The Works of George Campbell: Philosophy of rhetoricT. Tegg, 1840 |
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Pagina 140
... verbs , and the other parts of speech ; but it concerns every individual word , in the inflecting or the combining of ... verb . To say shallest for shult , would be as much a barbarism , though according to the general rule , as to say ...
... verbs , and the other parts of speech ; but it concerns every individual word , in the inflecting or the combining of ... verb . To say shallest for shult , would be as much a barbarism , though according to the general rule , as to say ...
Pagina 148
... verb sit , he says , " Dr. Middleton hath , with great propriety , restored the true participle sitten . " Would he ... verbs hit , cast , let , put , set , shut , slit , split , find , grind for it would not be impossi- ble to produce ...
... verb sit , he says , " Dr. Middleton hath , with great propriety , restored the true participle sitten . " Would he ... verbs hit , cast , let , put , set , shut , slit , split , find , grind for it would not be impossi- ble to produce ...
Pagina 154
George Campbell. when attended with correspondent differences in the application . Thus the verb to found , when used ... verbs : by consequence , meaning consequently , is preferable to of consequence ; as this expression is often ...
George Campbell. when attended with correspondent differences in the application . Thus the verb to found , when used ... verbs : by consequence , meaning consequently , is preferable to of consequence ; as this expression is often ...
Pagina 155
... verbs which have for the participle passive both the preterite form and one peculiar , the peculiar form ought to have the pre- ference . Thus , I have gotten , I have hidden , I have spoken , are better than I have got , I have hid , I ...
... verbs which have for the participle passive both the preterite form and one peculiar , the peculiar form ought to have the pre- ference . Thus , I have gotten , I have hidden , I have spoken , are better than I have got , I have hid , I ...
Pagina 156
... verbs to dare , and to need , many say in the third person present singular , dare and need , as " he need not go ; he dare not do it . " Others say , dares and needs . As the first usage is exceedingly irregu lar , hardly any thing ...
... verbs to dare , and to need , many say in the third person present singular , dare and need , as " he need not go ; he dare not do it . " Others say , dares and needs . As the first usage is exceedingly irregu lar , hardly any thing ...
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adjective admit adverb affirmed ambiguity analogy antonomasia appear application argument beauty catachresis character circumstances clause common commonly connexion consequently considered contrary critics degree denominated denote discourse doth Dunciad effect elocution eloquence employed English equal evidence example expression favour former French frequently give grammatical hath hearers Hudibras ideas idiom imagination impropriety instance justly kind language latter least Lord High Treasurer manner meaning metaphor metonymy mind moral nature necessary never noun object obscurity observed occasion orator Paradise Lost participle particular passage passions perhaps periphrasis perly person perspicuity phrases pity pleasure pleonasm poet preposition present preterite principles produce pronoun proper properly qualities Quintilian reason regard relation remarked render resemblance respect ridicule sense sentence sentiments serve signified solecism sometimes sophism speak speaker species Spect style syllables syllogism synecdoche Tatler term things thought tion tongue tropes truth verb vivacity wherein words writers
Populaire passages
Pagina 378 - Peace to all such ! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone. Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Pagina 412 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Pagina 249 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Pagina 323 - Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Pagina 12 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Pagina 365 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Pagina 18 - Plume repairs. And bids her beau demand the precious hairs: (Sir Plume of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane) With earnest eyes, and round unthinking face, He first the snuff-box open'd, then the case, And thus broke out— "My Lord, why, what the devil?
Pagina 137 - And went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
Pagina 364 - Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Pagina 378 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?