Elements of Rhetoric: Comprising the Substance of the Article in the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana with Additions, &cJames Munroe, 1848 - 347 עמודים |
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עמוד iv
... hand , his precepts may be undervalued , through his own failures in their application . Should this take place in the present instance , I have only to urge , with Horace in his Art of Poetry , that a whetstone , though itself ...
... hand , his precepts may be undervalued , through his own failures in their application . Should this take place in the present instance , I have only to urge , with Horace in his Art of Poetry , that a whetstone , though itself ...
עמוד vi
... hand , the more deep - rooted and generally prevalent any error may be , the less favourably , at first , will its refutation ( though proportionably the more important ) be for the most part received . With respect to what are commonly ...
... hand , the more deep - rooted and generally prevalent any error may be , the less favourably , at first , will its refutation ( though proportionably the more important ) be for the most part received . With respect to what are commonly ...
עמוד vii
... hand , Which to admire , one should not understand : and he who has himself been behind the scenes of a puppet - show , and pulled the strings by which the figures are moved , is not likely to be much affected by their performance ...
... hand , Which to admire , one should not understand : and he who has himself been behind the scenes of a puppet - show , and pulled the strings by which the figures are moved , is not likely to be much affected by their performance ...
עמוד ix
... hand ; or , to repeat , in the same or in other words , what had been already published . Perhaps some apology may also be thought necessary for the various illustrations , selected from several authors , or framed for the occasion ...
... hand ; or , to repeat , in the same or in other words , what had been already published . Perhaps some apology may also be thought necessary for the various illustrations , selected from several authors , or framed for the occasion ...
עמוד 19
... , than much above him ; that is , they should never be such as to induce him to string together vague gener- al expressions , conveying no distinct ideas to his own mind , and second - hand sentiments which he does § 5 . 19 INTRODUCTION .
... , than much above him ; that is , they should never be such as to induce him to string together vague gener- al expressions , conveying no distinct ideas to his own mind , and second - hand sentiments which he does § 5 . 19 INTRODUCTION .
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absurdity accordingly admitted adopted Alcestis analogy appear applied Archbishop of Dublin Argu Arguments Aristotle artificial attention audience called Cause censure chap character Cicero circumstances composition conclusion consequence considered contrary convey Copula course degree deliver delivery Demosthenes discourse effect Elocution eloquence employed Energy enthymeme established evident excite expression fault feelings former frequently Greek Greek Language hand hearers Herodotus ignoratio elenchi Iliad imply important impression instance introduced Irrelevant Conclusion judgment kind language least less Logic manner matter means ments merely Metaphor mind mode natural object observed occasion opinion Orator passions perhaps persons Perspicuity Pleonasm Poetry practice precisely present principles probable produce proposition prove question reader reason Refutation remarks requisite respect Rhet Rhetoric Richard Whately rules sense sentence sentiments shew sion speaker speaking spect style supposed Syllogism tence thing thought Thucydides tion Treatise truth utterance voice words writers
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עמוד 340 - Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness ; and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father ; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy.
עמוד 340 - And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God ; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands...
עמוד 230 - We came to our journey's end — at last—- with no small difficulty — after much fatigue — through deep roads— ^ and bad weather.
עמוד 342 - ... for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul. Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying after me ; TA General Confession to be said by the whole Congregation after the Minister; all kneeling.
עמוד 230 - At last, after much fatigue, through deep roads, and bad weather, we came, with no small difficulty, to our journey's end.
עמוד 217 - To avoid therefore the evils of inconstancy and versatility, ten thousand times worse than those of obstinacy and the blindest prejudice, we have consecrated the state, that no man should approach to look into its defects or corruptions but with due caution...
עמוד 218 - By this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack that aged parent in pieces and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that by their poisouous weeds and wild incantations they may regenerate the paternal constitution and renovate their father's life.
עמוד 114 - IF you should see a flock of pigeons in a field of corn; and if (instead of each picking where and what it liked, taking just as much as it wanted, and no more) you should see ninety-nine of them gathering all they got into a heap ; reserving nothing for themselves but the chaff and the refuse; keeping this heap for one, and that the weakest, perhaps worst...
עמוד 248 - Any composition in verse (and none that is not) is always called, whether good or bad, a poem, by all who have no favourite hypothesis to maintain.
עמוד 119 - Now you solicit my pride, without which I had never been able to understand the word. You say, ' It is for my interest.' Now you bespeak my self-love. ' It is for the public good.' Now you rouse my patriotism. ' It will relieve the miserable.