The Works of George Campbell: Philosophy of rhetoricT. Tegg, 1840 |
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... synecdoche , metonymy , and antonomasia . These are near akin to the former , as they also imply the substitution of one word for another , when the things signified are related . The only difference among them is , that they respect ...
... synecdoche , metonymy , and antonomasia . These are near akin to the former , as they also imply the substitution of one word for another , when the things signified are related . The only difference among them is , that they respect ...
Page 295
... synecdoche , or a metonymy ( for this holds more rarely of antonomasia ) , which is both sig- nificant and perspicuous in an original performance , is fre- quently incapable of being rendered otherwise than by a proper word . The ...
... synecdoche , or a metonymy ( for this holds more rarely of antonomasia ) , which is both sig- nificant and perspicuous in an original performance , is fre- quently incapable of being rendered otherwise than by a proper word . The ...
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... synecdoche to sig- nify a ship , the genus for the species , but it is now become by use as much a proper term in this signification as the word ship itself . With regard to metaphor , it is certain , that in all languages there are ...
... synecdoche to sig- nify a ship , the genus for the species , but it is now become by use as much a proper term in this signification as the word ship itself . With regard to metaphor , it is certain , that in all languages there are ...
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... synecdoche by which the species is put for the genus is used but sparingly in our language . Examples how- ever occur sometimes , as when an assassin is termed a cut - throat , or a fiction a lie , as in these words of Dryden : The cock ...
... synecdoche by which the species is put for the genus is used but sparingly in our language . Examples how- ever occur sometimes , as when an assassin is termed a cut - throat , or a fiction a lie , as in these words of Dryden : The cock ...
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... synecdoche , let it be observed , that by this trope the word hand is sometimes used for man , especially one employed in manual labor . Now in such ex- pressions as the following , All hands employ'd , the royal work grows warm1 ; It ...
... synecdoche , let it be observed , that by this trope the word hand is sometimes used for man , especially one employed in manual labor . Now in such ex- pressions as the following , All hands employ'd , the royal work grows warm1 ; It ...
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Page 378 - Peace to all such ! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone. Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 412 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Page 249 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Page 323 - Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 12 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Page 365 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page 18 - Plume repairs. And bids her beau demand the precious hairs: (Sir Plume of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane) With earnest eyes, and round unthinking face, He first the snuff-box open'd, then the case, And thus broke out— "My Lord, why, what the devil?
Page 137 - And went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
Page 364 - Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Page 378 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?