Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Zväzok 1A. Strahan, and T. Cadell, 1815 - 544 strán (strany) |
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Strana 10
... importance and advan- tages of such studies , and the rank they are entitled to possess in aca- demical education . * I am under no temptation , for this purpose , of extolling their importance at the expense of any other department of ...
... importance and advan- tages of such studies , and the rank they are entitled to possess in aca- demical education . * I am under no temptation , for this purpose , of extolling their importance at the expense of any other department of ...
Strana 12
... importance from the taste and manners of the pre- sent age . It is an age wherein improvements , in every part of science , have been prosecuted with ardour . To all the liberal arts much attention has been paid : and to none more than ...
... importance from the taste and manners of the pre- sent age . It is an age wherein improvements , in every part of science , have been prosecuted with ardour . To all the liberal arts much attention has been paid : and to none more than ...
Strana 13
... importance from the use to which they may be applied in furnishing materials for those fash- ionable topics of discourse , and thereby enabling us to support a proper rank in social life . But I should be sorry if we could not rest the ...
... importance from the use to which they may be applied in furnishing materials for those fash- ionable topics of discourse , and thereby enabling us to support a proper rank in social life . But I should be sorry if we could not rest the ...
Strana 29
... importance of criticism . I proceed next to explain the meaning of another term , which there will be frequent occasion to employ in these lectures ; that is , genius of .. Taste and genius are two words frequently joined together ; and ...
... importance of criticism . I proceed next to explain the meaning of another term , which there will be frequent occasion to employ in these lectures ; that is , genius of .. Taste and genius are two words frequently joined together ; and ...
Strana 30
... importance to young people ; in leading them to examine with care , and to pursue with ardour , the current and pointing of nature towards those exertions of genius in which they are most likely to excel . A genius for any of the fine ...
... importance to young people ; in leading them to examine with care , and to pursue with ardour , the current and pointing of nature towards those exertions of genius in which they are most likely to excel . A genius for any of the fine ...
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Strana 453 - And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water : in the habitation of dragons where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Strana 171 - 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. All they shall speak, and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we ? art thou become like unto us...
Strana 26 - 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...
Strana 171 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Strana 456 - 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.
Strana 451 - 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.
Strana 171 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms ; that made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof ; that opened not the house of his prisoners...
Strana 213 - 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.
Strana 474 - Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man, in the land of Canaan ; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
Strana 219 - Our imagination loves to be filled with an object, or to grasp at any thing that is too big for its capacity. We are flung into a pleasing astonishment at such unbounded views, and feel a delightful stillness and amazement in the soul at the apprehension of them.