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... better method than to prescribe passages containing good mat- ter , but in some respects imperfectly worded , to be amended according to the laws and the proprieties of style . Our older writers might be extensively , although not ...
... better method than to prescribe passages containing good mat- ter , but in some respects imperfectly worded , to be amended according to the laws and the proprieties of style . Our older writers might be extensively , although not ...
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... better , and to feel them more strongly , by means of other similar things . We are en- abled to know something of the Desert of Sahara , by being told that it resembles a sea of sand . The Figures named Simile , Metaphor , Allegory ...
... better , and to feel them more strongly , by means of other similar things . We are en- abled to know something of the Desert of Sahara , by being told that it resembles a sea of sand . The Figures named Simile , Metaphor , Allegory ...
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... Better to have simply compared the three situations , without giving any name to the feeling . " Like a man witnessing from the land the struggles of the mariner with the storm , or like one viewing the shock of war from a safe distance ...
... Better to have simply compared the three situations , without giving any name to the feeling . " Like a man witnessing from the land the struggles of the mariner with the storm , or like one viewing the shock of war from a safe distance ...
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... better without artificial decoration . This is a figure of frequent occurrence . It is naturally confounded with Antithesis , from the presence of an element of contrariety . The intention , however , is not to elucidate a truth ...
... better without artificial decoration . This is a figure of frequent occurrence . It is naturally confounded with Antithesis , from the presence of an element of contrariety . The intention , however , is not to elucidate a truth ...
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... better is the enemy of good , " is a German proverb , intended to reprove aspirations after impracticable improve- ments . It is analogous to the homely saying , " More haste , worse speed . " 66 By merit raised to that bad eminence ...
... better is the enemy of good , " is a German proverb , intended to reprove aspirations after impracticable improve- ments . It is analogous to the homely saying , " More haste , worse speed . " 66 By merit raised to that bad eminence ...
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abstract addressed Antithesis arrangement bay color beauty brevity called character circumstances clause comparison composition concrete concrete Extract connection consonants contrast degree Demosthenes described effect emotion English epigram example excitement exposition expression fact figures of similarity force genius give harmony heaven Hence History Horace Walpole human humor HYPERBOLE Iliad illustration implied impression instances iteration kind knowledge language ludicrous meaning melody ment metaphors method metonymy mind mode moral mountains narrative nations nature nuendo objects obverse orator oratory Ossian pain paragraph passage pathos periphrasis person personification phatic Plato pleasure Pleonasm poet poetic poetry political predicate principle reference sense sentence sentiment simile sions Socrates sometimes sound stars statement strength style sublime subordinate suggest syllables Synecdoche tautologies tence tender feeling things thou thought tion Transferred Epithet truth variety verb vowels words
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Page 262 - Spit, fire! spout, rain! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then, let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and despis'd old man.
Page 102 - In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution of our country with our dearest domestic ties ; adopting our fundamental laws into the bosom of our family affections ; keeping inseparable, and cherishing with the warmth of all their combined and mutually reflected charities, our state, our hearths, our sepulchres, and our altars.
Page 65 - As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up ; so man lieth down, and riseth not : till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Page 341 - Sovran Blanc ? The Arve and Arveiron at thy base Rave ceaselessly ; but thou, most awful form ! Risest from forth thy silent sea of pines, How silently ! Around thee and above, Deep is the air, and dark, substantial, black ; An ebon mass : methinks thou piercest it As with a wedge ! But when I look...
Page 293 - The lion would not leave her desolate, But with her went along, as a strong guard Of her chaste person, and a faithful mate Of her sad troubles and misfortunes hard ; Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward; And, when she waked, he waited diligent, With humble service to her will prepared : From her fair eyes he took commandement, And ever by her looks conceived her intent.
Page 307 - It is this sense which furnishes the imagination with its ideas; so that by ' the pleasures of the imagination,' or ' fancy,' (which I shall use promiscuously) I here mean such as arise from visible objects, either when we have them actually in our view, or when we call .up their ideas into our minds by paintings, statues, descriptions, or any the like occasion.
Page 72 - I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
Page 91 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 220 - We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men . how we spill that seasoned life of man, preserved and stored up in books; since we see a kind of homicide may be thus committed, sometimes a martyrdom...
Page 220 - I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves, as well as men, and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors. For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are...