Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, Zväzok 1J. Cranwell, 1817 |
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Strana 12
... fancy , or move the affections , belongs to their province . They present human nature under a different aspect from that which it assumes when viewed by other sciences . They bring to light various springs of action , which , without ...
... fancy , or move the affections , belongs to their province . They present human nature under a different aspect from that which it assumes when viewed by other sciences . They bring to light various springs of action , which , without ...
Strana 29
... fancy ; the conse- quence of which would be , that all studies or re- gular inquiries concerning the objects of taste were vain . In architecture , the Grecian models were long esteemed the most perfect . In succeeding ages , the Gothic ...
... fancy ; the conse- quence of which would be , that all studies or re- gular inquiries concerning the objects of taste were vain . In architecture , the Grecian models were long esteemed the most perfect . In succeeding ages , the Gothic ...
Strana 39
... fancy of every individual , and which admits of no criterion for determining whether it be false or true . Its foundation is the same in all human minds . It is built upon sentiments and perceptions which belong to our nature ; and ...
... fancy of every individual , and which admits of no criterion for determining whether it be false or true . Its foundation is the same in all human minds . It is built upon sentiments and perceptions which belong to our nature ; and ...
Strana 71
... fancy , and the representing them both as subject , at one moment , to the command of God , produces a noble effect . HOMER is a poet , who , in all ages , and by all critics , has been greatly admired for sublimity ; and he owes much ...
... fancy , and the representing them both as subject , at one moment , to the command of God , produces a noble effect . HOMER is a poet , who , in all ages , and by all critics , has been greatly admired for sublimity ; and he owes much ...
Strana 113
... fancy ; and this demand , it is found very possible to gratify . In this state we now find language . In this state it has been found among many nations for some thousand years . The object is become familiar ; and like the ex- panse of ...
... fancy ; and this demand , it is found very possible to gratify . In this state we now find language . In this state it has been found among many nations for some thousand years . The object is become familiar ; and like the ex- panse of ...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. To which is Prefixed a ..., Zväzok 1 Hugh Blair Úplné zobrazenie - 1817 |
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admiration Æneid agreeable ancient appears arrangement attention beauty called characters Cicero circumstances comparison composition considered criticism Dean Swift declension degree Dionysius of Halicarnassus discourse distinction distinguished effect eloquence employed English English language express fancy figure figures of speech frequently genius give grace grandeur Greek guage harmony Hence hieroglyphics ideas imagination imitation instance invention jects kind language Latin Lecture Lord Bolingbroke Lord Shaftesbury manner meaning ment metaphor mind nations nature objects observe occasion orator ornament passion person personified perspicuity pleasure poet poetry precision prepositions principles pronouns proper propriety prose qualities Quintilian racters reason relation remark render resemblance rule sense sensible sentence sentiments shew signify sion sort sound speak spect speech style sublime substantive nouns taste tence things thou thought tion tongue tropes University of Edinburgh variety verbs Virgil words writing