Show from Chamber chia Chim bers bera rP MU Jurn junn 3 alj ali j periphrasis please papa inquired robert taking his eyes from froni a book he was st idy ing what is is a it is 13 well known that thit thee there the e is bothin no nothing thin 11 so difficult ag as off h i ind id flefil and my so is question vestion placed me in rather an awkward predicament me n II 11 I 1 d did id not choose to risk a random explanation nat ion lon of the word for fear of misleading h him am while to remain relin silent woud canse caise him to a ip pose me ig igi i rint rant of that which I 1 well knew iho agh not able to darie d fi ie it at a mome its it 8 wn w rn ug i ig this is is one of 01 ie the little ittle difficulties in in mch which children som sometimes place pi ice in its I 1 tried to get out of the present dilema i by dela delm I 1 w went ent on 01 writing in in which I 1 aj appeared too ralfh absorbed to har what he h had hid i lid ild id suid sid but bub was uli ull ali ill the time m it ally dily framing ai an ai siver to his question A af cr er watching 11 until I 1 c came me to a fil i I 1 sop slop he hoped I 1 enill wo il 1 not be angry for dist irbia me al adding L 9 dit bit what papa is 13 still stul I 1 wag was w is not quite ready with a proper reply pl ind slowly lavin laying down my pen and gaining ten een an instant or two tuo by a sort of or hecking becking becking ecking cough I 1 found myself quite at a loss to invent another instants i de drav av and plunged desperate desperately lv into the a abject periphrasis robertis that is to say it comes from two greek word syn about and brasis speech ves VPS yes but wll wit it dos it mean papa toly moly why it si signifies unifies a fiure of speech much in use amon orators poets newspaper writ ers era and and ed now I 1 think of it more lre or less le 8 3 by everybody in in common conversi conversation tion to express in A great many words what they could say in one for instant instance use the figaire figure of periphrasis when instead of speaking of you as robet robot Ko beit t 1 I 1 say my youngest youn zest son I 1 i then I 1 suppose se remarked the observant vandi little rogue after a little reflection when mamma minima in alluding to mr amberton Am merton who comes here so regularly calls him a certain young 11 in in I 1 it is is periphrasis that makes sister clotilda blah bl isas a perhaps it is I 1 remarked remarried trying to look b grae grave yes but hilt why dons does m imma minima call him so vhf hf does she not a iv tv mr air amberton Am merton at once 1 I want to know papa what is the use of peri ph phrases I 1 explained cepl lined as well as I 1 could the uses of that figure in ill ili poetry and in rhetoric but when the persevering young gentleman would know the varion vano i it ua s to which it is dut put ent put in ordinary conversation coave slon sion and everyday everida tife life life ilfe I 1 told him h might j and ind bowl his bis hoor r for though the question ton ion sli sti rg a long iong on train of thought my reflections were wire of a nature not to ben benefit befit his inexperience d 1 mind perhaps older readers mtv howver how ver er be am them of all the graces of rhetoric rh none Is so largely or perhaps so usefully useful u fy employed in every grade of scie scle tv from the cottage to the crown a pei per phrases ph in literature it is s said to i in i ornament ft discourse carried on in propriety tv of language I 1 so in personal intercourse ter course kiili WO 11 min nin M inking kind ita its employment sef sor ens PUS asperities asperl asperi ties dilutes dilates expressions when chev are bt becoming coining too strong and blunts hr iv edge of p af pf when it is is going to be too point I 1 B it thare is is alas no tase nse use without its abuaf ability and ind unfortunately this elegant trope is occasion alv to very bad account the fact is 11 when hen pressed into the service of scandal scAn dal dil it is i a tremendous engine while disc fr the subject in myown mind in in its ila domestic doine dolne itic relations it was natural that my iny ons lotis to my excellent partner 1 I aa lse ise this p in in all ail sincerity for despite A few etc a better wife a better mother or a better housekeeper than mrs Pk akinson inson nowhere exists should remind me of the constant use she makes of the thie branch if f rhetoric we are considering if she has any anything thine in the least degree unfavorable to of any person it is is extremely difficult to draw from rom her actual names her favorite periphrastic stil being either elther ome some folks or or certain parties some folks she remarked the other day should I 1 think h be a litt little m more ire circumspect regarding their d A a esp s 1 c edily abeln bing parsonage folks certain p arties ir ies les who 3 chati shall be be nameless were seen yes i id v y w aking with certain other parties alot aloiv ahen too it was nearly dusk to be sure people who have poor things only IP ne daughter married out of four can be fori iriv n a little latitude in in that respect now N v by this roundabout round about method of comin mic irio i mrs urs Parkin parkinson sn made mide herself hl self seif un jw 1 i oll ii ib to etoir 0 ir s n es eat eai froal from london wb i hap aued L td to lo bt bv reset while I 1 ws as aft in