An Abridgment of Lectures on RhetoricT. Elwood Zell, 1854 - 230 էջ |
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... unity of action in dra- matic and epic composition , were not first discovered by logical reasoning , and then applied to poetry ; but they were reduced from the practice of Homer and Sophocles . They were founded upon observing the ...
... unity of action in dra- matic and epic composition , were not first discovered by logical reasoning , and then applied to poetry ; but they were reduced from the practice of Homer and Sophocles . They were founded upon observing the ...
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... Unity . 3. Strength . 4. Harmony . Ambiguity is opposed to clearness , and arises from two causes ; either from a wrong choice of words , or a wrong collocation of them . Of the choice of words ; as far as regards perspicuity , we have ...
... Unity . 3. Strength . 4. Harmony . Ambiguity is opposed to clearness , and arises from two causes ; either from a wrong choice of words , or a wrong collocation of them . Of the choice of words ; as far as regards perspicuity , we have ...
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... unity . This is a capital property . The very nature of a sentence implies one proposition to be expressed . It may con- sist of parts ; but these parts must be so closely bound together , as to make an impression of one object only ...
... unity . This is a capital property . The very nature of a sentence implies one proposition to be expressed . It may con- sist of parts ; but these parts must be so closely bound together , as to make an impression of one object only ...
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... unity of a sentence is , keep clear of parentheses in the middle of it . These may on some occasions have a spirited appearance , as prompted by a certain vivacity of thought , which can glance happily aside , as it is going along . But ...
... unity of a sentence is , keep clear of parentheses in the middle of it . These may on some occasions have a spirited appearance , as prompted by a certain vivacity of thought , which can glance happily aside , as it is going along . But ...
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... unity of a sen- tence ? What instance , and how corrected ? What is the second rule Mention an instance . What is ... unity are absolutely necessary ; but more is requisite . For a sentence may be clear ; it may also be compact , or have ...
... unity of a sen- tence ? What instance , and how corrected ? What is the second rule Mention an instance . What is ... unity are absolutely necessary ; but more is requisite . For a sentence may be clear ; it may also be compact , or have ...
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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.