Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles LettresEvert Duyckinck, 1817 - 500 էջ |
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... , when his arrangement is loose , and his sentences become fee- ble , the defects of his style can almost on every occasion , be traced back to his indistinct conception of the subject : so LECT . 1. ] 11 INTRODUCTION .
... , when his arrangement is loose , and his sentences become fee- ble , the defects of his style can almost on every occasion , be traced back to his indistinct conception of the subject : so LECT . 1. ] 11 INTRODUCTION .
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... become re- fined . It will not easily bear what is slovenly and incorrect . Every author must aspire to some merit in expression , as well as in sentiment , if he would not incur the danger of being neglected and despised . I will not ...
... become re- fined . It will not easily bear what is slovenly and incorrect . Every author must aspire to some merit in expression , as well as in sentiment , if he would not incur the danger of being neglected and despised . I will not ...
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... becomes so remarkably susceptible of cultivation and progress . Reflect first upon that great law of our nature , that ... become in persons whose trade or business leads to nice exertions of them . Touch , for instance , be- comes ...
... becomes so remarkably susceptible of cultivation and progress . Reflect first upon that great law of our nature , that ... become in persons whose trade or business leads to nice exertions of them . Touch , for instance , be- comes ...
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... becomes by degrees more exact and enlightened . He begins to perceive not only the character of the whole , but the beauties and defects of each part ; and is able to describe the peculiar qualities which he praises or blames . The mist ...
... becomes by degrees more exact and enlightened . He begins to perceive not only the character of the whole , but the beauties and defects of each part ; and is able to describe the peculiar qualities which he praises or blames . The mist ...
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... become unprejudiced and dispassionate , will ever coincide at last . Instances , I admit , there are , of some works that contain gross trans- gressions of the laws of criticism , acquiring , nevertheless , a general , and even a ...
... become unprejudiced and dispassionate , will ever coincide at last . Instances , I admit , there are , of some works that contain gross trans- gressions of the laws of criticism , acquiring , nevertheless , a general , and even a ...
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Addison admiration admit advantage Æneid agreeable ancient appears Aristotle attention beauty called character Cicero circumstances comedy composition considered criticism Dean Swift declension degree Demosthenes dignity discourse distinct distinguished effect elegant eloquence employed English English language epic epic poetry expression fancy figures French frequently genius give grace Greek hearers Hence Homer human ideas Iliad imagination imitation instance Isocrates Julius Cæsar kind language Latin lecture Lord Shaftesbury manner means metaphor mind nature never objects observe occasion orator ornament particular passion peculiar person perspicuity plain pleasure poem poet poetical poetry precision principles proper propriety prose public speaking Quintilian reason relation remarkable render resemblance rise Roman rule scene sense sensible sentence sentiments shew simplicity sort sound speaker species speech strength style sublime Tacitus taste tence thing thought Thucydides tion tongue tragedy tropes variety verbs verse Virgil whole words writing
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Էջ 422 - 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 418 - Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name : bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness : fear before him, all the earth.
Էջ 423 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Էջ 121 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
Էջ 206 - A man of a polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving. 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 157 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Էջ 43 - God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off...
Էջ 169 - All the kings of the nations, even all of them, Lie in glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch...
Էջ 418 - O SING unto the LORD a new song: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
Էջ 168 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God...