poss possession estion of her meaning as if she had said that the woodsons Good Gooda ons sons mother and daughter were allu led to in like manner I 1 can tan al davs tell oa 01 what terms my uly wife happens to be with wilh thin th in or id ed with wi any of alir 0 ir neah h b s by hir lir diger dixer taJ lud it modes bojes of asio att xit S hn jl Y when a little tiff happened the reverend mr goodson and family are delip designated bated thre tire people 1 I 1 at the end of the village should how 1 eyer mrs pai par ki ison be speaking sp eakin eaLin dking praise cf of i them details 0 g for exl exi amp ai y of ma mis mib a Goodson goodsonl Good sona 18 numerous nume numerous rous atus acs ac s of charity chanty she cas cals her that dear woman at the pars parsonage mage 1 in short mrs parkinson like many maily others whom my readers will be able to point out 0 it amidst acids it their own respective circles is afflicted with a verj very great dread of genuo ing names 1 for acar as she diplomatically observer vet yet of coin com romi ainz aing 0 her hersell herself sell seil I 1 am however incline d to think thinh th that domes tic tie life is not the soil SOLI in which our favorite I 1 flower of rh torie tone flouri flourishes siles slips best heat to see it in IP I 1 its highest perfection we must take a glance I 1 at the learned professions and the I 1 I 1 select my first instance from the pulpit h canse colise it happened to me with wilh a bt h t of judicious p periphrasis which had a most bene facial gici fici il efrece effect on mrs Parkins parkinson nn to say the truth her prevailing foible is is love of dress and I 1 almost blush tod that she used sed sad to select the least appropriate dav day in n tha the for f r i g i coison coi cot s q entla she and aid clotild 11 i ephom sel lorn antei rd chirch enireb ch arch till after all the rest of the con conred reg bad hid assembled to thir m mihi mini manifest fest test disturb disant bance ace the Revere reverend wl mr goodson had already complained to me of the annoyance and I 1 had h id communicated M my V views 0 on n the subject to my wife in in terms M aub ilch lich too strong birong etro ig to admit of any iny periphrasis whatever still st 11 hirs mrs parkins n n would not be warned and continued to arrive in in the ile middle of the service I 1 1 asa As a last reCOIl recourse Tse therefore our reverend pastor made mide a pointed allusion from the pulpit I 1 the subject was lukewarm christians erel ere I 1 as more effectual effect lal oal enemies to christianity I 1 than confirmed scephas the accomplished F preacher pointed out ont 0 it the various descriptions of this character till at last be he came to the class in which I 1 felt sire s lre ire my wife was 1 ded of these m my y brethren I 1 continued the lent fent preacher there are some who when all Is a silent save the voice of the pastor an nonnce announce their pes presence ence by the rustling of silks sills and th streaming arill of ribbons Ks 1 nobody could mistake to whom this periphrasis er i applied for the preacher cast a 8 side bide pl id e glance at my ray wite wife which acted as a conductor I 1 to 0 tile the eyes of the whole congregation and they were coi cot cent rated on the same sime focus focas r mrs parkinson bl blushed ashel asbel as pink as her bonnet and from that day never entered late or otherwise w ift isu e than plainly attired passin passing the learned professions in in some of which v carried to an extent more tedious ahn amusing I 1 must invite my readers to seats seata in the house of parliament for there periphrasis i s reu ret reigns gns agns in all its glory in these great assemblies ass iss Im blips biles to refer to persons by their actual des designations nations is is strict strictly lv forbidden the honorable amber for Rumble numble borough or the honorable and gallant member or bon honorable and learned gentleman according as a military or legal senator is is indicated must a erve serve in the commons for all more precise ap pella tives this does tolerably well wel but in in the lords where men as members have hav e no local habitation any more than they have a name much more difficulty is is experienced tins this is is best beat illustrated in a reply aeter after a certain i peer ir I 1 has made a motion the other iber 6 lords lorde deliver dellver t air opinions for and against it and when all have llave sp okeh it is usual for the mover to reply to t the 11 e several arguments the periphrastic shifts he be is put to in designating i the various orators ge we sometimes really dist distressing re saing if two bishops haie haic spoken goneis the cri lri night right rbt reverend prelate who took an early part in in the debate debated and the other the th right reverend pe prelate who usually votes with the 1 then comes abit of logic for the nobie noble and learned baron on the crose croas bench succeeded by an exposure of the fallacies of a noble viscount on the opposite side of the hoise hoisea ho holse ise lse 1 with a cordial eulogy on the cipar clear sighted views propounded ded by the noble lord on the woolsack f the further the orator proceeds the poorer be naturally gets betit in in his periphrasis till towards the end he tie N is reduced to the able lord who preceded the last list