An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricT. and J. Swords, 1813 - 287 עמודים |
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עמוד 18
... force of that mass of waters . Wherever space is concerned , it is evident , that amplitude or greatness of extent in one dimension or other is necessary to grandeur . Remove all bounds from any objeet and you immediately ren- der it ...
... force of that mass of waters . Wherever space is concerned , it is evident , that amplitude or greatness of extent in one dimension or other is necessary to grandeur . Remove all bounds from any objeet and you immediately ren- der it ...
עמוד 22
... force or power , whether attended by terror or not , whether employed in protecting or alarming us , has a better title , than any thing yet mention- el , to be the fundamental quality of the sublime . There appears to be no sublime ...
... force or power , whether attended by terror or not , whether employed in protecting or alarming us , has a better title , than any thing yet mention- el , to be the fundamental quality of the sublime . There appears to be no sublime ...
עמוד 57
... force . The sound of modern language is also less agreeable to the ear , being deprived of that variety and sweetness which arose from the length of words , and the change of terminations , occasioned by cases in the Greek and Latin ...
... force . The sound of modern language is also less agreeable to the ear , being deprived of that variety and sweetness which arose from the length of words , and the change of terminations , occasioned by cases in the Greek and Latin ...
עמוד 75
... force . To the production of this effect , perspicuity and unity are absolutely necessary ; but more is requisite . For a sentence may be clear ; it may also be compact , or have the requisite unity ; and yet , by some unfavorable ...
... force . To the production of this effect , perspicuity and unity are absolutely necessary ; but more is requisite . For a sentence may be clear ; it may also be compact , or have the requisite unity ; and yet , by some unfavorable ...
עמוד 91
... force . Thus in the following passage of Dr. Young : " When we dip too deep in pleasure , we always stir a sediment that renders it impure and nox- ious . " When an image presents such a re- semblance between a moral and sensible idea ...
... force . Thus in the following passage of Dr. Young : " When we dip too deep in pleasure , we always stir a sediment that renders it impure and nox- ious . " When an image presents such a re- semblance between a moral and sensible idea ...
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action Addison admit Æneid affectation agreeable ancient appear arguments attention beauty blank verse characters Cicero circumstances comedy composition concise critics degree Demosthenes Descriptive Poetry dignity discourse distinction distinguished elegant Eloquence employed English epic poem epic poetry excel exhibit expression fancy figure frequently genius give grace grandeur Greek hearers Hence Henriade historian Homer human ideas Iliad imagination imitation instance introduced jects kind Livy Lusiad lyric poetry manner ments metaphor mind modern moral narration nature never objects observed orator ornament paint Paradise Lost passion pastoral Pastoral Poetry pathetic pause peculiar person perspicuity Pharsalia Pleasures of Taste poet poetical Progress of Language Pronunciation or Delivery proper propriety public speaking render requisite rule scene sense sentiments simplicity sion sound speaker species speech spirit strength Structure of Sentences sublime syllable Tacitus tence Theocritus thing thought Thucydides tion tragedy unity variety verse Virgil words writing
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עמוד 109 - God is not a man, that he should lie ; " nor the Son of Man, that he should repent.
עמוד 222 - 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 218 - Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely tower...
עמוד 103 - 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 103 - 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...
עמוד 222 - Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart and the tongue of the dumb sing, for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
עמוד 221 - O SING unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
עמוד 24 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure : Even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
עמוד 179 - Aonian maids, Delight no more; — O thou my voice inspire Who touched Isaiah's hallowed lips with fire ! Rapt into future times, the bard begun: A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin bear a Son!
עמוד 27 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and...