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... tropes , and consist in a word's being used to signify something different from its original meaning . Hence , if ... trope consists in " light " and " darkness " not being taken literally , but substi- tuted for comfort in adversity ...
... tropes , and consist in a word's being used to signify something different from its original meaning . Hence , if ... trope consists in " light " and " darkness " not being taken literally , but substi- tuted for comfort in adversity ...
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... Tropes are derived in part from the barren- ness of language ; but principally from the in- fluence which the imagination has over all lan- guage . The imagination never contemplates any one idea or object as single and alone ; but as ...
... Tropes are derived in part from the barren- ness of language ; but principally from the in- fluence which the imagination has over all lan- guage . The imagination never contemplates any one idea or object as single and alone ; but as ...
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Hugh Blair. We shall now examine , why tropes and fig ures contribute to the beauty and grace of style . By them language is enriched and made more copious . Hence words and phrases are multi- plied for expressing all sorts of ideas ...
Hugh Blair. We shall now examine , why tropes and fig ures contribute to the beauty and grace of style . By them language is enriched and made more copious . Hence words and phrases are multi- plied for expressing all sorts of ideas ...
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... tropes being founded on the relation which one object bears to another , the name of the one may be substituted for that of the oth- er ; and by this the vivacity of the idea is gen- erally increased The relation between a cause and its ...
... tropes being founded on the relation which one object bears to another , the name of the one may be substituted for that of the oth- er ; and by this the vivacity of the idea is gen- erally increased The relation between a cause and its ...
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... tropes . -Ille impiger hausit Spumantem pateram , et pleno se proluit aoro ; Where it is obvious , that the cup and gold are put for the liquor , contained in the golden cap . The name of a country is often used to signify its ...
... tropes . -Ille impiger hausit Spumantem pateram , et pleno se proluit aoro ; Where it is obvious , that the cup and gold are put for the liquor , contained in the golden cap . The name of a country is often used to signify its ...
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