Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles LettresEvert Duyckinck, 1817 - 500 páginas |
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... sort of art is immediately thought of , that is ostentatious and deceitful ; the minute and trifling study of words alone ; the pomp of expression ; the studied fallacies of rhetoric ; ornament substituted in the room of use . We need ...
... sort of art is immediately thought of , that is ostentatious and deceitful ; the minute and trifling study of words alone ; the pomp of expression ; the studied fallacies of rhetoric ; ornament substituted in the room of use . We need ...
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... sort of universal genius , or one who is equally and indifferently turned towards several different professions and arts , is not likely to excel in any . Although there may be some few exceptions , yet in general it holds , that when ...
... sort of universal genius , or one who is equally and indifferently turned towards several different professions and arts , is not likely to excel in any . Although there may be some few exceptions , yet in general it holds , that when ...
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... sort of enthusiasm is produced , extremely agreeable while it lasts ; but from which the mind is tending every moment to fall down into its ordinary situation . Now , when an author has brought us , or is at- tempting to bring us , into ...
... sort of enthusiasm is produced , extremely agreeable while it lasts ; but from which the mind is tending every moment to fall down into its ordinary situation . Now , when an author has brought us , or is at- tempting to bring us , into ...
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... sort of glory which dwells upon , and invests it . Perhaps the most complete assemblage of beautiful objects that can any where be found , is presented by a rich natural landscape , where there is a sufficient variety of objects ...
... sort of glory which dwells upon , and invests it . Perhaps the most complete assemblage of beautiful objects that can any where be found , is presented by a rich natural landscape , where there is a sufficient variety of objects ...
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... sort of moral and in- tellectual ideas . Hence , the early language of men being entirely made up of words descriptive of sensible objects , it became of necessity ex- tremely metaphorical . - For , to signify any desire or passion , or ...
... sort of moral and in- tellectual ideas . Hence , the early language of men being entirely made up of words descriptive of sensible objects , it became of necessity ex- tremely metaphorical . - For , to signify any desire or passion , or ...
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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...