England & Co: A Historical, Anthological, and Critical Survey of the Literatures of the English-speaking Countries |
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... language and its variants or dialects are usually divided into four groups : Northern , Southern , West Mid- land , East Midland . The pre - eminence of the East Midland dialect , also called King's English because it was spoken in a ...
... language and its variants or dialects are usually divided into four groups : Northern , Southern , West Mid- land , East Midland . The pre - eminence of the East Midland dialect , also called King's English because it was spoken in a ...
Page 457
... language really used by men ; and , at the same time , to throw over them a certain colouring of imagination , whereby2 ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual way ; and , further , and above all , to make these ...
... language really used by men ; and , at the same time , to throw over them a certain colouring of imagination , whereby2 ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual way ; and , further , and above all , to make these ...
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... language . Opposed to literal ; metaphorical language . Metaphor , simile , personification and metonimy are the devices most commonly used in figurative language . Figures of speech → Antithesis ; Apostrophe ; Euphemism ; Hyperbole ...
... language . Opposed to literal ; metaphorical language . Metaphor , simile , personification and metonimy are the devices most commonly used in figurative language . Figures of speech → Antithesis ; Apostrophe ; Euphemism ; Hyperbole ...
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