An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricUniversity Press, 1802 - 300 էջ |
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... circumstances of darkness and ter- ror are here applied with propriety and fuccefs for heightening the fublime . The celebrated inftance , given by Longinus , from Mofes , " God faid , let there be light ; and there was . light ...
... circumstances of darkness and ter- ror are here applied with propriety and fuccefs for heightening the fublime . The celebrated inftance , given by Longinus , from Mofes , " God faid , let there be light ; and there was . light ...
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... circumstances are happily chofen , and of a fublime kind . In this the great art of the writer consists ; and indeed the princi-- pal difficulty of fublime description . If the defcription be too general , and divested of circumstances ...
... circumstances are happily chofen , and of a fublime kind . In this the great art of the writer consists ; and indeed the princi-- pal difficulty of fublime description . If the defcription be too general , and divested of circumstances ...
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... circumstances , but what are truly fublime : From their foundations loosening to and fro , They pluck'd the feated hills with all their load , Rocks , waters , woods ; and by the fhaggy tops Uplifting bore them in their hands.- This ...
... circumstances , but what are truly fublime : From their foundations loosening to and fro , They pluck'd the feated hills with all their load , Rocks , waters , woods ; and by the fhaggy tops Uplifting bore them in their hands.- This ...
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... circumstances ; and with how great care every circumstance must be avoided , which by approaching in the smallest degree to the mean , or even to the gay or trifling , changes the tone of the emotion . What is commonly called the ...
... circumstances ; and with how great care every circumstance must be avoided , which by approaching in the smallest degree to the mean , or even to the gay or trifling , changes the tone of the emotion . What is commonly called the ...
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... form an adequate idea of the Origin of Lan guage , we muft contemplate the circumstances of man- kind in their earliest and rude ftate . They were then a wandering , scattered race ; no fociety among 34 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS.
... form an adequate idea of the Origin of Lan guage , we muft contemplate the circumstances of man- kind in their earliest and rude ftate . They were then a wandering , scattered race ; no fociety among 34 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS.
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.