Rhetoric; Or, A View of Its Principal Tropes and Figures, in Their Origin and Powers: With a Variety of Rules to Escape Errors and Blemishes, and Attain Propriety and Elegance in Composition |
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Page 83
... guous luftre of its noble companion . The plumes of the raven never appear with so deep a jet , as when he is walking over a track of unfullied fnow . G 2 CHAPTER CHAPTER VII . The HYPERBOLE Confidered . " 1. An THE IRONY CONSIDERED . 83.
... guous luftre of its noble companion . The plumes of the raven never appear with so deep a jet , as when he is walking over a track of unfullied fnow . G 2 CHAPTER CHAPTER VII . The HYPERBOLE Confidered . " 1. An THE IRONY CONSIDERED . 83.
Page 84
... Hyperbole . § 5 . How an Hyperbole may be foftened . § 6. If two or more Hyperboles in a sentence , they are to Strengthen one another . $ 1 . A * N Hyperbole is a Trope , that in its representation of things either magni- fies or ...
... Hyperbole . § 5 . How an Hyperbole may be foftened . § 6. If two or more Hyperboles in a sentence , they are to Strengthen one another . $ 1 . A * N Hyperbole is a Trope , that in its representation of things either magni- fies or ...
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... Hyperbole falls below the truth . Thus we fpeak of moving flower than a fnail , of being as deaf as a rock , as blind as a mole , and of being wasted to a skeleton . I Sam . xxiv . 14. " After ... Hyperboles THE HYPERBOLE CONSIDERED . 85.
... Hyperbole falls below the truth . Thus we fpeak of moving flower than a fnail , of being as deaf as a rock , as blind as a mole , and of being wasted to a skeleton . I Sam . xxiv . 14. " After ... Hyperboles THE HYPERBOLE CONSIDERED . 85.
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... Hyperbole is exprefsed by similitude or comparison . Thus VIRGIL , describing a fea- fight , fays , At once they rush to confli & : all the fea Foams with the dafhing oars and forky prows , As if the Cyclades uprooted swam The ocean ...
... Hyperbole is exprefsed by similitude or comparison . Thus VIRGIL , describing a fea- fight , fays , At once they rush to confli & : all the fea Foams with the dafhing oars and forky prows , As if the Cyclades uprooted swam The ocean ...
Page 87
... Hyperbole is expressed by a strong Me- taphor † . Thus we call a very virtuous charac- ter an angel , and a very vicious one , a fiend or devil : we fay a drunkard is a fwine , and an ex ... Hyperbole , it THE HYPERBOLE CONSIDERED . 87.
... Hyperbole is expressed by a strong Me- taphor † . Thus we call a very virtuous charac- ter an angel , and a very vicious one , a fiend or devil : we fay a drunkard is a fwine , and an ex ... Hyperbole , it THE HYPERBOLE CONSIDERED . 87.
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Page 391 - For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Page 225 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Page 335 - Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth : While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
Page 237 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 342 - And it came to pass, that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Page 276 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 347 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds ; I will be like the most High.
Page 392 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Page 47 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Page 287 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.