Redu'ndancy, 63.
Reference-marks, 123.
Reflection, in invention, 12.
Regulus, story of, 153.
Reid, Dr. Thomas, quoted, 146.
Relative clauses, 60, 106.
Reparteé, 157.
Repentance use of the word,
39.
Rhyme [rime] alliterative,
202; assonantal, 202; con-
sonantal, 202; masculine,
202; feminine, 202; triple,
202; sectional, 203; royal,
203.
Rhythm [rithm], importance
of, 69; Russell's remarks on,
69; a cause of emotion, 195.
Respectfully, use of the word, Richter, Jean Paul, quoted, 14.
Ridicule, use of the word, 90.
Respectively, use of the word, Rise, use of the word, 47.
word is used in two senses:
(1) A small part of an epic
poem, suitable for recitation.
(2) A rambling, disconnected
composition.
Rhetoric, defined, 1; utility of,
2; scientific division of, 4.
Rhetorical pauses, how point-
ed, 116.
Rhō'dian style. Applied to a
style of oratory midway be-
tween the florid and diffuse
Asiatic, and the chaste and
concise Attic.
Rogers, Samuel, referred to,
198.
Roget [ro-zha'], referred to, 38.
Rodomontā'de. Vain boasting.
Rant.
Románce, definition of, 162.
Ruskin, John, titles of his
books, 11; quoted, 138; re-
ferred to, 139, 146.
Russell, William, his remarks
on rhythm, 69.
Sarcasm, use of the word, 90.
Să'tīre, use of the word, 90.
Satirical poetry, 198.
Saxon, compared with Latin,
39; character of derivatives
from, 94.
Scanning is the process of re-
solving verse into its metri.
cal elements.
Schelling, referred to, 146.
Scott, Sir Walter, quoted, 166
referred to, 168, 169, 196.
Section, printer's mark for, 123.
Sects, names of, how written,
127.
Self-possession in an orator, | Sit, use of the word, 47.
Smith, George, his work on
synonyms referred to, 38
Horace, referred to, 157;
Sydney, quoted, 157.
Smollett, quoted, 92.
Snits, use of the word, 29.
Society, value of to diction,
26.
Solecism [so'l-e-sizm]. A vio-
lation of the rules of syntax.
It is a violation of good
usage in the structure of
sentences, as a barbarism is
a violation of good usage in
the use of words. So named
from the Soli, a people of
Attica, who colonized in
Cilicia, and lost the purity
of their language.
Songs, 195.
Sonnets, 195; stanza of, 204.
Sound and sense, 70.
Southey, quoted, 148.
Sermons, a kind of oration, 187. Spec, words from the root, 79.
Set, use of the word, 47.
Shaftesbury, Lord, referred to,
146.
Shakespeare, his diction, 25;
quoted, 91, 150, 160, 194;
referred to, 142, 145, 196, 197.
Shall and Will, use of, 48.
Shedd, W. G. T., quoted, 190.
Shelley, quoted, 149.
Speciality, use of the word, 32.
Spenser, Edmund, quoted, 203;
his stanza, 203.
Splitting of Particles, 64.
Spondee, 200.
Squinting construction, 56.
Stand-point, use of the word,
32.
Stanza, 203.
Sterne, his rhythm, 69.
Side-heads are headings run Strength, 40.
Si'mile, definition of, 81.
Singist, use of the word, 32.
Strophe. A system of verses in
lyrical poetry. These were
sung in the ancient chorus | Sy'nchysis. Á derangement of
while marching in one direc-
tion, and the antistrophe was
sung on the return
Style, definition of, 22; kinds
of, 22; importance of, 24;
general law of, 24; vivid-
ness of, 38; style coupé, 73;
style periodique, 73.
Sub-divided members, how
pointed, 109, 111.
Subject of a composition-
importance of choosing, 6;
how to obtain, 7; qualities
of, 7; adapting, 9; statement
of, 10;—of a sentence-com-
pound, defined, 46.
Sublime, the, explained, 151.
Substitution in poetry, 200.
Sufficient, use of the word, 37.
Sumner, Charles, his culture,
193.
Superlative degree, 49, 63.
Superscription of a letter, how
written, 176.
words in a sentence.
Sy'ncope drops a letter from
the middle of a word; as,
o'er for over.
Synecdoche
85.
Syně'resis contracts two sylla
bles into one; as, hallow-èd
into hallow'd.
Synize'sis is the same as syne-
resis.
Synonyms [si'n-o-nimz], 37; a
means of variation, 94.
Synthetic method, 19.
