An Abridgment of Lectures on RhetoricJ. Metcalf, Printer, 1823 - 306 עמודים |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 35
עמוד 5
... Rise and Progress of Language and of Writing Structure of Language - English Tongue Page 9 13 31 39 47 53 57 Style , Perspicuity and Precision 65 Structure of Sentences 69 Same Subject 74 Structure of Sentences - Harmony 80 Origin and ...
... Rise and Progress of Language and of Writing Structure of Language - English Tongue Page 9 13 31 39 47 53 57 Style , Perspicuity and Precision 65 Structure of Sentences 69 Same Subject 74 Structure of Sentences - Harmony 80 Origin and ...
עמוד 28
... no mediocrity , and cannot subsist in a middle state ; but must either highly transport us ; or , if unsuccessful in the execution , leave us exceedingly disgusted . We attempt to rise with the writer ; the imag- 28 Sublimity in Writing .
... no mediocrity , and cannot subsist in a middle state ; but must either highly transport us ; or , if unsuccessful in the execution , leave us exceedingly disgusted . We attempt to rise with the writer ; the imag- 28 Sublimity in Writing .
עמוד 29
Hugh Blair. We attempt to rise with the writer ; the imag- ination is awakened , and put upon the stretch ; but it ought to be supported ; and , if in the midst of its effort it be deserted unexpectedly , it falls with a painful shock ...
Hugh Blair. We attempt to rise with the writer ; the imag- ination is awakened , and put upon the stretch ; but it ought to be supported ; and , if in the midst of its effort it be deserted unexpectedly , it falls with a painful shock ...
עמוד 37
... rise to what Addison terms the secondary pleasures of imagination , which form a very extensive class . For all imitation affords some pleasure to the mind ; not only the imitation of beautiful or sublime objects , by re- calling the ...
... rise to what Addison terms the secondary pleasures of imagination , which form a very extensive class . For all imitation affords some pleasure to the mind ; not only the imitation of beautiful or sublime objects , by re- calling the ...
עמוד 40
... rise into lauguage before the formation of society , seem to be points attended with equal difficulty . When we consider farther that curious analogy , which prevails in the construction of almost all languages , and that deep and ...
... rise into lauguage before the formation of society , seem to be points attended with equal difficulty . When we consider farther that curious analogy , which prevails in the construction of almost all languages , and that deep and ...
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action admit Æneid agreeable ancient appear arguments attention beauty blank verse characters Cicero circumstances comedy composition concise criticism degree Demosthenes dignity discourse distinction distinguished effect elegant eloquence emotion employed Eneid English epic poem epic poetry excel excite exhibit express fancy figure founded French frequently genius give grace grandeur Greek hearers Hence Henriade Homer human ideas Iliad imagination imitation instance ject kind language Livy Lusiad lyric poetry manner ment merit metaphor mind mode modern moral motion narration nature never objects observed orator ornament Paradise Lost passion pastoral pathetic pause peculiar perspicuity Pharsalia pleasing pleasures of taste poet poetical principal proper propriety prose public speaking render requisite resemblance rule scene sense sentence sentiments simplicity sion sound speaker species speech spirit strength strong style sublime syllable Tacitus tence theatre of France thing thought tion tragedy tropes unity variety verse Virgil words writing
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עמוד 272 - States entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author., and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and also to an act entitled an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and...
עמוד 201 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.
עמוד 27 - Their dread commander ; he above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had not yet lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than arch-angel ruin'd, and th...
עמוד 24 - 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...
עמוד 214 - 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, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
עמוד 24 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
עמוד 101 - O unexpected stroke, worse than of death ! Must I thus leave thee, Paradise ? thus leave Thee, native soil! these happy walks and shades, Fit haunt of gods ? where I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both.
עמוד 21 - Look then abroad through Nature, to the range Of planets, suns, and adamantine spheres, Wheeling unshaken through the void immense...
עמוד 98 - 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.
עמוד 125 - It is this sense which furnishes the imagination with its ideas; so that by the pleasures of the imagination or fancy (which I shall use promiscuously) I here mean such as arise from visible objects, either when we have them actually in our view or when we call up their ideas into our minds by paintings, statues, descriptions, or any the like occasion.