English Composition and Rhetoric, Part 2Longmans, Green & Company, 1892 - English language |
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... expressing states of mind , besides being more or less indefinite , must be liable to personal vagaries of interpretation . Only by very wide comparison and illustration can some approach be made to an understood standard , and to ...
... expressing states of mind , besides being more or less indefinite , must be liable to personal vagaries of interpretation . Only by very wide comparison and illustration can some approach be made to an understood standard , and to ...
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... expression of pleasure generally , 236 ... ib . ... ib . 2. Identified more with certain special modes of pleasure . The Ludicrous properly so called ; its occasions in the Actual , 3. The Ludicrous or Humour , as a form of literature ...
... expression of pleasure generally , 236 ... ib . ... ib . 2. Identified more with certain special modes of pleasure . The Ludicrous properly so called ; its occasions in the Actual , 3. The Ludicrous or Humour , as a form of literature ...
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... expression . Gives the pleasure of surprise and admiration . Identified more particularly with Epigram . Also taking the form of Innuendo and Irony ; and occasionally Balance and pointed Simile , 2. Conditions of its effectiveness ...
... expression . Gives the pleasure of surprise and admiration . Identified more particularly with Epigram . Also taking the form of Innuendo and Irony ; and occasionally Balance and pointed Simile , 2. Conditions of its effectiveness ...
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... Expression of feelings . This class is remarkable for con- taining associates with feelings of instinctive origin . ' Smile , ' ' laugh , ' ' frown , ' ' stare , ' ' cry , ' ' scream , ' ' howl , ' ' pout , ' ' sneer , ' ' tremble ...
... Expression of feelings . This class is remarkable for con- taining associates with feelings of instinctive origin . ' Smile , ' ' laugh , ' ' frown , ' ' stare , ' ' cry , ' ' scream , ' ' howl , ' ' pout , ' ' sneer , ' ' tremble ...
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... expression used than is sufficient for the effect . A surplus is not only needless , but hurtful . Something should be left to the hearers to expand in their own minds . When Richard exclaims- ' the king's name is a tower of strength ...
... expression used than is sufficient for the effect . A surplus is not only needless , but hurtful . Something should be left to the hearers to expand in their own minds . When Richard exclaims- ' the king's name is a tower of strength ...
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