Anecdotes, a source of allusion, 120; used in illustrative style, 251. Anglo-Saxon words conducive to simplicity, 12; percentage of, in different authors, 13; the essential element in the English lan- guage, 14; predominates in the most pop- ular books, 15; power of compounding words, 45; excess of metaphors in poetry, 108; excess of epithets, 140; alliterative verse in, 186.
Animation of style, 239.
Annals, order of thought in, 343. Annominatio, 123.
Answers to objections in oratory, 524. Antanaclasis, 123, 451.
experience, 372; from analogy, 373; from contrast, 374; application of the different kinds of, 375; presentation of, 376-392.
Aristophanes, parody by, 444; satirical poet- ry of, 445.
Aristotle, definition of rhetoric by, 1; classi- fication of oratory by, 499.
Arrangement of words in a sentence, general rule for the, 50; limitations of rule for, 51; for purposes of harmony, 274. Ars Poetica, Horace's, 313.
Art, a source of new words, 41; terms of, transferred to poetry, 308; in description, 490; in classification of knowledge, 497. Arthurian epopœia, 324.
Antecedent and consequent, incongruity in, Artifices of oratory, definition of, 526; ex-
Antistrophe, 178, 596. Antithesis-definition of, 74; utility of, 75; effectiveness of, 76; compared with plain statement, 77; various forms of, 78; anti- metabole, 79; paradiastole, 80; sync- ceosis or enantiosis, 81; oxymoron, 82; parison, isocolon, 83; prosapodosis, 84. Antonomasia, 128.
Apollonius of Tyana, quoted, 212, 529. Apology of Socrates, 311.
Apophthegm, 76, 224, 389. Aporia, 527.
Aposiopesis, 212.
Apostrophe, 116; with exclamation, 197. Apparent intent, in oratory, 530.
Appeal, 486.
Appended clauses, 278.
Appositio, 206.
Arabian mythology, 463.
Arabian Nights' Entertainments, a source of allusion, 120; aim of, 316; plot of, 353; verisimilitude in, 369; love of splendor in descriptions in, 468. Archaism, 37.
Architecture, Greek and Gothic compared,
pression of doubt or ignorance, 527; in- tentional omission of words, 528; withdraw- al of expression, 529; apparent intent, 530; supposed case, 531; other forms, 532. Asiatic oratory, 4.
Assertion, for emphasis, 170; for strengthen- ing argument, 387, 487.
Associative theory of the beautiful, 410. Assonant rhymes, 594.
Asyndeton, 216; compared with polysyn- deton, 217.
Attack, in oratory, 534; personal, 535; in- cidental reference, 536; side thrust, 537; defence turned into attack, 541; testi- mony of adversary turned against himself, 542.
Attributive terms, 51; epithets, 137. Augmentative figures, 144; amplification, 145-159; climax, 160-162; hyperbole, 163, 164.
Augustus, Pope's Epistle to, vocabulary of,
Ausonius quoted, 439-
Authority defined, 43. Avarice, 468. Aversion, 473.
Awe, a source of the sublime, 426. Aytoun, quoted, 435.
Bacon, style of, 4; Pope on, 19; Landor on, 20; on new words, 39; conciseness of, 58; quoted, 75, 77, 83, 224; epigrammatic style of, 253; persuasion of, 315. Badinage, 449.
Baldness in style, 246, 305.
Ballad, simplicity in, 10; quaintness in, 258; pathetic, 481; definition of, 598. Banter, 449. Barbarism, 39.
Baron Munchausen, satire of, 446. Barrow, Dr. Isaac, quoted, 203, 433. Bathos, 246.
Beauty, power of, 467.
Beckford, description by, 490.
Bedford, Burke's letter to Duke of, 19. Belles-lettres, 292; analogous to painting, 292; to music, 293.
Bentley, quoted, 443. Beranger, quoted, 249. Berkeley, aim of, 314.
Bias, on part of writer, 315; status, 328. Bible, vocabulary of, 13; source of figurative language, 110; source of allusion, 120. See Scriptures.
Biography, conclusion in, 403; narrative in, 494.
Bismarck, quoted, 139, 227.
Black, William, description by, 490. Blackwood's Magazine, 323.
Blair, vocabulary of, 13.
Blame, 473.
Blank verse, 595.
Bleak House, Dickens's, 231; illustrative ar-
gument in, 370.
Boccaccio, 10.
Boileau, quoted, 428.
Bolingbroke, quoted, 59, 245.
Bonar, Horatio, quoted, 584.
Bon Gualtier, burlesque by, 437. Bon-mot, 443.
Book of Common Prayer, vocabulary of, 13; effect on English language, 34; quoted, 185.
Boswell, life of Johnson by, 317.
Brevity, in style, 58; in exordium, 396; in wit, 433.
Bride of Lammermoor, vocabulary of, 13. Brilliancy, 243.
Bristol Election, Burke's speech on, example of narrative and expository subject-matter,
311. Brougham, Lord, vocabulary of, 13; quoted, 89, 148, 161, 180, 185, 264, 306, 485, 486, 487, 506; status of, 329; description by, 385 on Greek oratory, 546; sarcasm of, 550; physical disadvantages as an orator, 559.
Browne, Sir Thomas, quoted, 58, 75, 224; epigrammatic style of, 253; criticised by De Quincey, 299; persuasion of, 315. Browning, Mrs., vocabulary of, 13; imita- A A
tion of Poe by, 295; invention of, 324; sub- limity of, 430; pathetic, 482. Browning, Robert, vocabulary of, 13; quoted, 171, 212, 214, 586, 587; mannerism of, 269; parody on, 444; subjective narration of, 495; expository poetry, 498.
Bryant, quoted, 116, 130, 585; invention of, 325.
Building of the Ship, Longfellow's, vocab- ulary of, 13.
Bull, Irish, 435.
Bulwer. See Lytton. Buncombe, 246.
Bunyan, style of, 4; simplicity of, 10; vo- cabulary of, 13; compared with Spencer, 112; quaintness of, 258; Grace Abounding of, 495.
Burke, vocabulary of, 13; Latin style of, 15;- quoted, 19, 20, 81, 82, 88, 94, 109, 120, 132, 141, 146, 149, 163, 171, 183, 227, 245, 254, 256, 269, 270, 273, 276, 277, 309, 380, 381, 383, 384, 385, 389, 405, 519, 527, 531, 547; conciseness of, 58; anaphora, 176; sug- gestive style of, 257; affluence of, 258; per- suasion of, 315; invention of, 319; status of, 329; attention to method by, 339; order of thought in, 350; definition of, 362; causa- tive argument of, 369; comprehensiveness of, 382; exordium of, 396; amplification of, 379; panegyric of, 548; command of sub- ject by, 552; love of imagery by, 555: faults of, as an orator, 556, 557; physical disadvantages of, as an orator, 559; in- tellectual qualities, 561. Burlesque, 437, 566. Burney, Miss, 323.
Burns, Robert, simplicity of, 10; quoted, 186, 595; effect of his poetry on feelings, 317; pathetic, 482.
"But" repeated too frequently, 264. Butler, Bishop, vocabulary of, 13; style of,
Byrom, Dr., quoted, 439, 485, 488. Byron, Lord, vocabulary of, 13; quoted, 19, 20, 25, 35, 92, 117, 120, 131, 132, 137, 166, 174, 178, 180, 183, 186, 197, 206, 219, 227, 233, 236, 245, 260, 295, 317, 422, 462, 584; epithets of, 140; mannerism of, 269; sub- limity of, 430; lampoon of, 442; pathetic, 482; description by, 490; subjective de- scription by, 491; compared with Scott, 492; subjective narration of, 495.
Cadmon, quoted, 430. Cæsural pause, 593. Calhoun, J. C., quoted, 508, 522, 524. Campbell, Dr., vocabulary of, 13; vivacity defined by, 64, 238.
200; affluent style of, 258, 264; aim of, 315; status of, 327; analysis of second oration against Catiline, 339; exordium of, 396; introduction of, 398; quoted by Quin- tilian, 532; panegyric of, 548; physical ad- vantages of, as an orator, 559; courage of, 560.
Circumlocution, 29; compared with peri- phrasis, 132.
Circumstantial evidence, 370. Cities, epithets applied to, 139. Clarendon, quoted, 50, 53, 54; faults of, 55, 56; affluent style of, 59; aim of, 317; bias of, 328.
Classical style, 256; school in literature, 423.
Classification, defined, 333; of narrative, 334; of description, 335; of grouping, 336; in exposition, 337; analysis and synthesis of, 338; general and particular propositions, 339; incongruity in, 432.
Clauses, improper position of, 50; appended, 54; variety in, 282; co-ordination of, 283. Clay, Henry, quoted, 485, 515, 517. Clearness, of conception necessary to pre- cision, 22; in method, 57; in arguments, 377.
Climax, defined, 160; incrementum with, 161; progressio with, 162. Close of sentence, 284.
Character, in fiction, 323; compared with Cobden, quoted, 524. plot, 353; in introduction, 394, 395. Charles the Fifth, opinion of, on languages,
Chatham, Earl of, vocabulary of, 13; quoted, 88, 91, 172, 174, 185, 235, 405, 473, 486, 488, 511, 524, 534; status of, 329; order of thought in, 340; exordium of, 396; sar- casm of, 550; physical advantages of, as an orator, 559; courage of, 560; intellectual qualities of, 561.
Chaucer, vocabulary of, 13; House of Fame by, 112; style of, 258; aim of, 316; in- vention of, 324; pathetic, 482.
Coleridge, S. T., quoted, 115, 191, 297; sub- jective narrative by, 495. Colin Clout, a satire, 445. Collectio, 150.
Collins, quoted, 79, 115, 189, 191, 295, 591; epithets of, 140. Colloquialisms, 270.
Colonizing movements, a source of new words, 41.
Color, a source of beauty, 414. Comedy, conclusion in, 404; defined, 566. Command, 485.
Command of subject in oratory, 552; of language, 561. Commentum, 205. Commoratio, 515.
Comparison, 93; of degree, 94; of analogy, 95; of similarity, 96; for ornament, 97; for explanation and illustration, 98; faults in, 99; in illustrative style, 250; incon- gruity in, 432.
Complex sentence, 52. Compliment, in oratory, 506. Composition in English and other languages,
Compound sentences, 52.
Compound words, 45; faults in use of, 46-- Comprehensiveness, 382. ·
Concession in oratory, 508.
Crown, Demosthenes's oration on the, exposi tory and narrative subject-matter in, 311; aim of, 317; status of, 329; order of thought in, 351; exordium in, 396; con- clusion of, 405; defence turned to attack in, 541; outburst of feeling in, 544; concil- iation in, 554.
Conciliation in oratory, in exordium, 396; in language, 504; in demeanor, 554. Conciliation with America, speech of Burke on, status of, 329; outline of speech on, 339; causative argument in speech on, 369; diminution in, 380; condensation in, 381; definition of, 384; exordium in, 396; conclusion of, 405. Conciseness, tends to perspicuity, 58; to Cumming, 288. energy, 228.
Cry of the Children, Mrs. Browning's, 470. Ctesiphon, Eschines against, order of thought in, 351.
Curran, quoted, 243, 486, 511, 524, 528, 532, 534.
Current sayings, 76.
Cursor Mundi, vocabulary of, 13.
Conclusion, elegance in, 291; explained, 400; in narrative fiction, 401; in history, 402; in biography, 403; in drama, 404; in oratory, 405; different kinds of, 406. Concomitant variations, Mill's method of, Dactylic metres, 587. 366.
Concrete terms, tend to clearness, 10; used
for abstract, 128; tend to energy, 232.
Concurrent streams, 344.
Condensation, 381.
Confession in oratory, 509.
Connectives, variation of, 281.
Consonant rhymes, 594.
Consonants, too many together, 263. Consultation with audience, 511. Container for contained, 130. Contiguity, figures arising from idea of, de- fined, 127; synecdoche, 128; antimeria, enallage, 129; metonymy, 130; metalepsis, 131; periphrasis, 132; euphemism, 133; hypocorisma, 134; litotes, 135; exemplum, 136; epithets, 137-142.
Contrast, figures based upon idea of, defined, 73; antithetical forms of, 74-84; definition by, 362; argument from, 374; incongruity in, 432.
Control of emotion, 546. Controversial debate, 501.
Conviction an aim of composition, 314, 317. Convivial songs, 599. Co-ordination of clauses, 283. Copiousness, 241.
Cornwall, Barry, vocabulary of, 13. Correct style, 307.
Counter proposition, 361. Countries, epithets applied to, 139. Couplet, 596.
Cowper, simplicity of, 10; vocabulary of, 13; quoted, 92, 129, 171, 186, 585, 586; in- vention of, 322; pathetic, 482; expository poetry, 498.
Crabbe, invention of, 322; objective narra- tion of, 495.
Creative invention, 320, 325. Cretic, 592.
Crisis in fiction, 352.
Criticism, Essay on, Pope's, 313.
Dante, quoted, 228; invention of, 320, 325, 332; introduction of, 394; pathetic, 481; subjective narration by, 495.
Darkness a source of the sublime, 425. Darwin, Erasmus, 246; expository poetry of, 498.
Debate, 500; controversial, 501; parliamen-
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, classification in, 334.
Decrementive figures, classified, 143; de- fined, 165; diminution in, 166; deprecia- tion of, 167; anticlimax in, 168. Deduction, 364.
Defence in oratory, 538; strict, 539; indi- rect reply, 540; turned into attack, 541; testimony of adversary turned against himself, 254.
Defiance in oratory, 396; language of emo- tions, 473.
Definite in style, 128; tending to energy, 231; in argument, 384.
Definition explained, 362; tends to clearness in argument, 377.
Defoe, style of, 4; simplicity of, 10; vocab- ulary of, 13.
Degree, comparison of, 93.
Dejection in emotions, 475.
Deliberative oratory, 499. Delicacy in style, 302. Delight, 474.
Demodocus, quoted, 439.
Demonstrative terms, in style, 233; in ora- tory, 499.
Demosthenes, quoted, 157, 200, 201, 544; hy- perbaton of, 194; description by, 385; adju- ration of, 486; attack of, 534; command of subject by, 552; conciliation of, 554; physical advantages of, as an orator, 559; courage of, 560.
Denial, in arguments, 388; in emotions, 487.- Denunciation, 473. Depreciation, 167.
De Quincey, quoted, 4, 49, 55, 60, 61, 106, 166, 167, 198, 202, 212, 223, 229, 284, 288, 289, 299, 302, 434, 548; vocabulary of, 13; criticised, 55; style of, 227; compared with Carlyle, 256; persuasion of, 315; charge of, against Josephus, 317; on Milton, 430; Opium Eater by, 495.
Description, amplification in, 156; defined, 311; classification in, 335; in oratory, 385; in introduction, 394, 395; in conclusion, 406; objective, 490; subjective, 491; ob- jective and subjective blended, 492. Descriptive poetry, 601.
Design, a source of the beautiful, 420. Desire, 486.
Desires, enumerated, 408; defined, 464; for self-preservation, 465; of self-esteem, 466; of ambition, 467; of avarice, 468; for knowledge, 469; literature of, 476.
Despair, 475.
Destiny, 352.
De Vere, Aubrey, quoted, 120.
Divina Commedia, 35; allegory of, 112, status of, 331; title of, 332; classification of, 334; introduction of, 394. Doddridge, quoted, 439. Domestic songs, 599. Don Quixote, 331, 446. Douay Bible, 15. Double-entendre, 454. Double-faced creed, 454. Doubt, statement of, in oratory, 527. Drama, defined, 311, 316, 565; order of thought, 354; introduction, 395; conclu- sion, 404; narrative, 494; subjective nar- ration, 495; dialogue, 564; divisions of dramatic literature, 566; origin of, 567; mystery and morality plays, 568; Greek, 569; modern, 570.
Dramatic order of thought, 352; compared with narrative order, 354; dialogue, 564; poetry, 600.
Draper, Dr., vocabulary of, 13.
Draper, Sir William, Junius's letter to, vocab- ulary of, 13.
Dialogue, defined, 311, 562; didactic, 563; Dry style, 305.
dramatic, 564. Diasceue, 152. Dibdin, quoted, 128.
Dickens, vocabulary of, 13; a source of al- lusion, 120; compared with Thackeray, 256; mannerism of, 269; florid style of, 306; attractiveness of, 316; aim of, 317; realistic style of, 323, 325; characters in, 353; satire of, 446; pathetic, 482; sub- jective narration by, 495. Dictionaries, vocabulary of, 13. Didactic, dialogue, 563; poetry, 602. Dies Iræ, 481.
Difference, Mill's Method of, 366.
Diffuse style, 59; contrasted with florid, 306.
Dignity of style, 235.
Digression, 61, 206; in argument, 390.
Diminution, in style, 166; in argument, 380. Dinumeratio, 155.
Direct introduction, 397.
Direct statement, 166.
Dryden, new words of, 40; quoted, 76, 140, 175, 186, 189, 264, 439, 589, 591, 593; epi- thets of, 140. Dubitatio, 527.
Dudevant, Madame. See George Sand. Dulness, 246.
Dumas, 258; plot of, 363. Duration, the sublime in, 425. Durward, Quentin, 313. Dwelling on a proposition, 515.
Edinburgh Review, quoted, 51.
Direct stress on words, by assertion, 170; by Editorial article, 498.
Discovery, a source of new words, 41.
Dislike, 473.
Dismay, 475.
Display of feeling in oratory, 543; sudden outburst, 544; extravagance of expression, 545; control of emotion, 546; eulogy, 547; panegyric, 548; retort, 549; sarcasm, 550. Disproof, 330.
Education, 497. Effeminate style, 237. Effie Deans, 335. Egotistic style, 307. Ejaculation, 268.
Elaboration of style, 303.
Elegance, defined and illustrated, 266; viola- tions of, 267; by affectation, 268; by man- nerism, 269; by colloquialisms, 270; by slang, 271; by cant, 272; by vulgarism, 273. Elegy, 599.
Disraeli, 150; mannerism of, 269; quoted, 527; business-like oratory of, 555. Dissimilarity distinguished from contrast, 374. Elevation, 560.
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