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... Sentences 61 LETTER VIII . 92 LETTER IX . Ornament . - Amplification 118 LETTER X. Figurative Language . --Comparisons and Similies 132 Metaphors LETTER XI . 152 LETTER XII . 165 Allegory . Allusion . -Catachresis . - Antithesis LETTER ...
... Sentences 61 LETTER VIII . 92 LETTER IX . Ornament . - Amplification 118 LETTER X. Figurative Language . --Comparisons and Similies 132 Metaphors LETTER XI . 152 LETTER XII . 165 Allegory . Allusion . -Catachresis . - Antithesis LETTER ...
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... sentence : --- " But the poor man had nothing save one little ewe lamb " -where , observe , the words " nothing , " " little , " and even the word " ewe , " which marks the sex , as more gentle and defenceless , are all emphatic , and ...
... sentence : --- " But the poor man had nothing save one little ewe lamb " -where , observe , the words " nothing , " " little , " and even the word " ewe , " which marks the sex , as more gentle and defenceless , are all emphatic , and ...
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... sentence , for " it was unto him as a daughter . " Thus the hearer's mind is prepared by a se- ries of pathetic imagery to feel in a tenfold de- gree the cruel sequel which is coming , and which is also not less skilfully wrought up ...
... sentence , for " it was unto him as a daughter . " Thus the hearer's mind is prepared by a se- ries of pathetic imagery to feel in a tenfold de- gree the cruel sequel which is coming , and which is also not less skilfully wrought up ...
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... sentence " Con- clamant vir , paterque , " has a great effect . An injudicious writer would in this case have in- troduced long and laborious speeches , and have destroyed both nature and pathos . The other mode of exciting pathetic ...
... sentence " Con- clamant vir , paterque , " has a great effect . An injudicious writer would in this case have in- troduced long and laborious speeches , and have destroyed both nature and pathos . The other mode of exciting pathetic ...
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... sentences : " As for such animals as are mortal ( or noxious ) , we have a right to destroy them . " - GUARDIAN , No. 61 . " The Christians rudely disturbed the service of paganism ; and rushing in crowds round the tribunals of the ...
... sentences : " As for such animals as are mortal ( or noxious ) , we have a right to destroy them . " - GUARDIAN , No. 61 . " The Christians rudely disturbed the service of paganism ; and rushing in crowds round the tribunals of the ...
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