An Abridgement of Lectures on Rhetoric |
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עמוד 204
But of all antient writers on the subject of oratory the most instructive and moit
useful is Quintilian . His institutions abound with good sense , and discover a
taste in the higheft degree just and accurate . Almost all the principles of good
criticism ...
But of all antient writers on the subject of oratory the most instructive and moit
useful is Quintilian . His institutions abound with good sense , and discover a
taste in the higheft degree just and accurate . Almost all the principles of good
criticism ...
עמוד 205
COMPARATIVE MERIT OF THE ANTIENTS AND MODERNS . A VERY curious
question has been agitated with regard to the comparative merit of the antients
and moderns . In France this dispute was carried on with great heat between ...
COMPARATIVE MERIT OF THE ANTIENTS AND MODERNS . A VERY curious
question has been agitated with regard to the comparative merit of the antients
and moderns . In France this dispute was carried on with great heat between ...
עמוד 206
Let us guard however against blind veneration for the antients ; and institute a fair
comparison between them and the moderns . ... Perhaps too in precise reasoning
philosophers of modern ages are superior to those of antient times ; as a more ...
Let us guard however against blind veneration for the antients ; and institute a fair
comparison between them and the moderns . ... Perhaps too in precise reasoning
philosophers of modern ages are superior to those of antient times ; as a more ...
עמוד 214
Among the antients philofophical writing often afo fumed the form of dialogue .
Plato is eminent for the beauty of his dialogues . In richness of imagination no
philofophic writer , antient or modern , is equal to him . . His only fault is the
excessive ...
Among the antients philofophical writing often afo fumed the form of dialogue .
Plato is eminent for the beauty of his dialogues . In richness of imagination no
philofophic writer , antient or modern , is equal to him . . His only fault is the
excessive ...
עמוד 293
ANTIENT COMEDY . I HE antient comedy was an avowed satire against
particular persons , brought upon the stage by name . Such are the plays of
Aristophanes ; and compositions of so singular a nature illustrate well the
turbulent and ...
ANTIENT COMEDY . I HE antient comedy was an avowed satire against
particular persons , brought upon the stage by name . Such are the plays of
Aristophanes ; and compositions of so singular a nature illustrate well the
turbulent and ...
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לא מצאנו ביקורות במקומות הרגילים
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
action admit affectation alſo antient appear arguments attention beautiful becomes called cauſe characters circumſtances clear comedy common compoſition connected conſidered deſcribe deſcription diſcourſe diſtinction diſtinguiſhed elegant eloquence employed Engliſh epic example excel exhibit expreſſed expreſſion figure firſt force frequently genius give grace Greek heart Hence himſelf Homer human ideas imagination imitation important inſtance intereſting introduced Italy kind language leſs light lively manner mean mind moral moſt motion muſt nature never objects obſerved orator original ornament particular paſſion pauſe perfect perſon pleaſing pleaſure poem poet poetry preſent principal produce proper propriety reaſon regular relation render requires requiſite reſpect riſe rule ſame ſay ſcene ſenſe ſentence ſentiments ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſome ſpeaker ſpeaking ſtate ſtrength ſtrong ſtudy ſtyle ſubject ſublime ſuch Taſte theſe thing thoſe thought tion tragedy unity uſe variety Virgil whole writing
קטעים בולטים
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.