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Page 86
... tropes , and consist in a word's being used to signify some- thing different from its original meaning . Hence , if the word be changed , the figure is destroyed . Thus , for instance , " light ariseth to the upright in darkness ...
... tropes , and consist in a word's being used to signify some- thing different from its original meaning . Hence , if the word be changed , the figure is destroyed . Thus , for instance , " light ariseth to the upright in darkness ...
Page 87
... tropes and figures contribute to the beauty and grace of style . By them language is enriched , and made more copious . Hence words and phrases are multiplied for expressing all sorts of ideas ; for describing even the smallest dif ...
... tropes and figures contribute to the beauty and grace of style . By them language is enriched , and made more copious . Hence words and phrases are multiplied for expressing all sorts of ideas ; for describing even the smallest dif ...
Page 88
... tropes being founded on the relation which one object bears to another , the name of the one may be substituted for that of the other ; and by this the vivacity of the idea is generally increased . The re- lation 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 other ; and by this the vivacity of the idea is generally increased . The re- lation between a cause and its ...
Page 89
... tropes . Ille impiger hausit Spumantem pateram , et pleno se proluit auro Where it is obvious , that the cup and gold are put for the liquor , contained in the golden cup . The name of the country is often used to signify its inha ...
... tropes . Ille impiger hausit Spumantem pateram , et pleno se proluit auro Where it is obvious , that the cup and gold are put for the liquor , contained in the golden cup . The name of the country is often used to signify its inha ...
Page 90
... tropes , is similitude , which is the sole foundation of metaphor per- LECTURE XV . METAPHOR . METAPHOR is founded entirely on the resemblance which one object bears to another . It is , therefore , nearly allied to simile or comparison ...
... tropes , is similitude , which is the sole foundation of metaphor per- LECTURE XV . METAPHOR . METAPHOR is founded entirely on the resemblance which one object bears to another . It is , therefore , nearly allied to simile or comparison ...
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