The Works of George Campbell: Philosophy of rhetoricT. Tegg, 1840 |
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... serve to illustrate a general observation , which are scarcely worth notice as subjects either of censure or of praise . Nor is there any thing in this Book which , in his opinion , will create even the smallest difficulty to persons ...
... serve to illustrate a general observation , which are scarcely worth notice as subjects either of censure or of praise . Nor is there any thing in this Book which , in his opinion , will create even the smallest difficulty to persons ...
Página xi
... serve as a foundation to some beneficial art . On the most sublime of all sciences , theology and ethics , is built the most important of all arts , the art of living . The abstract mathematical sciences serve as a ground - work to the ...
... serve as a foundation to some beneficial art . On the most sublime of all sciences , theology and ethics , is built the most important of all arts , the art of living . The abstract mathematical sciences serve as a ground - work to the ...
Página xii
... serve the artist instead of principles . An acquaintance with these is one step , and but one step towards science . Thus in the common books of arithmetic , intended solely for practice , the rules laid down for the ordinary operations ...
... serve the artist instead of principles . An acquaintance with these is one step , and but one step towards science . Thus in the common books of arithmetic , intended solely for practice , the rules laid down for the ordinary operations ...
Página xvii
... serve considerably both to improve the taste , and to enrich the fancy . By the former effect we learn to amend and avoid faults in composing and speaking , against which the best natural but uncultivated parts give no security ; and by ...
... serve considerably both to improve the taste , and to enrich the fancy . By the former effect we learn to amend and avoid faults in composing and speaking , against which the best natural but uncultivated parts give no security ; and by ...
Página xx
... serving similar but different attempts and experiments , and from comparing their effects , general remarks are made ... serve as a foundation to those observations , which , when once sufficiently established , extend their influence to ...
... serving similar but different attempts and experiments , and from comparing their effects , general remarks are made ... serve as a foundation to those observations , which , when once sufficiently established , extend their influence to ...
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?