This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1790 edition. Excerpt: ... LECTURE XIV ORIGIN AND NATURE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. -I- -*' the construction of Sentences, I proceed to other rules concerning Style. My general division of the qualities of Style, was into Perspicuity and Ornament. Perspicuity, both in single words and in sentences, I have considered. Ornament, as ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1790 edition. Excerpt: ... LECTURE XIV ORIGIN AND NATURE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. -I- -*' the construction of Sentences, I proceed to other rules concerning Style. My general division of the qualities of Style, was into Perspicuity and Ornament. Perspicuity, both in single words and in sentences, I have considered. Ornament, as far as it arises from a graceful, strong, or melodious construction of words, has also been treated of. Another, and a great branch of the ornament of Style, is, Figurative Language; which is now to be the subject of our consideration, and will require a full discussion. Our first inquiry must be, What is meant by Figures of Speech *? now finished what related to L In * On the subject of Figures of Speech, all the writer* who treat of rhetoric or composition, have insisted largely. Z 4 T In general, they always imply some departure from simplicity of expression; the idea which we intend to convey, not only enunciated to others, but enunciated in a particular manner, and with some circumstance added, which is designed to render the impression more strong and vivid. When I say, for instance, "That a good man enjoys comfort "in the midst of adversity;" I just express my thought in the simplest manner possible. But when I say, "To the upright there ariseth "light in darknessthe fame sentiment is expressed in a figurative Style; a new circumstance is introduced; light is put in the place of comfort, and darkness is used to suggest the idea of adversity, In the same manner, to say, "It is impossible, by any search we can ** make, to explore the divine nature fully," is to make a simple proposition. But when we fay, "Canst thou, by searching, find out w God? Canst thou find out the Almighty to "perfection? It is high as Heaven, what t( canst...
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