Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1787 |
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... thing . He estimates with propriety the com- parative merit of the feveral beauties which he meets with in any work of genius ; refers them to their proper claffes ; affigns the principles , as far as they can be traced , whence their ...
... thing . He estimates with propriety the com- parative merit of the feveral beauties which he meets with in any work of genius ; refers them to their proper claffes ; affigns the principles , as far as they can be traced , whence their ...
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... thing that can be called a ftandard of Tafte , by appealing to which we may dif- tinguish between a good and a bad Tafte ? 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 ftandard of Tafte , by appealing to which we may dif- tinguish between a good and a bad Tafte ? 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 . BUT to prevent mistakes on this fubject , it is neceffary to obferve next , that the diversity of Taftes which prevails among mankind , does not in every case infer corruption of Taste , or oblige us to feek for fome ftandard ...
... things . BUT to prevent mistakes on this fubject , it is neceffary to obferve next , that the diversity of Taftes which prevails among mankind , does not in every case infer corruption of Taste , or oblige us to feek for fome ftandard ...
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... things of the fame kind . Thus a ftandard weight or measure , is that which is appointed by law to regulate all other measures and weights . Thus the court is faid to be the ftandard of good breeding ; and the fcripture , of theological ...
... things of the fame kind . Thus a ftandard weight or measure , is that which is appointed by law to regulate all other measures and weights . Thus the court is faid to be the ftandard of good breeding ; and the fcripture , of theological ...
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... things . The difference between them can be clearly pointed out ; and it is of importance to remember it . Tafte ... thing whatever . Thus we fpeak of a Genius for mathematics , as well as III . as a Genius for poetry ; of a GENIUS :
... things . The difference between them can be clearly pointed out ; and it is of importance to remember it . Tafte ... thing whatever . Thus we fpeak of a Genius for mathematics , as well as III . as a Genius for poetry ; of a GENIUS :
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againſt alfo antient arifes Beauty becauſe cafes cauſe Cicero circumftances cloſe Compariſons compofition confiderable conftruction courſe Dean Swift defcribing defcription defign difcourfe diftinction diftinguiſhed diſcourſe employed expreffion exprefs faid fame feems fenfe fenfible fentiments feveral fhall fhould fignify figns Figures fimple firft firſt fome fometimes fpeaking ftate ftill ftrong ftudied ftyle fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed genius give guage Hence himſelf ideas imagination impreffion inftance itſelf ject laft Language LECT lefs Lord Bolingbroke manner meaning meaſure Metaphor mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obfcure obferve objects occafions paffage paffion perfon Perfpicuity pleaſe pleaſure poetry poffefs precife prefent profe progrefs proper propofition purpoſe racters raiſe reaſon refpect reft render reſemblance rife Sentence ſhall ſpeak Speech ſtate ſtudy ſtyle Sublime Tafte Taſte tence thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion Tongue Tropes underſtanding underſtood uſe verbs whofe words writing
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Página 75 - He made darkness His secret place: His pavilion round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Página 62 - 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: it stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God?
Página 426 - Art thou also become weak as we? Art thou become like unto us? Thy pomp is brought down to the grave and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Página 426 - 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.
Página 395 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Página 85 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Página 427 - But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
Página 66 - Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene With half that kindling majesty dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of Caesar's fate, Amid the crowd of patriots ; and his arm Aloft extending, like eternal Jove When guilt brings down the thunder, call'd aloud On 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...
Página 79 - Th' infernal monarch rear'd his horrid head, Leap'd from his throne, lest Neptune's arm should lay His dark dominions open to the day, And pour in light on Pluto's drear abodes, Abhorr'd by men, and dreadful ev'n to gods. Such war th' immortals wage; such horrors rend The world's vast concave, when the gods contend.
Página 416 - I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both. O flowers That never will in other climate grow...