An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricUniversity Press, 1802 - 300 עמודים |
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... study of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres . To ex- tend the knowledge of them must be the firft care of thofe , who wish either to write . with reputation , or fo to exprefs themselves . in public , as to command attention . A- mong the ...
... study of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres . To ex- tend the knowledge of them must be the firft care of thofe , who wish either to write . with reputation , or fo to exprefs themselves . in public , as to command attention . A- mong the ...
עמוד
... study , fuppofing natural ge- nius to be favorable , are certainly fuperior to any system of public instruction . But , though rules and inftructions cannot effect every thing , which is requifite ; they may be of confiderable ufe . If ...
... study , fuppofing natural ge- nius to be favorable , are certainly fuperior to any system of public instruction . But , though rules and inftructions cannot effect every thing , which is requifite ; they may be of confiderable ufe . If ...
עמוד 41
... studying the pantomime art . Now , though in declamations and theatrical exhibitions both tone and gesture were carried much farther , than in eommon discourse ; yet public fpeaking of any kind . must in every country bear fome ...
... studying the pantomime art . Now , though in declamations and theatrical exhibitions both tone and gesture were carried much farther , than in eommon discourse ; yet public fpeaking of any kind . must in every country bear fome ...
עמוד 62
... attention . The Greeks and Romans in the meridian of their glory bestowed the highest cultivation on their refpective languages . The French and Ital fans have employed much study upon theirs ; and their 62 STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE .
... attention . The Greeks and Romans in the meridian of their glory bestowed the highest cultivation on their refpective languages . The French and Ital fans have employed much study upon theirs ; and their 62 STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE .
עמוד 63
Hugh Blair. fans have employed much study upon theirs ; and their example is worthy of imitation . For , whatever knowl- edge may be gained by the study of other languages , it can never be communicated with advantage , unless by thofe ...
Hugh Blair. fans have employed much study upon theirs ; and their example is worthy of imitation . For , whatever knowl- edge may be gained by the study of other languages , it can never be communicated with advantage , unless by thofe ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Æneid againſt alfo alſo antient beautiful becauſe caufe characters Cicero cife circumſtances comedy compariſon compofition confiderable conftruction converfation defcribe defcription difcourfe diftinction diftinguiſhed diſcourſe diſcover elegant eloquence Engliſh epic epic poetry expreffion exprefs faid fame fatire fcene fecond feems fenfe fentence fentiments fhall fhould figure fimple fimplicity fince firft firſt fome fometimes fpeaking fpecies fpeech fpirit ftrength ftudied ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuppofe fyllable genius hearers Hence higheſt himſelf hiſtory Homer ideas Iliad imagination imitation impreffion inftance intereſting kind language lefs manner meaſure metaphor mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary obferve objects occafion orator ornament paffage paffion paftoral paufe perfon perfpicuity pleafing pleaſing pleaſure poem poet poetry poffefs prefent profe proper propriety raiſe reafon refpect requifite reſemblance rife ſcene ſpeaker ſpeaking ſtate ſtriking ſtrong ſtudy ſtyle Tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tragedy underſtanding uſed verfe Virgil words writing
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עמוד 234 - 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 18 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
עמוד 18 - 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 17 - He made darkness His secret place: His pavilion round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
עמוד 239 - The mountains saw thee, and they trembled : the overflowing of the water passed by : the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
עמוד 17 - In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
עמוד 102 - 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 106 - I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both. O flowers That never will in other climate grow...
עמוד 84 - But God be thanked, his 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 nor ever can shoot better or beyond it. His own reason is the certain measure of truth, his own knowledge, of what is possible in nature...
עמוד 81 - Homer was the greater genius; Virgil, the better artist; in the one, we most admire the man; in. the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty.