An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricUniversity Press, 1802 - 300 էջ |
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... , where human nature appears in its moft uncultivated state , the favages have their ornaments of dress , their war and their death fongs , their harangues and their orators . B The principles of Tafte must therefore be deeply found- ed.
... , where human nature appears in its moft uncultivated state , the favages have their ornaments of dress , their war and their death fongs , their harangues and their orators . B The principles of Tafte must therefore be deeply found- ed.
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Hugh Blair. to fublime writing . Simplicity is properly oppofed to ftudied and profufe ornament ; and concifenefs to ... ornaments ; nay , if he throw in any one decoration , which falls in the leaft below the principal image ; that ...
Hugh Blair. to fublime writing . Simplicity is properly oppofed to ftudied and profufe ornament ; and concifenefs to ... ornaments ; nay , if he throw in any one decoration , which falls in the leaft below the principal image ; that ...
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... ornament was profeffedly ftudied . RISE AND PROGRESS OF LANGUAGE AND OF WRITING . WHEN we examine the order , in which words are arranged in a sentence , we find a very remarkable dif- ference between antient and modern tongues . The ...
... ornament was profeffedly ftudied . RISE AND PROGRESS OF LANGUAGE AND OF WRITING . WHEN we examine the order , in which words are arranged in a sentence , we find a very remarkable dif- ference between antient and modern tongues . The ...
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... the order , in which they there exist . ( The qualities of a good style may be ranged under two heads , perfpicuity and ornament . It will readily be admitted , that perfpicuity is the fundamental quali- ty ENGLISH TONGUE . 63.
... the order , in which they there exist . ( The qualities of a good style may be ranged under two heads , perfpicuity and ornament . It will readily be admitted , that perfpicuity is the fundamental quali- ty ENGLISH TONGUE . 63.
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... ornament , which adds luftre and beauty to discourse . All comparisons may be reduced under two heads ; explaining and embellishing comparisons . For , when a writer compares an object with any other thing , it al- ways is , or ought to ...
... ornament , which adds luftre and beauty to discourse . All comparisons may be reduced under two heads ; explaining and embellishing comparisons . For , when a writer compares an object with any other thing , it al- ways is , or ought to ...
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.