The Practical Elements of Rhetoric: With Illustrative Examples 1887 |
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... definition may become famous and make its author famous . Such is Buffon's epigrammatic definition of style , “ The style is the man him- self , " and Dean Swift's definition of it as " proper words in proper places . " Nothing is said ...
... definition may become famous and make its author famous . Such is Buffon's epigrammatic definition of style , “ The style is the man him- self , " and Dean Swift's definition of it as " proper words in proper places . " Nothing is said ...
Page 390
... definition of Culture by first examining the term , and comparing various words that designate the idea : — " But what do we mean by this fine word Culture , so much in vogue at present ? What the Greeks naturally expressed by their ...
... definition of Culture by first examining the term , and comparing various words that designate the idea : — " But what do we mean by this fine word Culture , so much in vogue at present ? What the Greeks naturally expressed by their ...
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... definition thus amplified is the para- graph on the grand style in poetry , quoted from Matthew Arnold on page 201 above . The definition is taken up in regular order point by point , and either defined more closely or emphasized by ...
... definition thus amplified is the para- graph on the grand style in poetry , quoted from Matthew Arnold on page 201 above . The definition is taken up in regular order point by point , and either defined more closely or emphasized by ...
Contents
Definition of Rhetoric | 1 |
Style in General | 13 |
Diction | 27 |
Copyright | |
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