An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricT. and J. Swords, 1813 - 287 էջ |
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... 183 Comparative Merit of the Ancients and Moderns 190 Historical Writing 193 Philosophical Writing and Dialogue 198 Epistolary Writing Fictitious History 199 200 Lyric Poetry Didactic Poetry Descriptive Poetry Nature of Poetry .
... 183 Comparative Merit of the Ancients and Moderns 190 Historical Writing 193 Philosophical Writing and Dialogue 198 Epistolary Writing Fictitious History 199 200 Lyric Poetry Didactic Poetry Descriptive Poetry Nature of Poetry .
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... 249 Greek Tragedy 261 French Tragedy 262 English Tragedy 263 Comedy 266 Ancient Comedy 269 Spanish Comedy 271 French Comedy ib . English Comedy 272 INTRODUCTION . A PROPER acquaintance with the circle of Liberal vi CONTENTS .
... 249 Greek Tragedy 261 French Tragedy 262 English Tragedy 263 Comedy 266 Ancient Comedy 269 Spanish Comedy 271 French Comedy ib . English Comedy 272 INTRODUCTION . A PROPER acquaintance with the circle of Liberal vi CONTENTS .
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... ancients it was an essential principle , that the orator ought to be conversant in every department of learn- ing . No art , indeed , can be contrived , which could stamp merit on a com- position for richness or splendour of expression ...
... ancients it was an essential principle , that the orator ought to be conversant in every department of learn- ing . No art , indeed , can be contrived , which could stamp merit on a com- position for richness or splendour of expression ...
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... ancient authors , that we are to look for the most striking instances of the sub- lime . The early ages of the world and the un- cultivated state of society were peculiarly favour- able to the emotions of sublimity . The Genius of men ...
... ancient authors , that we are to look for the most striking instances of the sub- lime . The early ages of the world and the un- cultivated state of society were peculiarly favour- able to the emotions of sublimity . The Genius of men ...
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... ancient oak is a venerable and sublime one . To return , however , to the beauty of mo- tion : it will be found to hold very generally , that motion in a straight line is not so beautiful as in a waving direction ; and motion upward is ...
... ancient oak is a venerable and sublime one . To return , however , to the beauty of mo- tion : it will be found to hold very generally , that motion in a straight line is not so beautiful as in a waving direction ; and motion upward is ...
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Էջ 109 - God is not a man, that he should lie ; " nor the Son of Man, that he should repent.
Էջ 222 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Էջ 218 - Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely tower...
Էջ 103 - O unexpected stroke, worse than of death ! Must I thus leave thee, Paradise ? thus leave Thee, native soil! these happy walks and shades, Fit haunt of gods ? where I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both.
Էջ 103 - O flowers That never will in other climate grow, My early visitation, and my last At even, which I bred up with tender hand From the first opening bud, and gave ye names, Who now shall rear ye to the sun, or rank Your tribes, and water from the ambrosial fount...
Էջ 222 - Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart and the tongue of the dumb sing, for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Էջ 221 - O SING unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
Էջ 24 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure : Even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Էջ 179 - Aonian maids, Delight no more; — O thou my voice inspire Who touched Isaiah's hallowed lips with fire ! Rapt into future times, the bard begun: A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin bear a Son!
Էջ 27 - 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...