Lectures on rhetoric &cT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820 |
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... far as he knows , is to be received from any one book in our language . 2 In order to render his work of greater service , he has generally referred to the books which he consulted , as far as he remembers them ; that iv PREFACE .
... far as he knows , is to be received from any one book in our language . 2 In order to render his work of greater service , he has generally referred to the books which he consulted , as far as he remembers them ; that iv PREFACE .
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... greater part of the pro- ductions of genius are no other than imitations of nature ; representations of the characters , actions , or manners of men . The pleasure we receive from such imitations or representations is founded on mere ...
... greater part of the pro- ductions of genius are no other than imitations of nature ; representations of the characters , actions , or manners of men . The pleasure we receive from such imitations or representations is founded on mere ...
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... greater advantage ; the illusion will presently be dissipated , and these false beauties will please no more . From these two sources then , first , the frequent exercise of Taste , and next the application of good sense and reason to ...
... greater advantage ; the illusion will presently be dissipated , and these false beauties will please no more . From these two sources then , first , the frequent exercise of Taste , and next the application of good sense and reason to ...
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... greater distinctness I shall , first , treat of the Grandeur or Sublimity of external objects themselves , which will employ the rest of this Lecture ; and , afterwards , of the description of such objects , or of what is called the ...
... greater distinctness I shall , first , treat of the Grandeur or Sublimity of external objects themselves , which will employ the rest of this Lecture ; and , afterwards , of the description of such objects , or of what is called the ...
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... greater accuracy , the Sublime in Writing and Composition . LECTURE IV . THE SUBLIME IN WRITING . HAVING treated of Grandeur or Sublimity , in exter- nal objects , the way seems now to be cleared , for treating , with more advantage ...
... greater accuracy , the Sublime in Writing and Composition . LECTURE IV . THE SUBLIME IN WRITING . HAVING treated of Grandeur or Sublimity , in exter- nal objects , the way seems now to be cleared , for treating , with more advantage ...
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Addison admiration advantage agreeable ancient appears Aristotle arrangement attention beautiful called character Cicero circumstances colours composition considered Criticism Dean Swift declension degree Demosthenes Dionysius of Halicarnassus discourse distinct distinguished effect elegant Eloquence employed English English Language expression fancy Figures Figures of Speech French frequent genius give grace Greek guage harmony Hence ideas imagination imitation instance Isocrates kind Language Latin Lecture Lord Bolingbroke Lord Shaftesbury Lysias manner means ment Metaphor mind musical nations nature never objects observe occasion Orator ornament particular passion period Perspicuity pleasure poet poetry precise principles pronouns proper propriety prose qualities Quinctilian reason relation remarkable render resemblance rise Roman rule sense sensible sentence sentiments shew signify Simplicity Sir William Temple sort sound speak Speech strength Style Sublime substantive nouns Taste tence thing thought Tongue Tropes variety verbs whole words writing
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Стр. 330 - How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations...
Стр. 330 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God ; I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north : I will ascend above the heights of the clouds ; I will be like the Most High.
Стр. 411 - 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.
Стр. 331 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, " and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made " the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms ; " That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed " the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his
Стр. 57 - Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, and bade the father of his country 'hail! for lo! the tyrant prostrate on the dust, and Rome again is free!
Стр. 64 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under His feet. And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, He did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Стр. 330 - He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, He that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
Стр. 420 - I do not only mean the bulk of any single object, but the largeness of a whole view, considered as one entire piece. Such are the prospects of an open champaign country, a vast uncultivated desert, of huge heaps of mountains, high rocks and precipices, or a wide expanse of waters, where we are not struck with the novelty or beauty of the sight, but with that rude kind of magnificence which appears in many of these stupendous works of Nature.
Стр. 208 - By greatness, I do not only mean the bulk of any single object, but the largeness of a whole view, considered as one entire piece.
Стр. 281 - But yonder comes the powerful King of Day, Rejoicing in the east. The lessening cloud, The kindling azure, and the mountain's brow Illumed with fluid gold, his near approach Betoken glad.