The Elements of RhetoricHarper, 1882 - 564 páginas |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Æneid allusion ancient Anglo-Saxon antithesis argument arises associated Asyndeton beautiful Burke Burke's called character chief chiefly Cicero clauses common composition considered Demosthenes East India Bill effect elegance emotion emphasis English English language epithets euphony example exhibit expression fault feeling fiction figures of speech following passage force French frequent genius give Greek harmony hearers heaven honor human humor idea Iliad illustrated importance Jean Peltier Julius Cæsar kind king language Latin literature Lord means metaphor Milton mind modern narration narrative nature never object onomatopoeia orator oratory order of thought Paradise Lost passion periphrasis perspicuity poem poet poetry polysyndeton present proposition prose qualities Quincey Quintilian reader refers rhetoric ridiculous satire says scenes secondly seen sentence sentiments Shakespeare sometimes soul sound speaker statement style subject-matter sublime taste thee things thou Thucydides tion vivacity Warren Hastings words writer
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