 | John Forbes (teacher in Edinburgh.) - 1843 - 386 pàgines
...as, He reads Salust, ie Salust's worhs, The hettle boils, ie the water. 5. SynecdocM is the naming of a part for the whole, or the whole for a part ; as, The head, for the whole body. The waves, for the sea. G. Hyperbola is a figure, whereby the imagination... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - 1846 - 272 pàgines
...pronoun she (not it) to the moon ; or when we say of a statesman, " He is the pillar which (not wku) supports the state." 433. Metonymy is a change of...This figure has already been explained in Sec. II. of thii chapter EXERCISE 66. Tell what figures are used in the following sentences : — A Greek Dictionary.... | |
 | Peter Bullions - 1846 - 252 pàgines
...Milton; we mean Milton's works. Grey hairs should be respected, ie old age. Synecdoche is the putting of a part for the whole, or the whole for a part, a definite number for an indefinite, &c. as, The waves for the sea, the haul for the person, and ten... | |
 | Caleb Farnum (Jr.) - 1848 - 132 pàgines
...studying Virgil ; ie Virgifs works. — " Let vanity adorn the marble tomb." 5. Synecdodte is the naming of a part for the whole, or the whole for a part ; as the head for the person, the waves for the sea, &c. This figure also includes the naming of a definite... | |
 | Peter Bullions - 1849 - 252 pàgines
...Milton's works. " Gray hairs should he respected" — that is, old age. 9. Synedoche is the putting of a part for the whole, or the whole for a part, a definite numher for an indefinite, &c. ; as, the waves for the sea, the head for the person, and... | |
 | William Colgrove Kenyon - 1849 - 352 pàgines
...sword devom forever? He has returned to his cups again. DEFINITION 8. — Synecdoche is the naming of a part for the whole, or the whole for a part. EXAMPLES. My roof shall shelter thee from the driving storm. They inhabit ihe islands of the seas.... | |
 | John White - 1850 - 192 pàgines
...works. Grey hairs should be respected ; that is, old age. SYNECDOCHE, or COMPRESSION, consists in taking a part for the whole, or the whole for a part ; as, Man returns to dust. He gains his bread by his industry. IRONY is a figure, by which, in order to add... | |
 | Peter Bullions - 1857 - 264 pàgines
...Milton's works. "Gray hairs should he respected" — that is, old age. 9. Synecdoche is the patting of a part for the whole, or the whole for a part, a definite numher for an indefinite, &c. ; as, the waves for the sea, the head for the person, and... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - 1860 - 276 pàgines
...senses; as, — "See lofty Lebanon his head advance; See nodding forests on the mountains dance." 8. Synecdoche is the use of a part for the whole, or the whole for a part, as a sail for a ship, a roof for a house, the head for the person. 9. Irony is the use of a word for its... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - 1860 - 202 pàgines
...represents imaginary objects as real and proscn to the senses ; as, " See lofty Lebanon his head advance, Synecdoche is the use of a part for the whole, or the whole fur a part ; as, A sail for a skip, a roof for a house, the head for the person. Irjny is the use of... | |
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Metonymy is a figure by which we put the cause for the effect, or the effect for the cause; as, when we say, "He reads Milton, 
