An Abridgment of Lectures on RhetoricT. Elwood Zell, 1854 - 230 էջ |
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... observe , that the greater part of the pro- ductions of genius are no other than imitations of nature ; representations of the characters , actions , or manners of men . Now the pleasure we experience from such imitations or ...
... observe , that the greater part of the pro- ductions of genius are no other than imitations of nature ; representations of the characters , actions , or manners of men . Now the pleasure we experience from such imitations or ...
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... observation of such beauties as have been found to please mankind most generally . For example , Aristotle's rules concerning the unity of action in dra- matic and epic composition , were not first discovered by logical reasoning , and ...
... observation of such beauties as have been found to please mankind most generally . For example , Aristotle's rules concerning the unity of action in dra- matic and epic composition , were not first discovered by logical reasoning , and ...
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... observe the strong impression , which the powers of taste and imagination are calculated to give us of the benevolence of our Creator . By these powers he hath widely enlarged the sphere of the pleasures of human life ; and those too of ...
... observe the strong impression , which the powers of taste and imagination are calculated to give us of the benevolence of our Creator . By these powers he hath widely enlarged the sphere of the pleasures of human life ; and those too of ...
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... observed , that the sublime lies in the thought , not in the expression ; and , when the thought is really noble , it will generally clothe itself in a native majesty of language . The faults , opposite to the sublime , are principally ...
... observed , that the sublime lies in the thought , not in the expression ; and , when the thought is really noble , it will generally clothe itself in a native majesty of language . The faults , opposite to the sublime , are principally ...
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... observe respecting colours is , that those chosen for beauty , are commonly delicate , rather than glaring . Such are the feathers of several kinds of birds , the leaves of flowers , and the fine variation of colours , shown by the sky ...
... observe respecting colours is , that those chosen for beauty , are commonly delicate , rather than glaring . Such are the feathers of several kinds of birds , the leaves of flowers , and the fine variation of colours , shown by the sky ...
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Էջ 111 - We cannot indeed have a single image in the fancy that did not make its first entrance through the sight; but we have the power of retaining, altering, and compounding those images which we have once received, into all the varieties of picture and vision...
Էջ 88 - 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 74 - I shall detain you no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct you to a hill-side, where 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.
Էջ 25 - 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 151 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine; what is low, raise and support...
Էջ 90 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature, from her seat Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Էջ 25 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Էջ 110 - 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. The sense of feeling can indeed give us a notion of extension, shape, and all other ideas that enter at the eye, except colours ; but at the same time it is very much straitened and confined in its operations to the number, bulk,...
Էջ 186 - O SING unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
Էջ 115 - A man should endeavour, therefore, to make the sphere of his innocent pleasures as wide as possible, that he may retire into them with safety, and find in them such a satisfaction as a wise man would not blush to take.