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... abound with sen- tences which have too many rests , and these placed at intervals apparently measured and regular , it is apt to savour of affectation . The next thing which demands attention , is the close or cadence of the period ...
... abound with sen- tences which have too many rests , and these placed at intervals apparently measured and regular , it is apt to savour of affectation . The next thing which demands attention , is the close or cadence of the period ...
Page 78
... abound with in- stances of this beauty , which are so often quoted , and so well known , that it is unnecessary to produce them . The third set of objects , which the sound of words is capable of representing , consists of emotions and ...
... abound with in- stances of this beauty , which are so often quoted , and so well known , that it is unnecessary to produce them . The third set of objects , which the sound of words is capable of representing , consists of emotions and ...
Page 79
... abound in instances of the second ? Give an example of the third . ORIGIN AND NATURE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE . FIGURES may be described to be that language which is prompted either by the imagination or passions . They are commonly ...
... abound in instances of the second ? Give an example of the third . ORIGIN AND NATURE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE . FIGURES may be described to be that language which is prompted either by the imagination or passions . They are commonly ...
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... abounds in this figure . From prose it is far from being excluded ; nay , even in common conversation , frequent approaches are made to it . When we say , the earth thirsts for rain , or the fields smile with plenty ; when ambition is ...
... abounds in this figure . From prose it is far from being excluded ; nay , even in common conversation , frequent approaches are made to it . When we say , the earth thirsts for rain , or the fields smile with plenty ; when ambition is ...
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... abound in beautiful instances of this figure . " Weep on the rocks of roaring winds , O Maid of Inistore . Bend thy fair head over the waves , thou fairer than the ghost of the hills , when it moves in a sun - beam at noon over the ...
... abound in beautiful instances of this figure . " Weep on the rocks of roaring winds , O Maid of Inistore . Bend thy fair head over the waves , thou fairer than the ghost of the hills , when it moves in a sun - beam at noon over the ...
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