
... speech is the most powerful of all the means by which one human being can display itself to another , the objects of the eye must so far yield preference to those of the ear . With respect to inanimate objects of sight , sounds may be ...
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... - The wry neck of Alexa ler . - The speech of Lady Percy concerning Hotspur . Januarius . * A temple is in a proper sense. 52 EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS . In many instances one Emotion is productive of other The same of Passions.
... - The wry neck of Alexa ler . - The speech of Lady Percy concerning Hotspur . Januarius . * A temple is in a proper sense. 52 EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS . In many instances one Emotion is productive of other The same of Passions.
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... speech would not have made the same impression . 108. Hatred , and other dissocial passions , produce effects directly opposite to those above mentioned . If I hate a man , his children , his relations , nay his property , become to me ...
... speech would not have made the same impression . 108. Hatred , and other dissocial passions , produce effects directly opposite to those above mentioned . If I hate a man , his children , his relations , nay his property , become to me ...
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