Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles LettresEvert Duyckinck, 1817 - 500 páginas |
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... English Tragedy XLVII . Comedy - Greek and Roman - French - English Comedy 476 464 1 E LECTURE I. INTRODUCTION . ONE NE of the most 8 CONTENTS .
... English Tragedy XLVII . Comedy - Greek and Roman - French - English Comedy 476 464 1 E LECTURE I. INTRODUCTION . ONE NE of the most 8 CONTENTS .
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... English verse , to be , if not inconsistent with the But Cæsar still superior to distress , Fearless , and confident of sure success , Thus to the pilot loud - The seas despise , And the vain threat'ning of the noisy skies ; Though Gods ...
... English verse , to be , if not inconsistent with the But Cæsar still superior to distress , Fearless , and confident of sure success , Thus to the pilot loud - The seas despise , And the vain threat'ning of the noisy skies ; Though Gods ...
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... English tongue . * Language , in general , signifies the expression of our ideas by certain articulate sounds , which are used as the signs of those ideas . By articu- late sounds , are meant those modulations of simple voice or of ...
... English tongue . * Language , in general , signifies the expression of our ideas by certain articulate sounds , which are used as the signs of those ideas . By articu- late sounds , are meant those modulations of simple voice or of ...
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... English language , had taken notice of these significant roots , and represented it as a peculiar excellency of our tongue , that be- yond all others , it expressed the nature of the objects which it named , by employing sounds sharper ...
... English language , had taken notice of these significant roots , and represented it as a peculiar excellency of our tongue , that be- yond all others , it expressed the nature of the objects which it named , by employing sounds sharper ...
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... English construction admits ; which would require the " Justum et tenacem propositi virum , " though undoubtedly , the capital object in the sentence , to be thrown into the last place . I have said , that , in the Greek and Roman ...
... English construction admits ; which would require the " Justum et tenacem propositi virum , " though undoubtedly , the capital object in the sentence , to be thrown into the last place . I have said , that , in the Greek and Roman ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Addison admiration admit advantage Æneid agreeable ancient appears Aristotle attention beauty called character Cicero circumstances comedy composition considered criticism Dean Swift declension degree Demosthenes dignity discourse distinct distinguished effect elegant eloquence employed English English language epic epic poetry expression fancy figures French frequently genius give grace Greek hearers Hence Homer human ideas Iliad imagination imitation instance Isocrates Julius Cæsar kind language Latin lecture Lord Shaftesbury manner means metaphor mind nature never objects observe occasion orator ornament particular passion peculiar person perspicuity plain pleasure poem poet poetical poetry precision principles proper propriety prose public speaking Quintilian reason relation remarkable render resemblance rise Roman rule scene sense sensible sentence sentiments shew simplicity sort sound speaker species speech strength style sublime Tacitus taste tence thing thought Thucydides tion tongue tragedy tropes variety verbs verse Virgil whole words writing
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Página 422 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Página 418 - 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 423 - 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 121 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
Página 206 - 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 157 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Página 43 - God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off...
Página 169 - All the kings of the nations, even all of them, Lie in glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch...
Página 418 - O SING unto the LORD a new song: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
Página 168 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God...