Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles LettresEvert Duyckinck, 1817 - 500 páginas |
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... advantage . Accordingly we find , that in almost every nation , as soon as language had extended itself beyond that scanty communication which was requisite for the supply of men's necessities , the improvement of discourse began to ...
... advantage . Accordingly we find , that in almost every nation , as soon as language had extended itself beyond that scanty communication which was requisite for the supply of men's necessities , the improvement of discourse began to ...
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... advantage , that they exercise our reason without fatiguing it . They lead to enquiries acute , but not pain- ful ; profound , but not dry nor abstruse . They strew flowers in the path of science ; and while they keep the mind bent , in ...
... advantage , that they exercise our reason without fatiguing it . They lead to enquiries acute , but not pain- ful ; profound , but not dry nor abstruse . They strew flowers in the path of science ; and while they keep the mind bent , in ...
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... how the writer might have managed his subject to greater advantage ; the illusion will presently be dissipated , and these false beauties will please no more . From these two sources then , first , the frequent 18 [ LECT . II . TASTE .
... how the writer might have managed his subject to greater advantage ; the illusion will presently be dissipated , and these false beauties will please no more . From these two sources then , first , the frequent 18 [ LECT . II . TASTE .
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... advantage , of the de- scriptions of such objects ; or , of what is called the sublime in writing . Though I may appear early to enter on the consideration of this subject ; yet , as the sublime is a species of writing which depends ...
... advantage , of the de- scriptions of such objects ; or , of what is called the sublime in writing . Though I may appear early to enter on the consideration of this subject ; yet , as the sublime is a species of writing which depends ...
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... advantage . But amidst the rude scenes of nature and of society , such as Ossian describes ; amidst rocks and torrents , and whirlwinds , and battles , dwells the sublime ; and naturally associates itself with that grave and solemn ...
... advantage . But amidst the rude scenes of nature and of society , such as Ossian describes ; amidst rocks and torrents , and whirlwinds , and battles , dwells the sublime ; and naturally associates itself with that grave and solemn ...
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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
Passagens conhecidas
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...