Merchant of Venice, classification of, 334.
Metabole, 90.
Metalepsis, 131.

Metaphor, 100; one living thing for another,
JOI; one inanimate thing for another, 102;
inanimate for living things, 103; inanimate
things endowed with life, 104; ornament-
al, 105; explanatory, 106, 107; faults in
use of, 108; mixed, 109; mixed, not al-
ways objectionable, 110; catachresis, 111;
allegory, 112; in illustrative style, 250; in
epigrammatic style, 252.
Metastasis, 159.

Method, defined, 310; invention, 318-325;
point of view, 326-332; classification, 333-
339; order of thought, 340-355; finding of
arguments and presentation, 356-392; in-
troduction and conclusion, 393-406.
Methods of experimental inquiry, Mill's, 366
Metonymy, 130.

Metre, effect on language, 35; quantitative,
578; accentuated, 582; iambic, 584; tro-
chaic, 585; anapæstic, 586; dactylic, 587;
interchange of, 591.

486, 589, 591, 593, 595; vocabulary of, 13;
a source of allusion, 120; epithets of, 137;
alliteration in, 186; harmony, 295; inven-
tion of, 320, 324, 325; description by, 490;
subjective narration by, 495; expository
poetry by, 498.
Mirabeau, 559.
Mock heroic, 437.

Modern drama, 570.

Modern idea of beautiful, 423.
Modesty in orator, 396.
Modifying words, 276.

Monotony, 246.

Montagu, Lady M. W., 197.

Montgomery, James, quoted, 178, 584: ex-

pository poetry by, 498.

Moore, Thomas, quoted, 94, 105, 474, 485,
584, 586.

Moral affections, 470.

Morality plays, 112, 232, 568.

Moral qualities of an orator, 560.
Moral sublime, 427..

Morris, Gouverneur, quoted, 21.

Morris, William, quoted, 157; narrative po-
etry by, 495.

Motif in literature, 331.

Motion, a source of the beautiful, 416; in de-
scription of objects, 490.

Motley, vocabulary of, 13; invention of, 325.
Mottoes, antithetical, 75.
Mühlbach, Louisa, 313.
Murchison, Sir Roderick, 7.
Muse in poetry, 116.
Music in words, 293.

Musical terms applied to poetry, 308.
Mystery, use of, in fiction, 352; plays, 112,
232, 568.

Nabob of Arcot's Debts, Burke's speech on,
generalization of, 383; exordium of, 396.
Naivete, 258.

Names of men a source of new words, 41..
Napoleon's Overtures, Fox on Rejection of,

35I.

481; definition of, 598.
Middlemarch, vocabulary of, 13.
Midsummer-Night's Dream, vocabulary of,
13; ideal of, 322.

lay, 59.

Milton, quoted, 1, 20, 21, 35, 61, 94, 102, 110,
115, 116, 120, 136, 140, 141, 148, 150, 151,
155, 157, 160, 163, 166, 180, 189, 197, 198,
200, 208, 211, 224, 235, 236, 262, 297, 298,
299, 422, 426, 427, 430, 467, 473, 475, 485,

Natural objects in description, 490.

Necessity of the case, in oratory, 513.
Negation, 171.

New compound words, 45; faulty use of, 46.
New ideas a source of new words, 41.
New Timon, quoted, 445.
New verbs, 41.

New words, numerous, 39; absorbed into the
language in the past, 40; sources of, 41;
rapid increase of, 42; objectionable use of,

43, 44.

Newcomes, 323.

Newman's Apologia, 495, 501.
Newspapers, vocabulary of, 13.
Nibelungenlied, 10.

Nicarchus, quoted, 439.
Nichol, 490.

Nicholas, Czar, quoted, 139.

Night Thoughts, Young's, quoted, 315.
Nomenclature of metres, 588; of verses, 596.
"Nor" changed for "and," 281.

Norman conquest, effect of, on English, 12.
Norman French superimposed on Anglo-
Saxon, 24.

Novel, the, with a purpose, 317;. defined,
323; status of, 331; plot of, 353; sources
of interest in, 370.

Novelists classified, 353.
"Now" changed for "and," 281.

Oath, 486.

Obsolete, words, 32; terminations and mean-
ings, 33; in religious literature, 34; in po-
etry, 35; in fiction, 36; return of, to gener-
al use, 38.

Occasion for speaking, judicious selection of,

557-

O'Connell, Daniel, quoted, 149, 487.
Ode, 599; on Immortality, Wordsworth's,
vocabulary of, 13.

Odyssey, simplicity of, 10; aim of, 316; sta-
tus of, 331; conclusion of, 401.

O'Gahagan, a burlesque, 437.

Oliver Twist, 231.

Paregmenon, 183.
Parental affection, 470.

Parenthesis, 55, 204.

Onus probandi, 330.

