An Abridgment of Lectures on RhetoricFrom the Press of A. Loudon, (Whitehall), 1808 - 312 עמודים |
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עמוד iii
... Hence the attention is not fatigued , nor the memory overloaded . That a knowledge of Rhetoric forms a very material part of the education of a polite scholar must be universally allowed . Any attempt there- fore , Advertisement .
... Hence the attention is not fatigued , nor the memory overloaded . That a knowledge of Rhetoric forms a very material part of the education of a polite scholar must be universally allowed . Any attempt there- fore , Advertisement .
עמוד 17
... Hence the universal testimony , which the most im- proved nations of the earth through a long series of ages have concurred to bestow on some few works of geni- us ; such as the Iliad of Homer , and the Eneid of Vir- gil . Hence the ...
... Hence the universal testimony , which the most im- proved nations of the earth through a long series of ages have concurred to bestow on some few works of geni- us ; such as the Iliad of Homer , and the Eneid of Vir- gil . Hence the ...
עמוד 22
... of extent in one dimensi- on or other is necessary to grandeur . Remove all bounds from any object , and you immediately render it sublime . , Hence infinite space , endless numbers , and eternal du- 22 SUBLIMITY IN OBJECTS .
... of extent in one dimensi- on or other is necessary to grandeur . Remove all bounds from any object , and you immediately render it sublime . , Hence infinite space , endless numbers , and eternal du- 22 SUBLIMITY IN OBJECTS .
עמוד 23
Hugh Blair. Hence infinite space , endless numbers , and eternal du- ration fill the mind with great ideas . The most copious source of sublime ideas seems to be derived from the exertion of great power and force . Hence the grandeur of ...
Hugh Blair. Hence infinite space , endless numbers , and eternal du- ration fill the mind with great ideas . The most copious source of sublime ideas seems to be derived from the exertion of great power and force . Hence the grandeur of ...
עמוד 38
... Hence no word is used in a more undetermined signification than Beauty . It is applied to almost every external object , which pleases the eye or the ear ; to many of the graces of writing ; to several dispositions of the mind ; nay ...
... Hence no word is used in a more undetermined signification than Beauty . It is applied to almost every external object , which pleases the eye or the ear ; to many of the graces of writing ; to several dispositions of the mind ; nay ...
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abounds action admits agreeable ancient appear arguments Aristotle attention beautiful blank verse characters Cicero circumstances comedy composition concise critics degree Demosthenes dignity discourse distinction distinguished effect elegant eloquence emotion employed Eneid English epic poem epic poetry excel excite exhibit expression fancy figure frequently genius give grace grandeur Greek guage hearers Hence Henriade Homer human ideas Iliad imagination imitation instance introduced ject kind language Livy Lucan Lusiad lyric poetry manner metaphor Milton mind modern moral motion narration nature never objects observed orator ornament painting Paradise Lost passion pastoral pathetic pause peculiar perspicuity Pharsalia pleasing pleasure poet poetical poetry proper propriety public speaking racters render requisite resemblance ridicule rule scene sense sentence sentiments simplicity Sophocles sound speaker species speech spirit strength strong style sublime syllable Tacitus Taste tence thing thought Thucydides tion tragedy unity variety verse Virgil voice words writing
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עמוד 248 - 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...
עמוד 249 - Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely tower...
עמוד 248 - Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-water'd 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 252 - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad ; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
עמוד 233 - 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 96 - 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, or ever can, shoot better, or beyond it. His, " own reason he holds to be the certain measure of truth ;and «' his own knowledge, of what is possible in nature...
עמוד 118 - 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 253 - 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. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
עמוד 205 - 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...
עמוד 119 - O flowers ! That never will in other climate grow, My early visitation, and my last 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?