Hendiadys

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Best thing ever written about hendiadys: George T. Wright, "Hendiadys and Hamlet," PMLA 96.2 1981: 168-193.

Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2008
Others blend them together, and say there is an Hendiadys, that is, according to the image most like us.

Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996
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There are at least a hundred over Hendiadys style of writings in the Bible.

John 14:6 2008
It is closely resembled with Hendiadys or two for one.

John 14:6 2008
In Hendiadys, two words are used, but only one thing or idea is meant.

John 14:6 2008
Punctuation in open fight; Parenthesis the giant and champion of the host, and Anacoluthon that never learned to read or write but is very handy with his sword; and Metathesis and Hendiadys, two Greeks.

The Path to Rome Hilaire Belloc 1911
It is the figure Hendiadys, by which the noun "kingdom" become a superlative adjective.

Commentary on Revelation 1837-1913 1909
Figure Hendiadys, denoting not two separate classes of persons, but one class, viz., their fellow servants even those who were their brethren.

Commentary on Revelation 1837-1913 1909