The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Svazek 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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Strana 8
... prepositions , and articles , which , as they add nothing to the perspicuity , must render the expression languid ... preposition and the pro- noun must both be repeated , de ses habits et de ses joiaux . Again , with them it is not ...
... prepositions , and articles , which , as they add nothing to the perspicuity , must render the expression languid ... preposition and the pro- noun must both be repeated , de ses habits et de ses joiaux . Again , with them it is not ...
Strana 12
... preposition of must be construed with the verb died , and not , as the first appearance would suggest , with the noun ship immediately preceding . More clearly thus : " I had several men in my ship who “ died of calentures . " I shall ...
... preposition of must be construed with the verb died , and not , as the first appearance would suggest , with the noun ship immediately preceding . More clearly thus : " I had several men in my ship who “ died of calentures . " I shall ...
Strana 16
... preposition of , and makes the regimen of the noun mention . I might observe also the vile application of the word unmercifully . This , together with the irregularity of the reference , and the intricacy of the whole , renders the ...
... preposition of , and makes the regimen of the noun mention . I might observe also the vile application of the word unmercifully . This , together with the irregularity of the reference , and the intricacy of the whole , renders the ...
Strana 26
... in which you will not find equivocal terms . To begin with particles ; the preposition of denotes sometimes the relation which any affection bears to Sect . II . The double meaning .... Part I. 26 Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
... in which you will not find equivocal terms . To begin with particles ; the preposition of denotes sometimes the relation which any affection bears to Sect . II . The double meaning .... Part I. 26 Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
Strana 27
... prepositions corre- sponding to that case in the modern languages , are alike susceptible of this double meaning ... preposition of may be equivocal . As it sometimes denotes the relation of the effect to the cause , sometimes that ...
... prepositions corre- sponding to that case in the modern languages , are alike susceptible of this double meaning ... preposition of may be equivocal . As it sometimes denotes the relation of the effect to the cause , sometimes that ...
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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 contrary copulative denominated denote discourse doth effect ellipsis employed in combining English equivocal example exhibit expression figure former French give 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 produce pronoun proper terms properly propriety reason relation remark rendered Sect 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 vivacity as depending wherein writer
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Strana 205 - whispers through the trees': If crystal streams 'with pleasing murmurs creep,' The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with
Strana 202 - Sometimes, with secure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid Dancing in the chequered shade...
Strana 222 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes...
Strana 151 - For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell, Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Strana 312 - And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women.
Strana 317 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Strana 383 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Strana 295 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: And thou renewest the face of the earth.
Strana 68 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Strana 132 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.