| Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 350 pages
...on royal authority ; the bign being put for the thing signified. When the whole is put fora part, or a 'part -for the whole ; a genus for a species, or a species for a genus ; i;i general, when any thing less, or any thing more, is put for the precise object meant ; the figure... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1807 - 406 pages
...Dardonidum," signifies, that the glory of Troy is now no more. When the whole is put for a part, or a part for the whole ; a genus for a species or a species, for a genus ; the singular for the plural, or the plural for the singular number ; in general, when any thing less, or any thing... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1808 - 330 pages
..." gloria Teucrum" expresses that the glory of Troy is no more. When the whole is put for a part, or a part for the whole; a genus for a species, or a...number for the plural, or the plural for the singular ; in general, when any thing less, or any thing more, is put for the precise object meant ; the figure... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 330 pages
...roya) authority ; the sign being put for the thing signified. When the whole is put for a part, or a part for the whole ; a genus for a species, or a species for a genus ; in general, when any thing less, or any thing more, is put for the precise object meant ; the figure... | |
| Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 462 pages
...cover ; as that of Nathan, who wished to reprove David. 3. A " metonymy" is that figure in which one name is put for another, for which it may be allowed...sea. 5. The " hyperbole" is a figure by which the (peaker exceeds the strict bounds of truth, in order to convoy a powerful idea to the imagination of... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1813 - 296 pages
...more. 'When the whole is put for a part, or a part for tbe whole ; a genus for a speeies, or a speeies for a genus; the singular number for the plural, or the plural for the singular ; in general, when any thing less or any thing more, is put for the preeise objeet meant ; the figure... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1817 - 356 pages
...royal authority ; the sign being put for the thing signified. When the whole is put for a part, or a part for the whole; a genus for a species, or a specit s for a genus ; in general, when any thmg less, or any thing more, is put for the precise object... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1818 - 266 pages
...Troy is no more. When the whole is put for a part, or a part for the whole ; a genus for a species, or species for a genus ; the singular number for the plural, or the plural for the singular ; in general, when any thing less, or any thing more, is put for the precise object meant ; the figure... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1818 - 158 pages
...container is substituted for the thing contained. SYNECDOCHE. When the whole is put for a- part. or a part for the whole ; a genus for a species, or a species for a -gr:nus ; the figure is then called a S^-necdoch-v orENGLISH GRAMMAR. It is very common to describe... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1820 - 538 pages
...Dardanidum," signifies, that the glory of Troy is now no more. When the whole is put for a part, or a part for the whole ; a genus for a species, or a species for a genus; the singular for the plural, or the plural for the singular number; in general, when any thing less, or any thing... | |
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