| When a self-communing thinker enunciates a figure of speech within the privacy of the mind, this figuration, unmindful of any outsider, is above all true to the subject's hidden character. |
| Sometimes one cannot avoid the impression that Europe is not only a symbol but also a figure of speech. |
| The lyrical grandeur of his language covers every known figure of speech from metaphor to simile, hyperbole to hendiadys. |
| This is only a figure of speech, but some are so captivated by this form that they maintain that Nature and God are one and the same thing. |
| Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. |
| Jesus uses this graphic figure of speech to show that our charitable deed should be for the Father, and not to gain notoriety for the giver. |
