Dr. Blair's Lectures on Rhetoric: Abridged. With QuestionsCollins & Company, 1831 - 268 עמודים |
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עמוד 38
... period existed before words were invented or known , it is evident , that men could have no other method of communicating their feelings than by the cries of passion , accompanied by such mo- tions and gestures as were farther ...
... period existed before words were invented or known , it is evident , that men could have no other method of communicating their feelings than by the cries of passion , accompanied by such mo- tions and gestures as were farther ...
עמוד 41
... period among all rude nations , when conversation was carried on by a very few words , in- termixed with many exclamations and earnest gestures . The small stock of words which men then possessed , rendered those helps entirely ...
... period among all rude nations , when conversation was carried on by a very few words , in- termixed with many exclamations and earnest gestures . The small stock of words which men then possessed , rendered those helps entirely ...
עמוד 45
... period of language . Let us figure to ourselves a savage be- holding some fruit which he earnestly desires , and requests another to give him . Suppose him unac- quainted with words , he would strive to make himself understood by ...
... period of language . Let us figure to ourselves a savage be- holding some fruit which he earnestly desires , and requests another to give him . Suppose him unac- quainted with words , he would strive to make himself understood by ...
עמוד 69
... period . The following passage in Bishop Sherlock's Sermons will exemplify these observations : " It is folly to pretend to arm ourselves against the accidents of life , by heaping up treasures , which no- thing can protect us against ...
... period . The following passage in Bishop Sherlock's Sermons will exemplify these observations : " It is folly to pretend to arm ourselves against the accidents of life , by heaping up treasures , which no- thing can protect us against ...
עמוד 72
... period is in- tended to make , most full and complete ; and give every word and every member its due weight and force . To the production of this effect , perspicuity and unity are absolutely necessary ; but more is re- quisite . For a ...
... period is in- tended to make , most full and complete ; and give every word and every member its due weight and force . To the production of this effect , perspicuity and unity are absolutely necessary ; but more is re- quisite . For a ...
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abounds action admit Æneid agreeable ancient appear arguments attention Balclutha beauty blank verse characters chiefly Cicero circumstances comedy composition concise degree Demosthenes dignity discourse distinction distinguished effect elegant eloquence emotion employed English epic poem epic poetry example excel exhibit expression faults figure French frequently genius give grace Greek hearers Hence Henriade Homer human ideas Iliad imagination imitation instance introduced Jane Shore ject kind language LECTURE Livy Lucan Lusiad manner ment merit metaphor Milton mind mode modern moral motion narration nature never objects observed orator oratory ornament Paradise Lost passion pastoral pathetic pause peculiar perspicuity Pharsalia pleasing pleasures poet poetical preacher principal proper propriety public speaking racter render requisite resemblance Roman rule scene sense sentence sentiments simplicity sound speaker species speech spirit strength style sublime syllable Tacitus taste tence Theocritus thing thought tion tragedy unity variety verbs verse Virgil words writing
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עמוד 22 - And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
עמוד 96 - 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 215 - Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft on a plat of rising ground I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, 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...
עמוד 123 - The sense of feeling c-an indeed give us a notion of extension, shape, and all other ideas that enter at the eye except colours: but at the same time, it is very much straitened and confined in its operations, to the number, bulk, and distance of its particular objects.
עמוד 128 - 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. It gives him, indeed, a kind of property in every thing he sees...
עמוד 219 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me. He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God...
עמוד 99 - At even, which I bred up with tender hand From the first opening bud, and gave ye names ; Who now shall rear ye to the sun, or rank Your tribes, and water from the ambrosial fount?
עמוד 217 - O SING unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
עמוד 23 - 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 177 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine; what is low, raise and support...