Orator, qualifications for, 551-561.
Oratory, chief study of ancient rhetoricians,
4; Quintilian's classification of, 4; defini-
tion of, 311; art of persuasion in, 315;
stages of, 330; introduction in, 396;
conclusion of, 405; explanation of, 499;
tactics of, 503-525; artifices of, 526-532;
attack and defence in, 533-542; display of
feeling in, 543-550; qualifications for, 551-
561.
Order of thought, defined, 340; chronolog-
ical, 341; logical, 342; in narrative, 343;
concurrent streams in, 344; in retrogres-
sion, 345; in explanatory narrative, 346;
in summary, 347; in exposition, 348; in
proof, 349; in refutation, 350; examples,

defined, 204; commentum, 205; appositio
et explanatio, 206.

479; in classical literature, 480; in medi-
æval literature, 481; in modern literature,
482; an animating element in literature,
483.

Patriotism, 470.

Paul, St., climax of, 160, 161; quoted, 216,
220, 233; exordium of, 396; physical dis-
advantages of, as an orator, 559.
Peel, Sir Robert, quoted, 170, 176, 206.
Peltier, Jean, Sir James Mackintosh's speech
on, status of, 329; proposition in, 361;
conclusion of, 405; compliment in, 506;
indirect reply in, 540; extravagance of ex-
pression in, 545.

Percontatio, 202.
Periodic structure, 49.
Periphrasis, 29, 132.
Permission in oratory, 510.
Persian literature, 140.
Personification, 115; with exclamation, 197.
Perspicuity, defined, 7; divisions of, 8;
sources of, 9; in words, simplicity, 10-17;
precision, 18-26; purity, 31-48; in sen-
tences, arrangement of words, 50, 51;
unity, 52-56; clearness of conception, 57;
conciseness, 58; diffuseness, 59; repe-
tition, 60; digression, 61; loose style, 62;
sometimes not aimed at, 63.
Persuasion, rhetoric the art of, 1; an aim of
composition, 315, 317.
Persuasive introduction, 397.
Persuasiveness, in style, 64; definition of, 65;
general divisions of, 66; figures of speech
in, 67, 225; energy, 226-237; vivacity, 238-
different styles associated with, 247-

246;

258.

Phillips, Wendell, quoted, 514, 515, 520;
epigrammatic style of, 555; courage of,
560.

Philosophy, 497.

Photographic fiction, 323.

Physical advantages in oratory, 559.
Physical science, 497.

Poe, vocabulary of, 13; allegory by, 112;
repetition of words by, 175; suggestive
style of, 257; mannerism of, 269; onoma-
topoeia, 295; quoted, 585.

Poetry, vocabulary of, 13; effect on lan-
guage, 35; order of words in, 189; eu-
phony, 261; defined, 311; exposition in,
498; discussed, 571; differs from prose in
sentiment, 572; in form, 573; exhibits
highest power of language, 574; expres-
sion for emotions, 575; defined, 576; ver-
sification, 577-583; metres and feet, 584-
592; cæsural pause, 593; rhyme, 594;
blank verse, 595; nomenclature of verses,
596; species of, 597; narrative, 598; lyric,
599; dramatic, 600; descriptive, 601; di-
dactic, 602; pastoral, 603; satirical, 604;
humorous, 605; many poems share the
characteristics of several classes, 606; new
development in versification, 607.
Poet's Vow, vocabulary of, 13.
Point of view, 327.

Pointed expression for wit, 433.
Political songs, 599.
Polyptoton, 183.

Polysyndeton, 220; compared with asynde-

ton, 221.

331; order of thought in, 353.
Picturesque, 423.

Piers Plowman, vision of, vocabulary of, 13;
allegory of, 112; quoted, 186, 579; satire
of, 445.

Pilgrim's Progress, vocabulary of, 13; popu-
larity of, 15; a source of allusion, 120; aim
of, 315; status of, 331.
Pitt, analysis of oration on refusal to nego-
tiate with Napoleon, 351; exordium of,
396; amplification in, 379; command of

Porson, quoted, 440.

Portrayal of character by antithesis, 76.
Portuguese language, 260.

Possibility contrasted with reality, 521.
Power, sublime in, 425; love of, 467.
Præcursio, 516.
Præmunitio, 518.
Praise in oratory, 506.
Prayer, 116.

Preacher, attitude of, towards audience, 555.
Precision, defined, 18; substantive terms,

Purity, defined, 31; obsolete words, 32-39:

new words, 39-46; general remarks on,
47; in grammar and idiom, 48.

Preface, 399.

Preparation for what is to follow, 518.
Preparatory introduction, 397.
Prepositions, 280.

Prescott, 325.

Present time in narration, 117.
Presentation of arguments, 376; clearness
of statement and strengthening of argu-
ments, 377; transition in, 378; amplifica-
tion in, 379; diminution in, 380; conden-
sation in, 381; comprehensiveness in, 382;
generalization in, 383; definiteness in,
384 description in oratory, 385; em-
phasis of propositions, 386; assertion,
387; denial, 388; apophthegm, 389; di-
gression, 390; repetition of propositions,
391; recapitulation, 392..

