A Practical System of Rhetoric; or the principles and rules of style, inferred from examples of writing: with an historical dissertation on English styleM. H. Newman, 1843 - 12 ページ |
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addressed admiration adverbs allusions amplification Antithe applied argument atheism attained attempts attention called cause caution clauses common comparison composition connected connexion convey deliberative assemblies direct distinct effect elegant emotions of beauty emotions of taste English language English style epithets example excite emotions exercise exhibit familiar favorable feelings fitted to excite following passage frequent give given happy heaven Hence idiomatic illustration imagination implies infer inkhorn term instances introduced kind knowledge labor language literary taste literature look manner of writing meaning ment mentioned metaphor metonymy mind nature noun Numidia objects and scenes ornaments of style period personification perspicuity phrases Pleonasm preposition present principles productions pronoun proposition readers reason refer relative pronoun remarks resemblance rhetoric Roger Ascham rules sense sentence shew skill speak striking student sublimity synecdoche tence things thou thought tion traits vivacity words writer Zoroaster
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