Rhetoric and the Study of LiteratureHenry Holt, 1913 - 410 páginas |
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... emotions . In one respect the name selected for this quality is some- what misleading ; for it commonly suggests Gentleness only that which is vigorous and virile , as well as whereas its broad range includes the idea vigor of ...
... emotions . In one respect the name selected for this quality is some- what misleading ; for it commonly suggests Gentleness only that which is vigorous and virile , as well as whereas its broad range includes the idea vigor of ...
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... emotions can be stirred only through the imagination , and the imagination must be given sufficient material out of which to construct mind- pictures . Clearness a main source Specific details So important is this point that it will ...
... emotions can be stirred only through the imagination , and the imagination must be given sufficient material out of which to construct mind- pictures . Clearness a main source Specific details So important is this point that it will ...
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... emotions , to be awakened into fierce activity or suggestive at the touch of words . " Words differ widely words in their power to waken the " silent city " of the mind ; some are very feeble , others truly enchanting . The secret of ...
... emotions , to be awakened into fierce activity or suggestive at the touch of words . " Words differ widely words in their power to waken the " silent city " of the mind ; some are very feeble , others truly enchanting . The secret of ...
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... emotions , delivering blow after blow at nearly the same spot , till admission is gained . He repeats his thought in this form and that , now expanding it into a simile or alle- gory , now condensing it into a metaphor ; he flashes it ...
... emotions , delivering blow after blow at nearly the same spot , till admission is gained . He repeats his thought in this form and that , now expanding it into a simile or alle- gory , now condensing it into a metaphor ; he flashes it ...
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... emotions with others , we substitute direct discourse for indirect , the historical present for the past ; we personify the inan- imate , we resort to exaggeration . We move others through humor , through pathos , through ridicule and ...
... emotions with others , we substitute direct discourse for indirect , the historical present for the past ; we personify the inan- imate , we resort to exaggeration . We move others through humor , through pathos , through ridicule and ...
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Página 219 - Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Página 233 - While he from forth the closet brought a heap Of candied apple, quince, and plum, and gourd, With jellies soother than the creamy curd, And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon, Manna and dates, in argosy transferr'd From Fez, and spiced dainties, every one, From silken Samarcand to cedar'd Lebanon.
Página 344 - What is it thou hast seen? or what hast heard?" And answer made the bold Sir Bedivere: "I heard the ripple washing in the reeds, And the wild water lapping on the crag.
Página 233 - ST. AGNES' EVE— Ah, bitter chill it was ! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold ; The hare limped trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold...
Página 231 - Reaper Behold her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland Lass! Reaping and singing by herself; Stop here, or gently pass! Alone she cuts and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy strain; O listen! for the Vale profound Is overflowing with the sound.
Página 212 - In the Spring a fuller crimson comes upon the robin's breast; In the Spring the wanton lapwing gets himself another crest; In the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish'd dove; In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.
Página 44 - I conjure you, by that which you profess, Howe'er you come to know it, answer me: Though you untie the winds and let them fight Against the churches; though the yesty waves Confound and swallow navigation up; Though bladed corn be lodged and trees blown down; Though castles topple on their warders...
Página 215 - Hear the sledges with the bells, Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells.' How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars, that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells — From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.
Página 215 - HEAR the sledges with the bells— Silver bells— What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight...
Página 41 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!