An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricUniversity Press, 1802 - 300 էջ |
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... Means of improving in Eloquence Comparative Merit of the Antients and Moderns • Philofophical Writing and Dialogue Nature of Poetry . Its Origin and Progress- .. 167 172 180 186 • 197 • 205 • • • • • 208 • • · 213 • 215 216 ...
... Means of improving in Eloquence Comparative Merit of the Antients and Moderns • Philofophical Writing and Dialogue Nature of Poetry . Its Origin and Progress- .. 167 172 180 186 • 197 • 205 • • • • • 208 • • · 213 • 215 216 ...
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... mean , or even to the gay or trifling , changes the tone of the emotion . What is commonly called the fublime ftyle , is for the moft part a very bad one , and has no relation whatever to the true Sublime . Writers are apt to imagine ...
... mean , or even to the gay or trifling , changes the tone of the emotion . What is commonly called the fublime ftyle , is for the moft part a very bad one , and has no relation whatever to the true Sublime . Writers are apt to imagine ...
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... mean conception of it ; or by a weak , low , or puerile defcription of it . This betrays entire abfence , or at least extreme poverty of genius . The Bombast lies in forcing a common or trivial object out of its rank , and in laboring ...
... mean conception of it ; or by a weak , low , or puerile defcription of it . This betrays entire abfence , or at least extreme poverty of genius . The Bombast lies in forcing a common or trivial object out of its rank , and in laboring ...
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... means of producing the fame end ; and confequently make different impreffious on the mind , ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF LANGUAGE . To O form an adequate idea of the Origin of Lan guage , we muft contemplate the circumstances of man- kind in ...
... means of producing the fame end ; and confequently make different impreffious on the mind , ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF LANGUAGE . To O form an adequate idea of the Origin of Lan guage , we muft contemplate the circumstances of man- kind in ...
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... means upon certain figns ; yet by what authority could these be fo propagated among other tribes or families , as to grow up into a language ? One would imagine that men must have been previously gathered together in confiderable ...
... means upon certain figns ; yet by what authority could these be fo propagated among other tribes or families , as to grow up into a language ? One would imagine that men must have been previously gathered together in confiderable ...
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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.