Dionysius Longinus On the Sublime: Translated from the Greek, with Notes and Observations, and Some Account of the Life, Writings, and Character of the AuthorB. Dod, 1752 - 180 páginas |
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... itself first allured me to the attempt ; and a regard for the public , efpecially for those who might be unable to read the original , was the main inducement to its publication . The Treatife on the SUBLIME had flept for feveral ages ...
... itself first allured me to the attempt ; and a regard for the public , efpecially for those who might be unable to read the original , was the main inducement to its publication . The Treatife on the SUBLIME had flept for feveral ages ...
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... itself , nor more improving to the mind , than the lives of those who have diftinguished themselves from the herd of mankind , and fet themselves up to public regard . A parti- cular tribute of admiration is always due , and is ...
... itself , nor more improving to the mind , than the lives of those who have diftinguished themselves from the herd of mankind , and fet themselves up to public regard . A parti- cular tribute of admiration is always due , and is ...
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... itself to view ; in another , a pile of ftones lying in the same confusion in which they fell , with here and there a nodding wall ; and fometimes a B 2 curious 1 Suidas . J. Jonfius . curious pillar ftill erect of LONGINU S.
... itself to view ; in another , a pile of ftones lying in the same confusion in which they fell , with here and there a nodding wall ; and fometimes a B 2 curious 1 Suidas . J. Jonfius . curious pillar ftill erect of LONGINU S.
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... itself feems too narrow a confinement for that of the Critic * . And tho ' his thoughts are fometimes ftretched to an im- measurable fize , yet they are always great with- out fwelling , bold without rashness , far be- yond what any ...
... itself feems too narrow a confinement for that of the Critic * . And tho ' his thoughts are fometimes ftretched to an im- measurable fize , yet they are always great with- out fwelling , bold without rashness , far be- yond what any ...
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... unreproved t . Yet here his Good - nature exerts itself again , and he propofes divers me- thods of amending what is wrong . * Sect . XXXI . † Se & t . XLIII . C 3 The * The Judgment and Candor and Impartia- lity , with of LONGINUS . xxi.
... unreproved t . Yet here his Good - nature exerts itself again , and he propofes divers me- thods of amending what is wrong . * Sect . XXXI . † Se & t . XLIII . C 3 The * The Judgment and Candor and Impartia- lity , with of LONGINUS . xxi.
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Página 78 - Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, have they not sped ? have they not divided the prey ; to every man a damsel or two ; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil...
Página 74 - Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee: — I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not , fatal vision , sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
Página 114 - She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors: "Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
Página 156 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
Página 36 - 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 56 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble.
Página 45 - 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 57 - Spit, fire! spout, rain! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and despis'd old man.
Página 138 - May boldly deviate from the common track ; Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics dare not mend. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part. And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which, without passing through the judgment, gains The heart, and all its end at once attains.