The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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Page 61
... metaphor , have been imagined . The understanding is made a girdle to our other mental faculties , for the fastening of which girdle , meekness and humility serve for a buckle . " A man is not qualified for a butt , who has not a good ...
... metaphor , have been imagined . The understanding is made a girdle to our other mental faculties , for the fastening of which girdle , meekness and humility serve for a buckle . " A man is not qualified for a butt , who has not a good ...
Page 66
... metaphors , and sonorous phrases , are injudiciously employed to add a dignity to the most trivial conceptions ; sometimes they are made to serve as a vehicle for nonsense . And whe- ther some of the above citations fall under the one ...
... metaphors , and sonorous phrases , are injudiciously employed to add a dignity to the most trivial conceptions ; sometimes they are made to serve as a vehicle for nonsense . And whe- ther some of the above citations fall under the one ...
Page 99
... . And this is the case , not only where there is in the same sentence a mixture of discordant metaphors , but Why nonsense so often escapes being detected . J also G 2 Chap . VII . 99 RHETORIC . The application of the preceding principles.
... . And this is the case , not only where there is in the same sentence a mixture of discordant metaphors , but Why nonsense so often escapes being detected . J also G 2 Chap . VII . 99 RHETORIC . The application of the preceding principles.
Page 100
... metaphor , or rather when from metaphor he runs into allegory , and thence into enig- ma , his words are not the immediate signs of his thought ; they are at best but the signs of the signs of his thought . His writing may then be ...
... metaphor , or rather when from metaphor he runs into allegory , and thence into enig- ma , his words are not the immediate signs of his thought ; they are at best but the signs of the signs of his thought . His writing may then be ...
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... metaphor of a country , hath revolved in his thoughts the various objects which might be found in a country , but hath never dreamt of considering whether there be any things in the mind properly analogous to these . Hence the strange ...
... metaphor of a country , hath revolved in his thoughts the various objects which might be found in a country , but hath never dreamt of considering whether there be any things in the mind properly analogous to these . Hence the strange ...
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adjectives adverb ambiguity anapest antithesis antonomasia appear arrangement better catachresis cause Chap choice of words clauses Complex sentences composition conducive to vivacity conjunctions connectives employed connexive consequence considered as sounds copulative denominated denote discourse doth effect ellipsis employed in combining English equivocal example exhibit expression figure former French give guage hath hearer ideas idiom imagine imitation instance justly kind language Latin manner meaning metaphor metonymy mind modern nature necessary nonsense noun object obscurity observed occasion offences against brevity Paradise Lost particle particular passage periphrasis perspicuity phrases pleonasm preceding preposition principles pronoun proper terms properly propriety reason regard relation remark rendered sense sensible sentiment serve signify signs Simple sentences sometimes speak speaker species Spect spondee style substantive syllables synecdoché Tatler tautology tence ther things thought tion tive tongue translation verb verse vivacity as depending wherein writer