An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricUniversity Press, 1802 - 300 էջ |
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... interesting , as thofe of Herodotus , Thucydides , Xenophon , Livy , Tacitus , and Salluft .. Our dramas with all their im- provements are inferior in poetry and fentiment to those of Sophocles and Euripides . We have no comic dia ...
... interesting , as thofe of Herodotus , Thucydides , Xenophon , Livy , Tacitus , and Salluft .. Our dramas with all their im- provements are inferior in poetry and fentiment to those of Sophocles and Euripides . We have no comic dia ...
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... confpicuous for gravity .. There should be nothing mean , nor vulgar in the ftyle ; no quaintnefs , no smartness , no affectation , no wit . A history should likewise be interesting ; and this is the T 2 HISTORICAL WRITING . 209.
... confpicuous for gravity .. There should be nothing mean , nor vulgar in the ftyle ; no quaintnefs , no smartness , no affectation , no wit . A history should likewise be interesting ; and this is the T 2 HISTORICAL WRITING . 209.
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Hugh Blair. history should likewise be interesting ; and this is the quality , which chiefly distinguishes a writer of genius and eloquence . To be interesting , a hiftorian must preserve a medi- um between rapid recital and prolix ...
Hugh Blair. history should likewise be interesting ; and this is the quality , which chiefly distinguishes a writer of genius and eloquence . To be interesting , a hiftorian must preserve a medi- um between rapid recital and prolix ...
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... Interesting fituations in real life are the groundwork of novel writing . Up- on this plan the French have produced fome works of confiderable merit . Such are the Gil Blas of Le Sage and the Marianne of Marivaux . In this mode of ...
... Interesting fituations in real life are the groundwork of novel writing . Up- on this plan the French have produced fome works of confiderable merit . Such are the Gil Blas of Le Sage and the Marianne of Marivaux . In this mode of ...
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... interesting . One action or enterprise must conftitute its fubject . Ariftotle infifts on unity , as effen- tial to epic poetry ; because independent facts never affect fo deeply , as a tale , that is one and connected . Virgil has ...
... interesting . One action or enterprise must conftitute its fubject . Ariftotle infifts on unity , as effen- tial to epic poetry ; because independent facts never affect fo deeply , as a tale , that is one and connected . Virgil has ...
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.