English Composition and Rhetoric: A ManualD. Appleton, 1884 - 343 páginas |
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... common arts . 20. Metaphor is largely employed in expressing the more hidden operations of the mind . Thus , knowledge is light , passion is fire , depression of spirits is gloom : the thought struck him . So we speak of a ray of hope ...
... common arts . 20. Metaphor is largely employed in expressing the more hidden operations of the mind . Thus , knowledge is light , passion is fire , depression of spirits is gloom : the thought struck him . So we speak of a ray of hope ...
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... common form of the figure called " Euphemism , ” or the indicating of something that delicacy forbids being specifi- cally named . Thus , to avoid naming death , we have such phrases as deceased , departed , removed , falling asleep.
... common form of the figure called " Euphemism , ” or the indicating of something that delicacy forbids being specifi- cally named . Thus , to avoid naming death , we have such phrases as deceased , departed , removed , falling asleep.
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... common figure in poetry . The shifting of an epithet from its proper subject to some allied subject or circumstance is illustrated in these examples : " Hence to his idle bed . " " He plods his weary way . ” " The ignorant fumes that ...
... common figure in poetry . The shifting of an epithet from its proper subject to some allied subject or circumstance is illustrated in these examples : " Hence to his idle bed . " " He plods his weary way . ” " The ignorant fumes that ...
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... common to contrast points of character that are different phases of excellence or defect , as Sense and Sensibility , Genius and Judgment , the Irascible and the Pusillanimous ; these are not fundamentally opposed , like Sense and Folly ...
... common to contrast points of character that are different phases of excellence or defect , as Sense and Sensibility , Genius and Judgment , the Irascible and the Pusillanimous ; these are not fundamentally opposed , like Sense and Folly ...
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... common example of this kind of contrast is Life and Death . ( 3. ) Contradictory or conflicting statements are some- times made for the purpose of exciting wonder . See the commencement of Extract IV . " What can be more extraordinary ...
... common example of this kind of contrast is Life and Death . ( 3. ) Contradictory or conflicting statements are some- times made for the purpose of exciting wonder . See the commencement of Extract IV . " What can be more extraordinary ...
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