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... figures , injudicious mixture of different styles , 56-60 . Excellence of clear and vivid description , 61-70 . To attain it nature must be studied and imitated , 71. Assisted by similes . 72 . But care must be taken that the similes ...
... figures , injudicious mixture of different styles , 56-60 . Excellence of clear and vivid description , 61-70 . To attain it nature must be studied and imitated , 71. Assisted by similes . 72 . But care must be taken that the similes ...
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... figures ; often confounded with tropes , § 1-3 . Difference between them , 4-6 . Name not of great importance , 7--9 . The word Figure is taken by some in a more extended , by others in a more confined sense , 10-14 . Two kinds of figures ...
... figures ; often confounded with tropes , § 1-3 . Difference between them , 4-6 . Name not of great importance , 7--9 . The word Figure is taken by some in a more extended , by others in a more confined sense , 10-14 . Two kinds of figures ...
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... figures ; examples , 87-99 . An orator should employ figures moderately and judiciously , 100-102 · Page 182 CH . IV . Of composition , or cultivation of style ; authority of Cicero acknowledged , § 1 , 2. Attention to composition too ...
... figures ; examples , 87-99 . An orator should employ figures moderately and judiciously , 100-102 · Page 182 CH . IV . Of composition , or cultivation of style ; authority of Cicero acknowledged , § 1 , 2. Attention to composition too ...
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... figures , style ; namely , by the exercise of our ability , and by care and prac- tice . Scarcely anything , however , will escape a speaker , unless he be inattentive , if he will , as I remarked , † but take nature for his guide . 41 ...
... figures , style ; namely , by the exercise of our ability , and by care and prac- tice . Scarcely anything , however , will escape a speaker , unless he be inattentive , if he will , as I remarked , † but take nature for his guide . 41 ...
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... figure of speech , * will not allow the justice of this remark ; attacks which I would not say should never be made ... figures I shall treat in another book . † 29. The suits of wives on account of ill - treatment are similar to those ...
... figure of speech , * will not allow the justice of this remark ; attacks which I would not say should never be made ... figures I shall treat in another book . † 29. The suits of wives on account of ill - treatment are similar to those ...
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