An Abridgment of Lectures on RhetorickJ. T. Buckingham, 1805 - 264 էջ |
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... Those for whom the follow- ing Essays are principally intended , will derive pecul- iar benefit from the brevity with which they are con- veyed . To youth , who are engaged in the rudiments of learning ; whose time and attention must be ...
... Those for whom the follow- ing Essays are principally intended , will derive pecul- iar benefit from the brevity with which they are con- veyed . To youth , who are engaged in the rudiments of learning ; whose time and attention must be ...
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... those , who wish either to write with reputation , or fo to express themselves in publick , as to command attention . Among the ancients it was an effential principle , that the orator ought to be converfant in every department of ...
... those , who wish either to write with reputation , or fo to express themselves in publick , as to command attention . Among the ancients it was an effential principle , that the orator ought to be converfant in every department of ...
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... those minds , which have this elegant and liberal turn , the most pleafing hopes may be entertain- ed . On the contrary , entire insensibility to elo- quence , poetry , or any of the fine arts , may justly be confidered as a bad symptom ...
... those minds , which have this elegant and liberal turn , the most pleafing hopes may be entertain- ed . On the contrary , entire insensibility to elo- quence , poetry , or any of the fine arts , may justly be confidered as a bad symptom ...
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... those finer organs or powers , which enable us to discover beauties , that are concealed from a vul- gar eye . It is judged of by the fame marks , that we employ in judging of the delicacy of an external fenfe . As the goodness of the ...
... those finer organs or powers , which enable us to discover beauties , that are concealed from a vul- gar eye . It is judged of by the fame marks , that we employ in judging of the delicacy of an external fenfe . As the goodness of the ...
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... those , who have gone before him . No rules indéed can sup- ply the defects of genius , or infpire it , where it is wanting ; but they may often guide it into its proper channel ; they may correct its extravagances , and teach it the ...
... those , who have gone before him . No rules indéed can sup- ply the defects of genius , or infpire it , where it is wanting ; but they may often guide it into its proper channel ; they may correct its extravagances , and teach it the ...
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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.