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 pagina's |
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Pagina 14
... says ARIS- " TOTLE , that our Epithets and Tropes fhould " be fuitable . This fuitablenefs is founded on " proportion . If there is not a suitableness , the beauty of our language is loft ; for when con- traries are placed together ...
... says ARIS- " TOTLE , that our Epithets and Tropes fhould " be fuitable . This fuitablenefs is founded on " proportion . If there is not a suitableness , the beauty of our language is loft ; for when con- traries are placed together ...
Pagina 27
... say , to the things that are spiri- “ tual , and makes them almoft the objects of 46 hearing and sight , by the fensible images it " delineates to the imagination * . ” Thus we find that the celebrated Writers of ancient and modern ...
... say , to the things that are spiri- “ tual , and makes them almoft the objects of 46 hearing and sight , by the fensible images it " delineates to the imagination * . ” Thus we find that the celebrated Writers of ancient and modern ...
Pagina 43
... says he in one of his Orations , " that I , whose busi " nefs it is to repel the javelins and heal the “ wounds , am obliged to appear in this manner " before the adverfaries have so much as thrown " a dart ; and they are allowed that ...
... says he in one of his Orations , " that I , whose busi " nefs it is to repel the javelins and heal the “ wounds , am obliged to appear in this manner " before the adverfaries have so much as thrown " a dart ; and they are allowed that ...
Pagina 54
... say upon the Allegory , which is fo nearly allied to it . An Allegory * is a chain or continu- ation of Tropes , and more generally of Meta- phors + ; and differs from a single Trope in the fame * From aλλnyogɛw , I declare another ...
... say upon the Allegory , which is fo nearly allied to it . An Allegory * is a chain or continu- ation of Tropes , and more generally of Meta- phors + ; and differs from a single Trope in the fame * From aλλnyogɛw , I declare another ...
Pagina 72
... nan hall fometimes mean the LAZARUS , Luke xvi . 23. is faid ... M's botom : and at other ify the say , Gen. iii . 19. ” the ground , " me is , till sound . the c The bird , " ungrafping his fierce talons , drops ECCOCHE CONSIDERED .
... nan hall fometimes mean the LAZARUS , Luke xvi . 23. is faid ... M's botom : and at other ify the say , Gen. iii . 19. ” the ground , " me is , till sound . the c The bird , " ungrafping his fierce talons , drops ECCOCHE CONSIDERED .
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Pagina 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.
Pagina 225 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.