Complete RhetoricS. C. Griggs, 1885 - 346 pages |
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... idea of the effect of a storm at sea than the exact statement in feet and inches . The language of the hyperbole may itself be literal ( as in the examples given ) or figurative . The true test is , not that the statement is literally ...
... idea of the effect of a storm at sea than the exact statement in feet and inches . The language of the hyperbole may itself be literal ( as in the examples given ) or figurative . The true test is , not that the statement is literally ...
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... idea of perpetuity — motion eternally in one direc- tion -is emphasized by its opposite , the coming and going . The force of this figure is founded upon a deep prin- ciple of human nature , by which ideas and objects are more pleasing ...
... idea of perpetuity — motion eternally in one direc- tion -is emphasized by its opposite , the coming and going . The force of this figure is founded upon a deep prin- ciple of human nature , by which ideas and objects are more pleasing ...
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... ideas or thoughts in the ascending order of their importance . Thus in Cæsar's famous message to the Roman Senate — ' I came , I SAW , I CONQUERED . ' Thou didst blow with thy wind ; THE SEA COVERED THEM : THEY SANK LIKE LEAD IN THE ...
... ideas or thoughts in the ascending order of their importance . Thus in Cæsar's famous message to the Roman Senate — ' I came , I SAW , I CONQUERED . ' Thou didst blow with thy wind ; THE SEA COVERED THEM : THEY SANK LIKE LEAD IN THE ...
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... idea . It is to be remembered , however , as has been copiously illus- trated , that the two classes of figures- Figures of Dic- tion and Figures of Thought- are often associated , and sometimes intermingled . ORIGIN OF FIGURES ...
... idea . It is to be remembered , however , as has been copiously illus- trated , that the two classes of figures- Figures of Dic- tion and Figures of Thought- are often associated , and sometimes intermingled . ORIGIN OF FIGURES ...
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... idea by an image — gives to the thought a shape . This consideration , coupled with the paucity of words in the Hebrew language , accounts largely for the extensive use of figures by the sacred writers . Iniquity , or guilt , is ...
... idea by an image — gives to the thought a shape . This consideration , coupled with the paucity of words in the Hebrew language , accounts largely for the extensive use of figures by the sacred writers . Iniquity , or guilt , is ...
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Page 46 - I BRING fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams ; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun.
Page 142 - A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.
Page 182 - Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions, Setting endeavour in continual motion; To which is fixed, as an aim or butt, Obedience: for so work the honey-bees, Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The act of order to a peopled kingdom.
Page 238 - Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing A flowery band to bind us to the earth...
Page 324 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide, ' Doth God exact day-labor, light denied ?
Page 4 - Yet must I not give Nature all : thy art My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter, Nature be, His art doth give the fashion.
Page 97 - Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy ; Blood and destruction shall be so in use, And dreadful objects so familiar, That mothers shall but smile when they behold Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war ; All pity choked with custom of fell deeds : And Caesar's spirit ranging for revenge, With Ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry
Page 245 - Said then the lost Archangel, 'this the seat That we must change for heav'n, this mournful gloom For that celestial light?
Page 96 - O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers; Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times.
Page 244 - Commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured...