Book contents
- Frontmatter
- THE PREFACE
- Contents
- PART I
- PART II
- PART III
- LECT. XI Of TASTE, and the Nature of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
- LECT. XII The Division of this Part of the Work into what affects the PASSIONS, JUDGMENT, and IMAGINATION
- LECT. XIII Of the Tendency of strong Emotions to produce BELIEF, and the transferring of Passions from one Object to another
- LECT. XIV Of the Influence of the Passions on each other, and other Circumstances relating to strong Emotions of Mind
- LECT. XV Of Forms of Address adapted to gain BELIEF; and, first, of those that imply PRESENT THOUGHT, and an UNPREMEDITATED EXPRESSION
- LECT. XVI Of OBJECTIONS, SUPPRESSION of what might be said, and Marks of CANDOUR
- LECT. XVII Of the PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION in general, and of the Standard of GOOD TASTE
- LECT. XVIII A general Account of the Pleasure we receive from Objects that occasion a moderate Exertion of our Faculties
- LECT. XIX Of NOVELTY
- LECT. XX Of the SUBLIME
- LECT. XXI Of the Pleasure we receive from Uniformity, and Variety; and first of Comparisons
- LECT. XXII Of the Nature of METAPHORS
- LECT. XXIII Rules for the Use of METAPHORS; and of ALLEGORIES
- LECT. XXIV Of CONTRAST in general, and particularly of Wit, the risible, and the ridiculous
- LECT. XXV Of BURLESQUE, PARODY, the MOCK-HEROIC, HUMOUR, and IRONY
- LECT. XXVI Of RIDDLES, PUNS, and the serious ANTITHESIS
- LECT. XXVII Of METONYMY
- LECT. XXVIII Of the HYPERBOLE and BOMBAST
- LECT. XXIX Of PERSONIFICATION
- LECT. XXX Of IMITATION, and the Satisfaction we receive from the Completeness of Things
- LECT. XXXI Of CLIMAX, and the Order of Words in a Sentence
- LECT. XXXII Of PERSPICUITY in Style
- LECT. XXXIII Of the Resemblance between SOUND and SENSE
- LECT. XXXIV Of HARMONY in VERSE
LECT. XXII - Of the Nature of METAPHORS
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- THE PREFACE
- Contents
- PART I
- PART II
- PART III
- LECT. XI Of TASTE, and the Nature of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
- LECT. XII The Division of this Part of the Work into what affects the PASSIONS, JUDGMENT, and IMAGINATION
- LECT. XIII Of the Tendency of strong Emotions to produce BELIEF, and the transferring of Passions from one Object to another
- LECT. XIV Of the Influence of the Passions on each other, and other Circumstances relating to strong Emotions of Mind
- LECT. XV Of Forms of Address adapted to gain BELIEF; and, first, of those that imply PRESENT THOUGHT, and an UNPREMEDITATED EXPRESSION
- LECT. XVI Of OBJECTIONS, SUPPRESSION of what might be said, and Marks of CANDOUR
- LECT. XVII Of the PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION in general, and of the Standard of GOOD TASTE
- LECT. XVIII A general Account of the Pleasure we receive from Objects that occasion a moderate Exertion of our Faculties
- LECT. XIX Of NOVELTY
- LECT. XX Of the SUBLIME
- LECT. XXI Of the Pleasure we receive from Uniformity, and Variety; and first of Comparisons
- LECT. XXII Of the Nature of METAPHORS
- LECT. XXIII Rules for the Use of METAPHORS; and of ALLEGORIES
- LECT. XXIV Of CONTRAST in general, and particularly of Wit, the risible, and the ridiculous
- LECT. XXV Of BURLESQUE, PARODY, the MOCK-HEROIC, HUMOUR, and IRONY
- LECT. XXVI Of RIDDLES, PUNS, and the serious ANTITHESIS
- LECT. XXVII Of METONYMY
- LECT. XXVIII Of the HYPERBOLE and BOMBAST
- LECT. XXIX Of PERSONIFICATION
- LECT. XXX Of IMITATION, and the Satisfaction we receive from the Completeness of Things
- LECT. XXXI Of CLIMAX, and the Order of Words in a Sentence
- LECT. XXXII Of PERSPICUITY in Style
- LECT. XXXIII Of the Resemblance between SOUND and SENSE
- LECT. XXXIV Of HARMONY in VERSE
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- A Course of Lectures on Oratory and Criticism , pp. 216 - 223Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013