An Abridgment of Lectures on RhetorickJ. T. Buckingham, 1805 - 264 էջ |
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... render this little volume acceptable to the publick . To col- lect knowledge , which is scattered over a wide extent ... rendered as concise as possible . Hence the attention is not fatigued , nor the memory overloaded . That a knowledge ...
... render this little volume acceptable to the publick . To col- lect knowledge , which is scattered over a wide extent ... rendered as concise as possible . Hence the attention is not fatigued , nor the memory overloaded . That a knowledge ...
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... render it fub- lime . Hence infinite space , endless numbers , and e- ternal duration , fill the mind with great ideas . The most copious fource of fublime ideas feems to be derived from the exertion of great power and force .. Hence ...
... render it fub- lime . Hence infinite space , endless numbers , and e- ternal duration , fill the mind with great ideas . The most copious fource of fublime ideas feems to be derived from the exertion of great power and force .. Hence ...
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... renders burlesque and ridiculous by the fingle circumftance of one of his giants with the mountain Ida upon his fhoul- ders , and a river ; which flowed from the mountain , running down the giant's back , as he held it up in that ...
... renders burlesque and ridiculous by the fingle circumftance of one of his giants with the mountain Ida upon his fhoul- ders , and a river ; which flowed from the mountain , running down the giant's back , as he held it up in that ...
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... render the beauty greater and more complex . Thus in flowers , trees , and animals , we are entertained at once with the delicacy of the colour , with the gracefulness of the figure , and fome- times also with the motion of the object ...
... render the beauty greater and more complex . Thus in flowers , trees , and animals , we are entertained at once with the delicacy of the colour , with the gracefulness of the figure , and fome- times also with the motion of the object ...
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... rendered those helps entirely neceflary for explaining their conceptions ; and rude , unculti vated individuals , not having always ready even the few words , which they know , would naturally labour to make themselves understood by ...
... rendered those helps entirely neceflary for explaining their conceptions ; and rude , unculti vated individuals , not having always ready even the few words , which they know , would naturally labour to make themselves understood by ...
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Common terms and phrases
Æneid affembly affiftance againſt alfo alſo ancient beautiful becauſe caufe characters Cicero circumftances comedy compariſon compofition confiderable confifts converfation defcribed defcription defign difcourfe difcover diftinction diftinguiſhed diſcourſe dramatick elegant eloquence Engliſh epick expreffion exprefs fame fatire fcene fecond feems fenfe fenfibility fentence fentiments fhall fhould figure fimple fimplicity fince firſt fome fometimes fpeaking fpecies ftrength ftriking ftrong ftudied ftyle fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuppofe fyllable genius hearers Hence himſelf Homer ideas Iliad imagination impreffion inftance interefting itſelf kind language lefs manner meaſure metaphor mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary obferved objects occafions orator ornament paffage paffion paftoral pathetick paufe perfon perfpicuity pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetry poffefs prefent profe proper propriety publick raiſe reaſon refpect render requifite reſemblance rife ſome ſpeak ſpeaker ſpeech ſpirit ſtate ſtudy ſtyle Tafte Taſte tence thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tragedy uſed Virgil words writing
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Էջ 23 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Էջ 19 - He made darkness His secret place: His pavilion round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Էջ 20 - Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things ; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone ; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself...
Էջ 96 - I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both. O flowers That never will in other climate grow...
Էջ 77 - But God be thanked, his pride is greater than his ignorance, and what he wants in knowledge he supplies by sufficiency. When he has looked about him, as far as he can, he concludes there is no more to be seen ; when he is at the end of his line he is at the bottom of the ocean ; when he has shot his best, he is sure none ever did, nor ever can, shoot better, or beyond it.
Էջ 86 - When the whole is put for a part, or a part for the whole ; a genus for a species, or a species for a genus; the...
Էջ 206 - I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls : and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely head ; the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows, the rank grass of the wall waved round its head. Desolate is the dwelling of Moina, silence is in the house of her fathers.
Էջ 21 - Above, the sire of gods his thunder rolls, And peals on peals redoubled rend the poles. Beneath...
Էջ 14 - Hence the grandeur of earthquakes and burning mountains ; of great conflagrations ; of the stormy ocean and overflowing waters ; of tempests of wind ; of thunder and lightning; and of all the uncommon violence of the elements: nothing is more sublime than mighty power and strength.
Էջ 20 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.