 | Universalism - 1880 - 540 pages
...of mixed figures, the author gives the following specimen : " Gentlemen," said the Irish orator, " the apple of discord has been thrown into our midst;...will burst into a conflagration which will deluge the woild! " 3. Camp» in the Carribbeeg : The Adventures of a Naturalist in the Lesser Antilles. By Prederic... | |
 | Emily Faithfull - 1863 - 592 pages
...and Gentlemen of the Board, the eyes of Europe are upon us — the apple of discord has been flung in our midst — and if it be not nipped in the bud —...into a conflagration — which will deluge the world !" At all times the richness of Irish phraseology borders on the grotesque. An English Squire would... | |
 | Frances Power Cobbe - Essays and short stories reprinted from various periodicals - 1867 - 294 pages
...and Gentlemen of the Board! The eyes of Europe are upon us. The apple of discord has been flung in our midst, and if it be not nipped in the bud, it...into a conflagration, which will deluge the world! " At all times the richness of Irish phraseology borders on the grotesque. An English Squire would... | |
 | George Washington Moon - 1876 - 256 pages
...For instance : — " How can " you descend to a thing so base as falsehood?" CRITICISM XVI. EDWARD S. GOULD. HAVING, in the two previous letters, examined...confusion [how can a man accomplish a con" fusion P] in the spelling of (derivatives and all) " [" and all " what ?] perhaps two hundred words " in a... | |
 | George Washington Moon - English language - 1879 - 260 pages
...effect of imparting a lesson in husbandry! wMle the general result of his labours is designated, " tJie "progress of the plague".' Surely, Mr. Gould must...remains, that all [that] "Webster really "accomplished by hie alchemy, is a hopeless "confusion [how can a man accomplish a con" fusion P] in the spelling of... | |
 | Luther Tracy Townsend - Oratory - 1879 - 262 pages
...confuse rather than enlighten. The following Irish address will be regarded as mixed and disorderly : " Gentlemen, the apple of discord has been thrown into...into a conflagration which will deluge the world." Addison's rule is, to test figures by reducing them to complete mental pictures. 2. Positive Laws.... | |
 | Benjamin Young Conklin - English language - 1889 - 316 pages
...Reason the card,* but passion is the gale." 789. Caution. — Mixed metaphors should be avoided ; as, The apple of discord has been thrown into our midst...nipped in the bud, it will burst into a conflagration that will deluge the world. 790. An allegory is a continued metaphor. 791. A parable is a brief allegory.... | |
 | Brooklyn Ethical Association - Civilization - 1890 - 444 pages
...the north of Ireland, — " The eyes of Europe are upon us. The apple of discord has been flung in our midst, and if it be not nipped in the bud, it...into a conflagration which will deluge the world." That the advocates of most of these schemes should at the present time seek to establish them by means... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - Culture - 1911 - 408 pages
...are dangerous weapons, and may easily react upon the speaker, as in the case of the fiery orator who said, "Gentlemen, the apple of discord has been thrown into our midst; and if it be not nipt in the bud, it will burst into a conflagration that will deluge the entire globe ! " A simile... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1865 - 844 pages
...correctly. If he be a Poor-law Guardian, he says to the Board, ' The apple of discord has been flung in our midst, and if it be not nipped in the bud it will...into a conflagration which will deluge the world!' If he be what Sydney Smith calls a 'wild curate,' he will describe the death of the wicked, ' When... | |
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... progress of the plague"! Surely, Mr. Gould must have been trying to emulate the Irishman who, at a public meeting, rose in a state of great excitement, and said ; — " Gentlemen, the apple " of discord has been thrown into our midst ; " and if it... 