Lectures on rhetoric &cT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820 |
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... observe , that in the powers and pleasures of Taste , there is a more remarkable inequality among men , than is usually found , in point of common sense , reason and judgment . The constitution of our nature in this , as in all other ...
... observe , that in the powers and pleasures of Taste , there is a more remarkable inequality among men , than is usually found , in point of common sense , reason and judgment . The constitution of our nature in this , as in all other ...
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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 . The pleasure we receive from such imitations or representations is ...
... 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 . The pleasure we receive from such imitations or representations is ...
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... observing , that if there be no such thing as any standard of Taste , this consequence must immediately follow , that all tastes are equally good ; a position which , though it may pass unnoticed in slight matters , and when we speak of ...
... observing , that if there be no such thing as any standard of Taste , this consequence must immediately follow , that all tastes are equally good ; a position which , though it may pass unnoticed in slight matters , and when we speak of ...
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... observe next , that the diversity of Tastes which prevails among mankind , does not in every ease infer corruption of Taste , or oblige us to seek for some standard in order to determine who are in the right . The tastes of men may ...
... observe next , that the diversity of Tastes which prevails among mankind , does not in every ease infer corruption of Taste , or oblige us to seek for some standard in order to determine who are in the right . The tastes of men may ...
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... observing the superior plea- sure which we receive from the relation of an action which is one and entire , beyond what we receive from the relation of scattered and unconnected facts . Such observations taking their rise at first from ...
... observing the superior plea- sure which we receive from the relation of an action which is one and entire , beyond what we receive from the relation of scattered and unconnected facts . Such observations taking their rise at first from ...
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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.