Tale, definition of, 162.
Taste, barbarous, 18; defini-
tions of, 137; analysis of,
138; nature of, 139; quali-
ties of, 139; universality of,
variation of, 140; stand-
ard of, 141; cultivation of,
143; catholicity of, 144.
Tautology [taw-to'l-o-jē], 63.
Supplementary clauses, 60, Taylor, Jeremy, paragraph
Suspicion, use of the word, 41. Temperance, use of the word,
Syllĕ'psis. The construing of Tense, importance of distin-
words according to their
meaning rather than accord-
guishing, 47; sequence of
tenses, 52.
ing to their strictly gram-Terminus, origin of the word,
matical relations.
Sym'ploce. A repetition of a
word at the beginning and
another at the end of succes-
give clauses or sentences.
Terza rima [těrt-sa-ré-mah],
204.
Teutonicism. An idiom of
the German language.
word or construction bor- | Trench, R. C., referred to, 25.
rowed from or imitating the
German mode of speaking.
Thackeray, referred to, 158,
169.
That, use of the word, 49.
There, expletive use of, 97.
Thē'sis. This word is used
in two senses; (1) A propo-
sition which a writer pro-
poses to establish; (2) The
composition in which the
proposition is proved.
Thompson, James, referred to,
198.
Thought, nature of a, 42.
Tilde [ti'l-da], form and use,
123.
Title-pages, how pointed, 112,
113.
Titles of books, quoted, 125;
of office and honor, how
written, 127, 181.
Tmesis [me'-sis]. A form of
speech by which a compound
word is separated into parts
Tri'brach. A poetic foot com.
posed of three short sylla-
bles; as,
Triplet, 203.
Trochee [tro'-kēé], 200.
Trope, 81.
Truth, use of the word, 41.
Tupper, M. F., referred to, 198.
Turner, Sharon, story of, 129.
Types, varieties of, 123,
Unity, meaning of, 58; impor-
tance of, 58; rules for, 59.
in paragraphs, 72.
Unities. The dramatic unities
are three: (1) Of Time. The
time supposed should not ex-
ceed twenty-four hours: (2)
Of Place. The place should
be one and the same through-
out the play: (3) Of Action.
The action should consist of
one main plot.
by the intervention of some-Vandenhoff, quoted, 102.
thing else.
Torrey, quoted, 143.
Tract, definition of, 163.
Vanity, use of the word, 40.
Variation of expression, 93
Variety in paragraphs, 72.
Transpire, use of the word, 34. | Vastness, a source of sublim.
Transposed parts, how pointed,
Veracity, use of the word, 41.
Transposition, a means of va- Verb, agreement of with sub-
Travesty, definition of, 156.
Treatise, [tre-tis], definition of,
168
Verbal formation, law of, 31.
Verbatim, origin of the word
80.
Ex-Winckelmann, referred to, 146.
Who, use of, 49.
Verbs, transitive and intransi-
tive, 47; strong, 47.
Verse, the natural form of
try, 195; definition of, 200.
Versification, defined, 200.
Vignette [vin-ye't]. (1) A cap-
ital letter in ancient manu-
scripts, ornamented with
vines. (2) Any small prin-
ter's ornament, especially
little cuts without borders.
Virgil, compared with Homer,
73; referred to, 145, 196, 197.
Vision, defined, 88.
Vividness of style, 38.
Vocabulary, means of acquir-
ing, 25.
Wit, distinguished from hu-
mor, 157.
poe-Without, use of the word, 35.
Witty, the, explained, 155.
Words, importance of, 25;
newly-coined, 28; foreign,
29; naturalization of, 30;
technical, 30; the formation
of, 31; generic and specitic;
equivocal, 41; negative and
privative, 41; unnecessary,
63; connective, use of, 64;
emphatic, position of, 65;
insignificant, 65; melodious,
67; in a series, how pointed,
106; in pairs, how pointed,
108; in the vocative, how
pointed, 108.
Vocative. The case of ad-
dress. Words in, how point-Wordsworth, referred to, 198;
Voltaire, referred to, 146.
Vulgarisms, 29.
Webster, Daniel, story of, 3;
his description of oratory,
186; his oratorical manner,
192; his legal learning, 193.
Whately, style of, 22; referred
to, 38.
Which, use of, 49.
Whilst, disuse of the word, 28.
Whipple, E. P., quoted, 157.
White, R. G., referred to, 25;
quoted, 95.
Williams, Billy, story of, 57.
Wilson, John, quoted, 101, 129.
quoted, 204.
Writing in a circle, 73.
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