An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricUniversity Press, 1802 - 300 strán (strany) |
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Strana 7
... argument against the usefulness of Criticism . For , fince no human genius is perfect , there is no writ- er , who may not receive affistance from critical obferva- tions upon the beauties and faults of thofe , who have gone before him ...
... argument against the usefulness of Criticism . For , fince no human genius is perfect , there is no writ- er , who may not receive affistance from critical obferva- tions upon the beauties and faults of thofe , who have gone before him ...
Strana 93
... argument from analo . gy , to enforce what the author advances , and to induce belief . All tropes being founded on the relation , which one object bears to another , the name of the one may be fubftituted for that of the other ; and by ...
... argument from analo . gy , to enforce what the author advances , and to induce belief . All tropes being founded on the relation , which one object bears to another , the name of the one may be fubftituted for that of the other ; and by ...
Strana 143
... argument , clear method , and an appearance of fincerity in the speaker , with fuch graces of ftyle and utterance , as command attention . Good fenfe must be its foundation . Without this no man can be truly eloquent ; fince fools can ...
... argument , clear method , and an appearance of fincerity in the speaker , with fuch graces of ftyle and utterance , as command attention . Good fenfe must be its foundation . Without this no man can be truly eloquent ; fince fools can ...
Strana 144
... arguments , ftating them with the greatest force , arranging them in the best order , ex- preffing and delivering them with propriety and beauty ; thereby difpofing us to pafs that judgment , or favor that fide of the caufe , to which ...
... arguments , ftating them with the greatest force , arranging them in the best order , ex- preffing and delivering them with propriety and beauty ; thereby difpofing us to pafs that judgment , or favor that fide of the caufe , to which ...
Strana 156
... argument , which he does not believe to be the right . All high , eloquence must be the offspring of paffion . This makes every man perfuafive , and gives a force to his genius , which it cannot otherwife poffefs . Debate in popular ...
... argument , which he does not believe to be the right . All high , eloquence must be the offspring of paffion . This makes every man perfuafive , and gives a force to his genius , which it cannot otherwife poffefs . Debate in popular ...
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Strana 234 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom...
Strana 18 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Strana 18 - Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself...
Strana 17 - He made darkness His secret place: His pavilion round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Strana 239 - The mountains saw thee, and they trembled : the overflowing of the water passed by : the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
Strana 17 - In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Strana 102 - Me miserable! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep, Still threatening to devour me, opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Strana 106 - I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both. O flowers That never will in other climate grow...
Strana 84 - But God be thanked, his pride is greater than his ignorance, and what he wants in knowledge, he supplies by sufficiency. When he has looked about him as far as he can, he concludes there, is no more to be seen; when he is at the end of his line, he is at the bottom of the ocean; when he has shot his best, he is sure, none ever did nor ever can shoot better or beyond it. His own reason is the certain measure of truth, his own knowledge, of what is possible in nature...
Strana 81 - Homer was the greater genius; Virgil, the better artist; in the one, we most admire the man; in. the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty.