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... degree of Personification ,. 24. Inferior degree ,. 25. Advantages of our language in Personification ,. 26. Interest attaching to Personification ..... ALLEGORY - FABLE - PARABLE . 27. Allegory defined and exemplified ,. 28. The Fable ...
... degree of Personification ,. 24. Inferior degree ,. 25. Advantages of our language in Personification ,. 26. Interest attaching to Personification ..... ALLEGORY - FABLE - PARABLE . 27. Allegory defined and exemplified ,. 28. The Fable ...
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... degree of distention of the stomach is required , to enable it to act with its full powers ; — and that it is for this reason hay or straw must be given to horses , as well as corn , in order to supply the necessary bulk . Something ...
... degree of distention of the stomach is required , to enable it to act with its full powers ; — and that it is for this reason hay or straw must be given to horses , as well as corn , in order to supply the necessary bulk . Something ...
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... of such politicians as his rival Æschines to old sores in the body , which come out SIMILITUDES . 25 into painful prominence , when the general 24 FIGURES OF SPEECH . Inferior degree, CONTENTS PAGE PAGE CONTENTS PAGE PAGE.
... of such politicians as his rival Æschines to old sores in the body , which come out SIMILITUDES . 25 into painful prominence , when the general 24 FIGURES OF SPEECH . Inferior degree, CONTENTS PAGE PAGE CONTENTS PAGE PAGE.
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... degree of elevation should be within the bounds that the hearer can tolerate . ( See HYPERBOLE . ) ( 3. ) The similitude should be neither obvious nor trite . Some degree of novelty , originality , or rarity , is essential to any ...
... degree of elevation should be within the bounds that the hearer can tolerate . ( See HYPERBOLE . ) ( 3. ) The similitude should be neither obvious nor trite . Some degree of novelty , originality , or rarity , is essential to any ...
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... degree of inconsistency , although quite intelligible . " Upon the style it is that these perplexities depend for ... degrees , contract habits , lay up treasure , obtain rewards , win prizes , gain celebrity , arrive at honors , conduct ...
... degree of inconsistency , although quite intelligible . " Upon the style it is that these perplexities depend for ... degrees , contract habits , lay up treasure , obtain rewards , win prizes , gain celebrity , arrive at honors , conduct ...
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abstract alliterations Antithesis arrangement balanced bay color beauty brevity called character circumstances clause comparison composition concrete concrete Extract connection consonants contrast degradation degree Demosthenes described effect emotion English epigram example excitement exposition expression facts figure genius give given harmony Hence History human humor hyperbole Iliad illustration implies impression instances iteration kind language ludicrous meaning melody ment metaphor method metonymy mind mode moral mountains narrative nation nature noun nuendo objects obverse orator pain paragraph pathos Pearl Coast person personification phatic Plato pleasure Pleonasm poet poetic poetry political politics of Poland predicate principle proposition reference rivers sense sentence sentiment simile sions Socrates sometimes sound statement strength style sublime subordinate suggest syllables Synecdoche tautologies tence tender feeling things thou thought tion Transferred Epithet truth variety verb vowels writer