speaker or the athe noble an and gallant dl duke who a 8 addressed dres dreb sed to their lordships lord ships a few pithy sentences previous ions ioas to the noble lord who wilo preceded be he last speaker finally he comes cornea to the oft mentioned last speaker himself who is designated either as the noble lord who has fias lust luat at sat down or as the noble lord who was wat last tu st on his legs it is is obvious that exactly as mrs sons bitof bit of scandal was quite to our stranger guest so the debates in the house hoose of lairds lords would be almost greek to the public if they appear edin edAn the newspapers exactly aa as they hey M ire are conducted the Te reporters porters however horev 1 render renaer them intelligible by inserting ali within in parentheses the actual names of the peers so mysterious mysteriously lk and circuitously alluded to A few periphrases are common to both houses the most striking being the circumspection with which the name of the sovereign is avoided she is hinted at as the throne the crown or an illustrious persona personage P and when some bold debater wishes to be very personal indeed indel he be ap speaks eaks of the highest personage in the realm I 1 do really believe that the utterance of these widely cherished words queen victoria Victor iain lain in the house hoose of commons wo ild iid cause as extraordinary a sensation sensate in as was created credited by the irish irian reporter v N ho ami amidst the gravest silence called on rhe ibe he fo for a song it seems also t to 0 be bea head as s highly improper er for any person to talk of the house of lords hords in in the one place or of the ho oise olse ise lse of commons in in the obe each eich assembly being de irately I 1 shadowed foith f 01 th as another ano her place lace 1 nv NAV this e viv iafe tte tto is 13 carried to an bom bow diess ex t le i i t f for r in 11 IP tri ot i an occurrence may inay have happened anywhere else than in in uhichi eith 1 er of the theother other places or house of parlia parila I 1 ment the expression tobe to be used isgut of doors 11 thui thus the fie le legislative i wisdom of this country dm leg leq is tl 11 P t arres na lobe 11 ato to two sections that which pvn h is 13 comprised gwi wi lun tun doors and I 1 hd hat which exist exists out of doors the gentlemen of the press pressy a pleasing periphrasis for reporters luxuriate ate in the figure I 1 even more than orators 11 1 I am tempted I 1 i to believe that thal this arises from the fiscal arrangements range ments of ne newspaper w shaper ebors who remunerate mun erate a certain cla cia class ss of writers miters at BO so much pr it ii e ii is ob to isly I 1 iii iti ii pro erm e tile the interest of tn th reporter 10 lo convey a saiu sliu fact in as many words and iines lines as postle hence lie he adopts al the circumlocutory or periphrastic tic style of in lit order to blend f el rd ad dic dil ic wi iut iu w i t iv h pecuniary profit sj at ig fur fr exa ap lle ile lie he hears that thit old lord S aiki aill son it ins is po proposed popo posed sed aed gt arriage marriage to alder inin vom vo ingest gest dolli daught fer fei fi tint thit information nia tion conveyed convened lit ili so many words would not dot only prove extremely his ins readers but ver very verv to himself ile he therefore spreads out this inch of fact into a foot foo of paragraph somewhat after the fol lotvin paragraph approaching MARRIAGE IN hiatt lire life it is is rumored in ili the circles circle that an earl of recent creation whose incela l as a general officer were won in thi peninsula and who held office under tinder a fate but resigned on the breaking brea kina kinf ulof that cabinet is 13 about to lead to the he hymeneal altar allar the lovely and accomplished danh daughter P ter of jot an opulent city alderman who not long since passed the civic chair with the marked approbation of his hia filow fellow citizens though the tile noble lover lorer over has passe I 1 the grand gnand rand climacteric ahm and anti the fair intended is in the cammy catty eamy bloom of yet the tile alliance 1 is 8 litt lid to be barely one of affection on both boeth ldes ides sides idea the dower of the future countess ia is said stid to be immense upon this principle it is seldom thit in newspapers papers things or persons are called by ther their ordinary names fire is the destructive element dancing tripping it on oft the 11 light liht 0 at fantastic toe drowning flading a watery grive grave eating rite rife in the lie pleasures of the table drinking sacrificing rih rif in 0 at the shrine of bal Bar barristers barrister are gentlemen of the long robe actors botar ies les of thessis Th espis sho e sons of st crispin n tailors knights of the doctors d 91 disciples 1 eigles of Bacu lapius Sal soldiers diers are all gallant galla la t sons of mars an devery sailor is 13 a son of neptune by the time I 1 had bad written thus far tar robert riched into the room with the intelligence thaw that poor clotilda had been seized with another fit of periphrasis for cor a certain had lawyer arrived bringing t with him this his father and lawyer bless ne me I 1 exclaimed wiping my spectacles and ringing for my dress coat 11 had lud forgotten all about amberton Am 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