The Elements of Rhetoric (1878)

Æneid allusion ancient Anglo-Saxon antithesis argument arises associated Asyndeton beautiful Burke called character chief chiefly Cicero clauses common composition considered Demosthenes divisions East India Bill effect elegance emotion emphasis English English language enthymeme epithets euphony example exhibit expression fault feeling fiction figures of speech following passage force frequent genius give Greek harmony heaven honor human humor idea Iliad illustrated importance Jean Peltier kind king language Latin literature Lord lyric poetry means metaphor Milton mind modern narration narrative nature never object onomatopoeia orator oratory order of thought Paradise Lost passion periphrasis perspicuity persuasion poem poet poetry polysyndeton present proposition prose qualities Quincey Quintilian reader refers rhetoric ridiculous satire says scenes secondly seen sentence sentiments Shakespeare sometimes soul sound speaker statement style subject-matter sublime taste term thee things thou Thucydides tion vivacity Warren Hastings words writer