CONTENTS
CHAPTER
PAGE
I.
THE AGE OF PROSE AND REASON
1
II.
THE THEORY OF DICTION
5
III.
THE “STOCK” DICTION
25
IV.
LATINISM
56
V.
ARCHAISM
80
VI.
COMPOUND EPITHETS
102
VII.
PERSONIFICATION AND ABSTRACTION
132
VIII.
THE DICTION OF POETRY
181
Index
207