Purpose of writer, to instruct, 313; to con-
vince, 314; to persuade, 315; to please,
316; union of different aims, 317.
Puttenham on new words, 40.
Pym, quoted, 149, 177-

Quaintness, 258.

Quantity in metre, 518.

Qualifications for an orator, 551; command
of subject, 552; fertility in resources, 553;
conciliatory demeanor, 554; knowledge of
persons addressed, 555; adaptation of
self to intelligence of audience, 556; ju-
dicious selection of occasion for speaking,
557; should not aim at too much, 558;
physical advantages, 559; moral qualities,
560; intellectual qualities, 561.
Quarles, quoted, 79; quaintness of, 258.
Question, 327, 330.

Quincey, Josiah, quoted, 387, 458, 519.
Quintilian, definition of rhetoric by, 1;
quoted, 4, 5, 67, 84, 91, 131, 229, 241, 532;
classification of metaphors in, 100, 115; defi-
nition of climax by, 160; hyperbole of, 163;
invention in, 319; status defined by, 327;
refutation by, 350; irony defined by, 456. -
Quiz, 449.

Quotation, defined, 121; in illustrative style,

249.

Rabelais, satire of, 446.

Racy style, 258.

Raleigh, Sir W., quoted, 76, 167.
Rant, 306.

Rape of the Lock, 437.

Rapid mention, 516.
Rasselas, 315.

Real, the, 321.
Reason assigned, 523.
Reasoning, 359.

Recapitulation in arguments, 392.
Reditus, 390.

Reference to previous matter, 396.
Refrain, 596.

Refusal to negotiate with Napoleon, Pitt's
oration on, analyzed, 351.

Refutation, 330; order of thought in, 350.

Regret, 476.

Reid, Dr., aim of, 314.

Rejection of Bonaparte's overtures, oration
by Fox, analyzed, 351; conclusion of, 405;
supposed case, 532.

Relative, beautiful, 411; pronoun, 50.
Relativity, figures of, definition, 72; arising
from idea of contrast, 73-84; from percep-
tion of resemblance, 85-126; from idea of
contiguity, 127-142.

Religio Laici, vocabulary of, 13.

Repentance, 475.

Repenting, in oratory, 529, 532.
Repetitio creba, 175.

Repetition, 60; emphatic, 172; of words, a
violation of euphony, 264; sometimes
necessary, 265; of propositions in argu-
ment, 39.
Reporting, 502.
Reprehension, 485.
Reproach, 485.
Reproof, 485.

Resemblance, figures of, definition of, 85;
parallel, 86-92; comparison, 93-99; meta-
phor, 100-110; catachresis, 111; allegory,
112; parable, 113; fable, 114; personifica-
tion, 115; apostrophe, 116; vision, 117;
allusion, 118-120; quotation, 121; plagia-
rism, 122; other figures, 123-126.
Residues, Mill's method of, 366.
Responsio sibi ipsi, 203.

Retort, 452, 549.

Retrenchment of words, 229.

Retrogression, 345, 390.

Retrospective conclusion, 406.

Revelry, 474.

Revenge, 473.

Ridiculous, defined, 432; wit, 433; humor,
434; wit and humor in English literature,
435; the ridiculous in literature, 436; with-
out a purpose, 437; with a purpose, 438;
epigram, 439; squib, 440; pasquinade,
441; lampoon, 442; bon mot, 443; parody,
444; satirical poetry in general, 445; satir-
ical prose, 446; special forms of, 447; ban-
ter, 448; chaff, 449; paronomasia, 450;
pun, 451; retort, 452; repartee, 453;
double-entendre, 454; buffoonery, 455;
irony, 456; innuendo, 457; sarcasm, 458;
sneer, 459; power of ridiculous, 460;
legitimate use of, 461; abuse of, 462.
Rienzi, Lord Lytton's, vocabulary of, 13.
Rights of Jurors, Erskine's, status of, 329.
Rivers, epithets applied to, 139.
Robertson, Dr. W., style of, 235.
Robertson, Rev. F. W., vocabulary of, 13;
quoted, 60, 80; outline of sermon by, 339.
Robinson Crusoe, vocabulary of, 13; popu-
larity of, 15; a source of allusion, 120.
Rock of Ages, a hymn, 110.
Rogers, S., vocabulary of, 13; quoted, 14,

Rhapsody, 306.

Rhetoric, definition and derivation of term,
I; main divisions of subject, 2; vocabulary
of treatises on, 13; difference from logic
with regard to argument, 351; style, 3-
309; method, 310-406; emotions, 407-
488; departments of literature, 489-607.
Rhetorical style as a fault, 306.

in, 374; personal attack by, 535; testimony
of adversary turned against himself, 542.
Ruth, book of, vocabulary of, 13.

"S" sound in English, 261, 263.
Salutation, 198.

Sand, George, ideal of, 323; order of thought
in, 353.
Sappho, quoted, 157.