Rhetoric; Or, A View of Its Principal Tropes and Figures, in Their Origin and Powers: With a Variety of Rules to Escape Errors and Blemishes, and Attain Propriety and Elegance in CompositionJ. and W. Oliver, 1767 - 478 من الصفحات |
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... fometimes even what I might call ftrangle our meaning , and therefore they * Expende fingula , & accurate despice . quid fine allegoria ? Quid fine fimilitudine dictum inveries ? O ftyli importunita- tem ! At dices , pulchræ funt ...
... fometimes even what I might call ftrangle our meaning , and therefore they * Expende fingula , & accurate despice . quid fine allegoria ? Quid fine fimilitudine dictum inveries ? O ftyli importunita- tem ! At dices , pulchræ funt ...
الصفحة 36
... fometimes detect our- felves in a false Metaphor ; I fhall point out fome errors of this kind , even among Authors of the first reputation . You may find the fol- lowing lines in one of Dr DODDRIDGE'S Hymns : Fann'd by thy breath whole ...
... fometimes detect our- felves in a false Metaphor ; I fhall point out fome errors of this kind , even among Authors of the first reputation . You may find the fol- lowing lines in one of Dr DODDRIDGE'S Hymns : Fann'd by thy breath whole ...
الصفحة 37
... fometimes fails in his Metaphors . The fol- lowing passages feem to me inconteftible evidences . Thro ' chinks , ftil'd organs , dim life peeps at light ; Death bursts th ' involving cloud , and all is day In the first line we are ...
... fometimes fails in his Metaphors . The fol- lowing passages feem to me inconteftible evidences . Thro ' chinks , ftil'd organs , dim life peeps at light ; Death bursts th ' involving cloud , and all is day In the first line we are ...
الصفحة 38
... fome- times failed even in this point of excellency . " There is not , fays he , a single view of human " nature which is not fufficient to extinguish the " feeds of pride . ” " In this passage , " fays Mr MELMOTH , who both recites and ...
... fome- times failed even in this point of excellency . " There is not , fays he , a single view of human " nature which is not fufficient to extinguish the " feeds of pride . ” " In this passage , " fays Mr MELMOTH , who both recites and ...
الصفحة 40
... fometimes nod † , I cannot prevail upon my- felf to quit the fubject , without felecting from the Authors , whose spots I have discovered , fome of their charming Metaphors , that I may not seem to take a pleasure in detecting their ...
... fometimes nod † , I cannot prevail upon my- felf to quit the fubject , without felecting from the Authors , whose spots I have discovered , fome of their charming Metaphors , that I may not seem to take a pleasure in detecting their ...
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Æneid againſt alfo Allegory anſwer Apoſtle atque beauty becauſe CATILINE cauſe CICERO Compariſon courſe death defcribed DEMOSTHENES deſcription difcourfes diſcourſes earth effe enim etiam ev'ry examples exprefsion facred Writings faid fame fays feem fenfe fentence fhall fhew fhould Figure firft firſt fome fometimes foul fpeaking fpeech ftill ftrength fubject fublime fuch funt furniſhes fword Georgic glory hæc hath heaven himſelf houſe Ifrael inftances itſelf juft laft LONGINUS LORD Metaphors Metonymy mind moft moſt muſt o'er obferve Orator paſsage paſsion perfon Pfalm pleaſure pow'r praiſe prefent Profopopeia purpoſe quæ quam Quid QUINTIL QUINTILIAN quod raiſed reaſon reprefented rife ſays Scripture ſeems ſhall ſpeak ſtate ſtrong Synecdoche tamen thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thro tion Tropes unto uſe verfe verſes VIRGIL whofe whoſe words γαρ δε εν και τε
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الصفحة 391 - For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
الصفحة 225 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
الصفحة 335 - Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth : While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
الصفحة 237 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
الصفحة 342 - And it came to pass, that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
الصفحة 276 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
الصفحة 347 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds ; I will be like the most High.
الصفحة 392 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
الصفحة 47 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
الصفحة 287 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.