An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricUniversity Press, 1802 - 300 strán (strany) |
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Strana 23
... describes them , as tearing up mountains , and throwing them at one another ; there are in his defcrip- tion , as Mr. Addifon has remarked , no circumstances , but what are truly fublime : From their foundations loosening to and fro ...
... describes them , as tearing up mountains , and throwing them at one another ; there are in his defcrip- tion , as Mr. Addifon has remarked , no circumstances , but what are truly fublime : From their foundations loosening to and fro ...
Strana 46
... describing and recording events . Thus to fignify that one man had killed another , they painted the figure of one man lying on the ground , and of another standing by him with a hostile weapon in his hand . When Amer-- ica . was first ...
... describing and recording events . Thus to fignify that one man had killed another , they painted the figure of one man lying on the ground , and of another standing by him with a hostile weapon in his hand . When Amer-- ica . was first ...
Strana 87
... describes the found , made by the opening of the gates of hell ; in the other , that made by the opening of the gates of heaven . The con- traft between the two exhibits to great advantage the art of the poet . The first is the opening ...
... describes the found , made by the opening of the gates of hell ; in the other , that made by the opening of the gates of heaven . The con- traft between the two exhibits to great advantage the art of the poet . The first is the opening ...
Strana 91
... describing even the smallest differences ; the nicest shades and colors of thought ; which by prop- er words alone cannot poffibly be expreffed . They al- fo give dignity to ftyle , which is degraded by the fa- miliarity of common words ...
... describing even the smallest differences ; the nicest shades and colors of thought ; which by prop- er words alone cannot poffibly be expreffed . They al- fo give dignity to ftyle , which is degraded by the fa- miliarity of common words ...
Strana 104
... describe it , is the strength . of the figure . When pursued to a confiderable length , it belongs only to . ftudied harangues ; when flightly touched , it may be admitted into lefs elevated compo- - fitions . Cicero , for example ...
... describe it , is the strength . of the figure . When pursued to a confiderable length , it belongs only to . ftudied harangues ; when flightly touched , it may be admitted into lefs elevated compo- - fitions . Cicero , for example ...
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Æneid againſt alfo alſo antient beautiful becauſe caufe characters Cicero cife circumſtances comedy compariſon compofition confiderable conftruction converfation defcribe defcription difcourfe diftinction diftinguiſhed diſcourſe diſcover elegant eloquence Engliſh epic epic poetry expreffion exprefs faid fame fatire fcene fecond feems fenfe fentence fentiments fhall fhould figure fimple fimplicity fince firft firſt fome fometimes fpeaking fpecies fpeech fpirit ftrength ftudied ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuppofe fyllable genius hearers Hence higheſt himſelf hiſtory Homer ideas Iliad imagination imitation impreffion inftance intereſting kind language lefs manner meaſure metaphor mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary obferve objects occafion orator ornament paffage paffion paftoral paufe perfon perfpicuity pleafing pleaſing pleaſure poem poet poetry poffefs prefent profe proper propriety raiſe reafon refpect requifite reſemblance rife ſcene ſpeaker ſpeaking ſtate ſtriking ſtrong ſtudy ſtyle Tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tragedy underſtanding uſed verfe Virgil words writing
Populárne pasáže
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.