Lectures on rhetoric &cT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820 |
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... manner in which art can most effectually furnish assistance for such a purpose , there may be diversity of opinions . I by no means pretend to say that mere rhetorical rules , how just soever , are sufficient to form an orator ...
... manner in which art can most effectually furnish assistance for such a purpose , there may be diversity of opinions . I by no means pretend to say that mere rhetorical rules , how just soever , are sufficient to form an orator ...
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... manner delicacy of internal Taste appears , by a quick and lively sen- sibility to its finest , most compounded , or most latent objects . Correctness of Taste respects chiefly the improve- ment which that C 4 Lect . II . ] 23 TASTE .
... manner delicacy of internal Taste appears , by a quick and lively sen- sibility to its finest , most compounded , or most latent objects . Correctness of Taste respects chiefly the improve- ment which that C 4 Lect . II . ] 23 TASTE .
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... manner as strongly to impress the minds of others . Refined Taste forms a good critic ; but Genius is farther necessary to form the poet , or the orator . It is proper also to observe , that Genius is a word , which , in common ...
... manner as strongly to impress the minds of others . Refined Taste forms a good critic ; but Genius is farther necessary to form the poet , or the orator . It is proper also to observe , that Genius is a word , which , in common ...
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... manner , of others , there is the fairest prospect of eminence in that , whatever it be . The rays must converge to a point , in order to glow intensely . This remark I here chuse to make , on account of its great importance to young ...
... manner , of others , there is the fairest prospect of eminence in that , whatever it be . The rays must converge to a point , in order to glow intensely . This remark I here chuse to make , on account of its great importance to young ...
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... manner ; which seems chiefly to arise from presenting the object to us in one full point of view ; so that it shall make its impression whole , entire , and undivided , upon the mind . A Gothic cathedral raises ideas of gran- deur in ...
... manner ; which seems chiefly to arise from presenting the object to us in one full point of view ; so that it shall make its impression whole , entire , and undivided , upon the mind . A Gothic cathedral raises ideas of gran- deur in ...
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Addison admiration advantage agreeable ancient appears Aristotle arrangement attention beautiful called character Cicero circumstances colours composition considered Criticism Dean Swift declension degree Demosthenes Dionysius of Halicarnassus discourse distinct distinguished effect elegant Eloquence employed English English Language expression fancy Figures Figures of Speech French frequent genius give grace Greek guage harmony Hence ideas imagination imitation instance Isocrates kind Language Latin Lecture Lord Bolingbroke Lord Shaftesbury Lysias manner means ment Metaphor mind musical nations nature never objects observe occasion Orator ornament particular passion period Perspicuity pleasure poet poetry precise principles pronouns proper propriety prose qualities Quinctilian reason relation remarkable render resemblance rise Roman rule sense sensible sentence sentiments shew signify Simplicity Sir William Temple sort sound speak Speech strength Style Sublime substantive nouns Taste tence thing thought Tongue Tropes variety verbs whole words writing
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Էջ 330 - How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations...
Էջ 330 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God ; I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north : I will ascend above the heights of the clouds ; I will be like the Most High.
Էջ 411 - A man of a polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving. He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in 'a statue. He meets with a secret refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession.
Էջ 331 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, " and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made " the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms ; " That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed " the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his
Էջ 57 - Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, and bade the father of his country 'hail! for lo! the tyrant prostrate on the dust, and Rome again is free!
Էջ 64 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under His feet. And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, He did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Էջ 330 - He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, He that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
Էջ 420 - I do not only mean the bulk of any single object, but the largeness of a whole view, considered as one entire piece. Such are the prospects of an open champaign country, a vast uncultivated desert, of huge heaps of mountains, high rocks and precipices, or a wide expanse of waters, where we are not struck with the novelty or beauty of the sight, but with that rude kind of magnificence which appears in many of these stupendous works of Nature.
Էջ 208 - By greatness, I do not only mean the bulk of any single object, but the largeness of a whole view, considered as one entire piece.
Էջ 281 - But yonder comes the powerful King of Day, Rejoicing in the east. The lessening cloud, The kindling azure, and the mountain's brow Illumed with fluid gold, his near approach Betoken glad.