Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1A. Strahan, and T. Cadell, 1815 - 544 páginas |
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... thing . He estimates with propriety the comparative merit of the several beauties which he meets with in any work of genius ; refers them to their proper classes ; assigns the principles , as far as they can be traced , whence their ...
... thing . He estimates with propriety the comparative merit of the several beauties which he meets with in any work of genius ; refers them to their proper classes ; assigns the principles , as far as they can be traced , whence their ...
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... thing that can be called a standard of taste ; by appealing to which we may distinguish between a good and a bad taste ? Or , is there in truth no such distinction : and are we to hold that , according to the proverb , there is no ...
... thing that can be called a standard of taste ; by appealing to which we may distinguish between a good and a bad taste ? Or , is there in truth no such distinction : and are we to hold that , according to the proverb , there is no ...
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... things . The difference between them can be clearly pointed out ; and it is of importance , to remember it . Taste ... thing whatever . Thus we speak of a genius for mathematics , as well as a genius for poetry ; of a genius for war ...
... things . The difference between them can be clearly pointed out ; and it is of importance , to remember it . Taste ... thing whatever . Thus we speak of a genius for mathematics , as well as a genius for poetry ; of a genius for war ...
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... thing that has yet been mentioned , to be the fundamental quality of the sublime ; as , after the review which we have taken , there does not occur to me any sublime object , into the idea of which , power , strength , and force ...
... thing that has yet been mentioned , to be the fundamental quality of the sublime ; as , after the review which we have taken , there does not occur to me any sublime object , into the idea of which , power , strength , and force ...
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... thing necessary to give us the impression full . Lucan resolved to amplify and adorn the thought . Observe how every time he twists it round , it departs farther from the sublime , till it ends at last in tumid declamation . Sperne ...
... thing necessary to give us the impression full . Lucan resolved to amplify and adorn the thought . Observe how every time he twists it round , it departs farther from the sublime , till it ends at last in tumid declamation . Sperne ...
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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.