Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1A. Strahan, and T. Cadell, 1815 - 544 páginas |
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... less of those treasures , than such as possess not half his store , but who can display what they possess with more propriety . Neither are these attainments of that kind for which we are indebted to nature merely . Nature has , indeed ...
... less of those treasures , than such as possess not half his store , but who can display what they possess with more propriety . Neither are these attainments of that kind for which we are indebted to nature merely . Nature has , indeed ...
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... less , occur in the life of every one , be filled up ? How can we contrive to dispose of them in any way that shall be more agreeable in itself , or more consonant to the dignity of the human mind , than in the entertainments of taste ...
... less , occur in the life of every one , be filled up ? How can we contrive to dispose of them in any way that shall be more agreeable in itself , or more consonant to the dignity of the human mind , than in the entertainments of taste ...
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... less connected . A culti- vated taste increases sensibility to all the tender and humane passions , by giving them frequent exercise ; while it tends to weaken the more violent and fierce emotions . Ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes ...
... less connected . A culti- vated taste increases sensibility to all the tender and humane passions , by giving them frequent exercise ; while it tends to weaken the more violent and fierce emotions . Ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes ...
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... less essential to man to have some discernment of beauty , than it is to possess the attributes of reason and of speech . † But although none be wholly devoid of this faculty , yet the de- grees in which it is possessed are widely ...
... less essential to man to have some discernment of beauty , than it is to possess the attributes of reason and of speech . † But although none be wholly devoid of this faculty , yet the de- grees in which it is possessed are widely ...
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... less distinction among her children . But in the distribution of those which belong only to the ornamental part of life , she hath bestowed her favours with more frugality . She hath both sown the seeds more sparingly ; and rendered a ...
... less distinction among her children . But in the distribution of those which belong only to the ornamental part of life , she hath bestowed her favours with more frugality . She hath both sown the seeds more sparingly ; and rendered a ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
action advantage Æneid agreeable ancient appears Aristotle attention beauty character Cicero circumstances comedy composition criticism Dean Swift degree Demosthenes dignity discourse distinct distinguished effect elegant eloquence employed English English language epic epic poem epic poetry Euripides expression fancy figures French genius give grace Greek hearers Hence Homer human ideas Iliad imagination imitation instance Isocrates kind language lecture manner means ment metaphor mind modern moral nature never objects observe occasion orator ornament particular passion peculiar persons perspicuity pleasure poem poet poetical poetry praise principles proper propriety prose public speaking Quintilian reason relation remarkable render rise Roman rule scene sense sensible sentence sentiments sermon shew simplicity sometimes Sophocles sort sound speaker species speech spirit strain style sublime syllables Tacitus taste tences thing thought Thucydides tion tragedy tropes unity variety verbs verse Virgil virtue Voltaire whole words writing
Passagens conhecidas
Página 453 - And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water : in the habitation of dragons where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Página 171 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming ; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak, and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we ? art thou become like unto us...
Página 26 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up...
Página 171 - 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.
Página 456 - 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.
Página 451 - 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.
Página 171 - 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 prisoners...
Página 213 - 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.
Página 474 - Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man, in the land of Canaan ; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
Página 219 - Our imagination loves to be filled with an object, or to grasp at any thing that is too big for its capacity. We are flung into a pleasing astonishment at such unbounded views, and feel a delightful stillness and amazement in the soul at the apprehension of them.