Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 2Bell & Bradfute, 1813 - 446 pages |
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... words into a figurative style , imagine themselves great " writers ; and therefore continually string together such orna- " ments ; which is just as ridiculous , where there is no sentiment " to support them , as to contrive gestures ...
... words into a figurative style , imagine themselves great " writers ; and therefore continually string together such orna- " ments ; which is just as ridiculous , where there is no sentiment " to support them , as to contrive gestures ...
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... words and thoughts , will always command attention . These are , indeed , the foundations of all solid merit , both in speaking and writing . Many subjects require " " wants a body . Even those figures which a subject admits , must not ...
... words and thoughts , will always command attention . These are , indeed , the foundations of all solid merit , both in speaking and writing . Many subjects require " " wants a body . Even those figures which a subject admits , must not ...
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... words being the copies of our ideas , there must always be a very intimate con- nection between the manner in which every writer employs words and his manner of thinking ; and that , from the peculiarity of thought and expres- sion ...
... words being the copies of our ideas , there must always be a very intimate con- nection between the manner in which every writer employs words and his manner of thinking ; and that , from the peculiarity of thought and expres- sion ...
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... words ; he seeks to employ none but such as are most expressive ; he lops off , as redundant , every expression which does not add something material to the sense . Ornament he does not reject ; he may be lively and figured ; but his ...
... words ; he seeks to employ none but such as are most expressive ; he lops off , as redundant , every expression which does not add something material to the sense . Ornament he does not reject ; he may be lively and figured ; but his ...
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... words as Aristotle ; but this frugality of expression fre- quently darkens his meaning . Of a beautiful and magnificent diffuseness , Cicero is , beyond doubt , the most illustrious instance that can be given . Addison also , and Sir ...
... words as Aristotle ; but this frugality of expression fre- quently darkens his meaning . Of a beautiful and magnificent diffuseness , Cicero is , beyond doubt , the most illustrious instance that can be given . Addison also , and Sir ...
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