An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricUniversity Press, 1802 - 300 էջ |
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... actions , or manners of men . Now the pleafure , we expe- rience from fuch imitations or reprefentations , is founded on mere Taste ; but to judge , whether they be properly executed , belongs to the understanding , which compares the ...
... actions , or manners of men . Now the pleafure , we expe- rience from fuch imitations or reprefentations , is founded on mere Taste ; but to judge , whether they be properly executed , belongs to the understanding , which compares the ...
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... action in dra- matic and epic compofition were not firft discovered by logical reasoning , and then applied to poetry ; but they were deduced from the practice of Homer and So- phocles . They were founded upon obferving the fupe- rior ...
... action in dra- matic and epic compofition were not firft discovered by logical reasoning , and then applied to poetry ; but they were deduced from the practice of Homer and So- phocles . They were founded upon obferving the fupe- rior ...
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... actions of our fellow creatures . These will be found to be chiefly of that clafs , which comes under the name of Magnanimity or Heroism ; and they produce an effect very fimilar to what is produced by a view of grand objects in nature ...
... actions of our fellow creatures . These will be found to be chiefly of that clafs , which comes under the name of Magnanimity or Heroism ; and they produce an effect very fimilar to what is produced by a view of grand objects in nature ...
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... action . Color , figure , and motion , though feparate principles of Beauty , yet in many beautiful objects meet together , and thereby render the beauty greater and more com- plex . Thus in flowers , trees , and animals we are en ...
... action . Color , figure , and motion , though feparate principles of Beauty , yet in many beautiful objects meet together , and thereby render the beauty greater and more com- plex . Thus in flowers , trees , and animals we are en ...
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... actions , always raise in us a feeling fimilar to that of Beauty . There are two great claffes of moral qualities ; one is of the high and the great virtues , which require extraordinary efforts , and is founded on dangers and ...
... actions , always raise in us a feeling fimilar to that of Beauty . There are two great claffes of moral qualities ; one is of the high and the great virtues , which require extraordinary efforts , and is founded on dangers and ...
Common terms and phrases
Æneid againſt alfo alſo antient beautiful becauſe caufe characters Cicero cife circumſtances comedy compariſon compofition confiderable conftruction converfation defcribe defcription difcourfe diftinction diftinguiſhed diſcourſe diſcover elegant eloquence Engliſh epic epic poetry expreffion exprefs faid fame fatire fcene fecond feems fenfe fentence fentiments fhall fhould figure fimple fimplicity fince firft firſt fome fometimes fpeaking fpecies fpeech fpirit ftrength ftudied ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuppofe fyllable genius hearers Hence higheſt himſelf hiſtory Homer ideas Iliad imagination imitation impreffion inftance intereſting kind language lefs manner meaſure metaphor mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary obferve objects occafion orator ornament paffage paffion paftoral paufe perfon perfpicuity pleafing pleaſing pleaſure poem poet poetry poffefs prefent profe proper propriety raiſe reafon refpect requifite reſemblance rife ſcene ſpeaker ſpeaking ſtate ſtriking ſtrong ſtudy ſtyle Tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tragedy underſtanding uſed verfe Virgil words writing
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Էջ 234 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom...
Էջ 18 - 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.
Էջ 18 - 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 17 - He made darkness His secret place: His pavilion round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Էջ 239 - The mountains saw thee, and they trembled : the overflowing of the water passed by : the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
Էջ 17 - In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Էջ 102 - Me miserable! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep, Still threatening to devour me, opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Էջ 106 - 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 84 - 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. His own reason is the certain measure of truth, his own knowledge, of what is possible in nature...
Էջ 81 - Homer was the greater genius; Virgil, the better artist; in the one, we most admire the man; in. the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty.