The Works of George Campbell: Philosophy of rhetoricT. Tegg, 1840 |
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Página xi
... knowledge , therefore , always leads to some practical skill , and is perfected in it . On the other hand , the practical skill loses much of its beauty and extensive utility , which does not originate in knowledge . There is by ...
... knowledge , therefore , always leads to some practical skill , and is perfected in it . On the other hand , the practical skill loses much of its beauty and extensive utility , which does not originate in knowledge . There is by ...
Página xii
... knowledge of the foundations of the art , and of what has been , not unfitly , styled arithmetic universal . It may be justly said that , without some portion of this knowledge , the practical rules had never been invented . Besides ...
... knowledge of the foundations of the art , and of what has been , not unfitly , styled arithmetic universal . It may be justly said that , without some portion of this knowledge , the practical rules had never been invented . Besides ...
Página xiii
... knowledge we have thus acquired , but to determine beforehand , with sufficient certainty , the success of every new application . In this progress we are like people who , from a low and narrow bottom , where the view is confined to a ...
... knowledge we have thus acquired , but to determine beforehand , with sufficient certainty , the success of every new application . In this progress we are like people who , from a low and narrow bottom , where the view is confined to a ...
Página xvi
... knowledge , and enforcing right rules of action upon others . Poetry indeed is properly no other than a particular mode or form of certain branches of oratory . But of this more after- wards . Suffice it only to remark at present , that ...
... knowledge , and enforcing right rules of action upon others . Poetry indeed is properly no other than a particular mode or form of certain branches of oratory . But of this more after- wards . Suffice it only to remark at present , that ...
Página xviii
... knowledge of human nature which , besides its other advantages , adds both weight and evidence to all prece- dent discoveries and rules . The second of the steps above mentioned , which , by the way , is the first of the rhetorical art ...
... knowledge of human nature which , besides its other advantages , adds both weight and evidence to all prece- dent discoveries and rules . The second of the steps above mentioned , which , by the way , is the first of the rhetorical art ...
Términos y frases comunes
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
Pasajes populares
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 12 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Página 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.
Página 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?
Página 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.
Página 364 - Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Página 378 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?