A Course of Lectures on Oratory and CriticismJ. Johnson, 1777 - 313 pages |
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abfurd Æneid affociation againſt alfo arguments attention becauſe cafe caſe cauſe Cicero circumftances compariſon compofe compofition confequence confiderable confidered confifts contraft defcribing defign demonftration difcourfe diftinct diſcourſe doth eaſily effect expreffed expreffion faid fame fenfations fenfe fenfible fentence fentiments ferious fhall fimilar fimile fince firft firſt fituation fome fource fpeech ftrong ftyle fubject fublime fuch fufficient fyllables give greateſt hath hiftory himſelf ideas illuftrate imagination impoffible inftance intereſted itſelf leaſt LECTURE LECTURE lefs likewiſe manner metaphors metonymy mind mock-heroic moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary notwithſtanding obfervation objects occafion oppofition paffage paffions pauſe perceive perfonification perfons pleaſing pleaſure we receive poffible prefent principles profe propofition purpoſe raiſe reader reaſon reprefent reſemblance reſpect ſame ſay ſcene ſee ſeems ſenſe ſhall ſhould ſhow ſome ſpeak ſtate ſuch taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion trochee univerfally unleſs uſe verfe verſe whoſe words writer