The Philosophy of RhetoricHarper & Brothers, 1859 - 435 pages |
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Page 31
... idiom of our ingenious neighbours . Indeed , when an author varies the meaning in the same work , he not only occasions perplexity to his reader , but falls him- self into an apparent inconsistency . An error of this kind in Mr. Pope ...
... idiom of our ingenious neighbours . Indeed , when an author varies the meaning in the same work , he not only occasions perplexity to his reader , but falls him- self into an apparent inconsistency . An error of this kind in Mr. Pope ...
Page 34
... idioms , and cant phrases . The second kind , consisting in the aggrandizement of little things , which is by far the most splendid , and displays a soar- ing imagination , these lines of Pope will serve to illustrate : ' As Berecynthia ...
... idioms , and cant phrases . The second kind , consisting in the aggrandizement of little things , which is by far the most splendid , and displays a soar- ing imagination , these lines of Pope will serve to illustrate : ' As Berecynthia ...
Page 164
... idioms may be common , which , neverthe- less , have not the general sanction , no , nor even the suffrage of those that use them . The use here spoken of implies not only currency , but vogue . It is , properly , reputable custom ...
... idioms may be common , which , neverthe- less , have not the general sanction , no , nor even the suffrage of those that use them . The use here spoken of implies not only currency , but vogue . It is , properly , reputable custom ...
Page 165
... idioms pre- vail among the populace which , notwithstanding a use pretty uniform and extensive , are considered as corrupt , and , like counterfeit money , though common , not valued . This is the case particularly with those terms and ...
... idioms pre- vail among the populace which , notwithstanding a use pretty uniform and extensive , are considered as corrupt , and , like counterfeit money , though common , not valued . This is the case particularly with those terms and ...
Page 168
... idiom of every other province , they all vail to the English idiom , and scruple not to acknowledge its superiority over their own . For example , in some parts of Wales ( if we may credit Shakspeare * ) , the common people say goot for ...
... idiom of every other province , they all vail to the English idiom , and scruple not to acknowledge its superiority over their own . For example , in some parts of Wales ( if we may credit Shakspeare * ) , the common people say goot for ...
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