Dr. Blair's Lectures on Rhetoric: Abridged. With QuestionsCollins & Company, 1831 - 268 עמודים |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 45
עמוד 3
... variety of sub- jects ; every branch of science should be rendered as concise as possible . Hence the attention is not fatigued , nor the memory overloaded . That the knowledge of Rhetoric forms a very material part of the education of ...
... variety of sub- jects ; every branch of science should be rendered as concise as possible . Hence the attention is not fatigued , nor the memory overloaded . That the knowledge of Rhetoric forms a very material part of the education of ...
עמוד 15
... variety of others , are the foundation of the beauty which we discern in them ; but , when we endeavour to go a step beyond this , and inquire , why regularity and variety produce in our minds the sen- sation of beauty ; any reason , we ...
... variety of others , are the foundation of the beauty which we discern in them ; but , when we endeavour to go a step beyond this , and inquire , why regularity and variety produce in our minds the sen- sation of beauty ; any reason , we ...
עמוד 25
... variety of our blank verse are infinitely more propitious than rhyme , to all kinds of sublime poetry . The fullest proof of this is afforded by Milton ; an author , whose genius led him peculiarly to the sublime . The first and second ...
... variety of our blank verse are infinitely more propitious than rhyme , to all kinds of sublime poetry . The fullest proof of this is afforded by Milton ; an author , whose genius led him peculiarly to the sublime . The first and second ...
עמוד 29
... variety of objects than sublimity ; to a variety indeed so great , that the sensations which beautiful objects excite , differ exceedingly , not in degree only , but also in kind , from each other . Hence no word is used in a more ...
... variety of objects than sublimity ; to a variety indeed so great , that the sensations which beautiful objects excite , differ exceedingly , not in degree only , but also in kind , from each other . Hence no word is used in a more ...
עמוד 30
... variety is found to be a much more powerful prin- ciple of beauty . Regularity seems to appear beauti- ful to us chiefly , if not entirely , on account of its sug- gesting the ideas of fitness , propriety , and use , which have always a ...
... variety is found to be a much more powerful prin- ciple of beauty . Regularity seems to appear beauti- ful to us chiefly , if not entirely , on account of its sug- gesting the ideas of fitness , propriety , and use , which have always 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...