Abandon in style, 239.

Abruptness of transition, 305.
Absolute beautiful, 411.

Abstract put for concrete, 128.
Accent in English, 263.
Accentuated metres, 582.
Accumulation, 149.

Accumulative invention, 319.

Aims of composition, to instruct, 313; to con-
vince, 314; to persuade, 315; to please,
316; union of different aims, 317.
Aitiologia, 523.

Allegory, 112.

Allison, vocabulary of, 13.

Alliteration, a figure of, 186; in versification,
579.

Allusion, 118; historical, 119; literary, 120;
distinguished from quotation, 121; in il-
lustrative style, 249.
Amatory songs, 599.
Ambition, 467.

American humor, 435.
American oratory, 555.

American Taxation, speech by Burke on,
status of, 329; generalization of, 383;*
argument from experience against, 372;
transition in speech on, 378.
Americanisms, 41.
Ames Fisher, quoted, 164.
Amphibrach, 592.

Amplification-one of the augumentative fig-
ures, 144; defined, 145; by dwelling on
details, 146; by direct statement, 147; by
comparison, 148; by accumulation, 149;
collectio, aggregatio, 150; synathroismus,
151; diasceue, 152; synezeugmenon, 153;
epexergasia, 154; dinumeratio, 155; de-
scription, 156; ecloge, 157; hypotyposis,
158; metastasis, 159; in argument, 379.
Anacœnosis, 511.

Anacoluthon, 211.
Anadiplosis, 180.

Analepsis, 219.

"And" repeated, 264.

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.

432.

Anterresis, 524.

Anthypophora, 525.

Anticipation of objections in oratory, 525.
Anticlimax, 168.

Antimeria, 123.
Antimetabole, 79.

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; synce-
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.

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,

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.

Batrachomyomachia, 437.
Beattie, quoted, 105.
Beautiful, theories concerning the, 410; defi-
nition of, 411; taste, 412; in nature, 413;
color, 414; form, 415; motion, 416; sound,
417; proportion, 418; variety, 419; de-
sign, 420; in morals, 421; in literature,
422; difference between ancient and mod-
ern idea of, 423.

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.

Bombast, 246.

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.

Bravura, 299.

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

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, 366.

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,
235.

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.

Cid, 10.

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.

260.

Chaste style, 302.

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,

45.

Compound sentences, 52.

Compound words, 45; faults in use of, 46.
Comprehensiveness, 382.