An Abridgment of Lectures on RhetoricSimeon Butler, 1818 - 216 էջ |
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... necessary to the purpose of the present work , that all these be examin- ed fully ; the pleasure which we receive from discourse or writing , being the principal object of them . Our design is to give some opening into the pleasures of ...
... necessary to the purpose of the present work , that all these be examin- ed fully ; the pleasure which we receive from discourse or writing , being the principal object of them . Our design is to give some opening into the pleasures of ...
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... necessary purposes of life might have been answered , though our senses of seeing and hearing had only served to distinguish external objects , without giving us any of those refined and delicate sensations of beauty and grandeur , with ...
... necessary purposes of life might have been answered , though our senses of seeing and hearing had only served to distinguish external objects , without giving us any of those refined and delicate sensations of beauty and grandeur , with ...
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... necessary , will clearly show the importance of all these requisites . It is chiefly among ancient authors , that we are to look for the most striking instances of the sublime . The early ages of the world and the uncultivated state of ...
... necessary , will clearly show the importance of all these requisites . It is chiefly among ancient authors , that we are to look for the most striking instances of the sublime . The early ages of the world and the uncultivated state of ...
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... necessary to sublime writing . Strength of des- cription proceeds in a great measure from conciseness ; but it implies something more , namely , a judicious choice of circumstances in the description ; such as will SUBLIMITY IN WRITING .
... necessary to sublime writing . Strength of des- cription proceeds in a great measure from conciseness ; but it implies something more , namely , a judicious choice of circumstances in the description ; such as will SUBLIMITY IN WRITING .
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... necessary to observe , that the sen- sa ions of sublime and beautiful are not always distin- guished by very distant boundaries ; but are capable in many instances of approaching toward each other . Thus a gentle running stream is one ...
... necessary to observe , that the sen- sa ions of sublime and beautiful are not always distin- guished by very distant boundaries ; but are capable in many instances of approaching toward each other . Thus a gentle running stream is one ...
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Էջ 18 - And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Էջ 171 - O SING unto the LORD a new song: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth. Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; Shew forth his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the heathen, His wonders among all people.
Էջ 172 - And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water : in the habitation of dragons where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Էջ 214 - States entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author., and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and also to an act entitled an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and...
Էջ 102 - He can converse with a Picture, and find an agreeable Companion in a Statue. He meets with a secret Refreshment in a Description, and often feels a greater Satisfaction in the Prospect of Fields and Meadows, than another does in the Possession.
Էջ 79 - O unexpected stroke, worse than of death ! Must I thus leave thee, Paradise ? thus leave Thee, native soil! these happy walks and shades, Fit haunt of gods ? where I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both.
Էջ 79 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Էջ 103 - Imagination, but are able to disperse Grief and Melancholy, and to set the Animal Spirits in pleasing and agreeable Motions. For this Reason Sir Francis Bacon, in his Essay upon Health, has not thought it improper to prescribe to his Reader a Poem or a Prospect, where he particularly dissuades him from knotty and subtile Disquisitions, and advises him to pursue Studies that fill the Mind with splendid and illustrious Objects, as Histories, Fables, and Contemplations of Nature.
Էջ 172 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Էջ 63 - I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.