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... synecdoche , and irony ; the figures were almost innumerable . Leaving then to Farnaby , and his brethren , the many useless distinctions which the Greeks have made as to what are called figures , I shall proceed to treat of those forms ...
... synecdoche , and irony ; the figures were almost innumerable . Leaving then to Farnaby , and his brethren , the many useless distinctions which the Greeks have made as to what are called figures , I shall proceed to treat of those forms ...
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Addressed to His Son George Gregory. depend the metonymy , the synecdoche , the pe- riphrasis , the prosopopeia , and probably the apostrophe . The comparison appears to be the first and most natural of all the rhetorical figures . When ...
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. depend the metonymy , the synecdoche , the pe- riphrasis , the prosopopeia , and probably the apostrophe . The comparison appears to be the first and most natural of all the rhetorical figures . When ...
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... miserably failed , not because they were unable to ape his manner , but be- cause they wanted the solidity of his observa- tion , and the brilliancy of his fancy . LETTER XIII . Metonymy . Synecdoche - Periphrasis - Per- 178 ANTITHESIS .
... miserably failed , not because they were unable to ape his manner , but be- cause they wanted the solidity of his observa- tion , and the brilliancy of his fancy . LETTER XIII . Metonymy . Synecdoche - Periphrasis - Per- 178 ANTITHESIS .
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Addressed to His Son George Gregory. LETTER XIII . Metonymy . Synecdoche - Periphrasis - Per- sonification . - Apostrophe . - Hyperbole.- Irony . MY DEAR JOHN , Nor to detain you much longer in the rudi- ments of rhetoric , I shall ...
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. LETTER XIII . Metonymy . Synecdoche - Periphrasis - Per- sonification . - Apostrophe . - Hyperbole.- Irony . MY DEAR JOHN , Nor to detain you much longer in the rudi- ments of rhetoric , I shall ...
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... synecdoche ( or figure of comprehension , ) according to old Farnaby , " takes the whole for the part , or the part ... synecdoches , are often intrans- latable ; and the corresponding words are , in the new language , often trite ...
... synecdoche ( or figure of comprehension , ) according to old Farnaby , " takes the whole for the part , or the part ... synecdoches , are often intrans- latable ; and the corresponding words are , in the new language , often trite ...
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