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Page 43
... relations . 7 2d . A violent abruption from a state of en- joyment : “ Now warm in love , now with'ring in my bloom , " Lost in a convent's solitary gloom ! " There stern religion quench'd th ' unwilling flame , " There died those best ...
... relations . 7 2d . A violent abruption from a state of en- joyment : “ Now warm in love , now with'ring in my bloom , " Lost in a convent's solitary gloom ! " There stern religion quench'd th ' unwilling flame , " There died those best ...
Page 53
... relations that of resem- blance is the most fruitful of ludicrous ideas . 1st . Of these , the more fanciful and unex- pected the resemblance , the greater in general will be the effect . Thus Butler describes the horse of his hero ...
... relations that of resem- blance is the most fruitful of ludicrous ideas . 1st . Of these , the more fanciful and unex- pected the resemblance , the greater in general will be the effect . Thus Butler describes the horse of his hero ...
Page 128
... succeed in amplification or any subject . Yet I think I may recommend to you , when you are to write on any subject , to sit down previously and consider it in all its parts , circumstances and relations 128 AMPLIFICATION .
... succeed in amplification or any subject . Yet I think I may recommend to you , when you are to write on any subject , to sit down previously and consider it in all its parts , circumstances and relations 128 AMPLIFICATION .
Page 129
... relations , and even to take notes of those topics on which it may be proper to enlarge . In short , though amplification may not be neces- sary to plain didactic or narrative composition , it may be fairly inferred that almost all the ...
... relations , and even to take notes of those topics on which it may be proper to enlarge . In short , though amplification may not be neces- sary to plain didactic or narrative composition , it may be fairly inferred that almost all the ...
Page 142
... relations cause and effect , contiguity , and resemblance ; the latter is the most fertile in the production of tropes and figures . That fancy which is most excursive , and which is the best stored with various knowledge , will be the ...
... relations cause and effect , contiguity , and resemblance ; the latter is the most fertile in the production of tropes and figures . That fancy which is most excursive , and which is the best stored with various knowledge , will be the ...
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