An Abridgment of Lectures on RhetoricSimeon Butler, 1818 - 216 עמודים |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 35
עמוד 17
... critical and dangerous situ- behold a man uncommonly intrepid , and rest- ly upon himself ! superior to passion and to imated by some great principle to contempt ded to its boundless extent ; and that of the. 2 TY IN OBJECTS . 17.
... critical and dangerous situ- behold a man uncommonly intrepid , and rest- ly upon himself ! superior to passion and to imated by some great principle to contempt ded to its boundless extent ; and that of the. 2 TY IN OBJECTS . 17.
עמוד 16
... a man uncommonly intrepid , and rest- ing solely upon himself ! superior to passion and to fear ; animated by some great principle to contempt of popular opinion , of selfish interest , of dangers 2 * SUBLIMITY IN OBJECTS . 17.
... a man uncommonly intrepid , and rest- ing solely upon himself ! superior to passion and to fear ; animated by some great principle to contempt of popular opinion , of selfish interest , of dangers 2 * SUBLIMITY IN OBJECTS . 17.
עמוד 30
... passion of curiosity which prevails so generally in mankind . Objects and ideas , which have been long familiar , make too faint an impression , to give an agreeable exercise to our facul- ties . New and strange objects rouse the mind ...
... passion of curiosity which prevails so generally in mankind . Objects and ideas , which have been long familiar , make too faint an impression , to give an agreeable exercise to our facul- ties . New and strange objects rouse the mind ...
עמוד 33
... passion , accompanied by such mo- tions and gestures as were farther expressive of emo- tion . These indeed are only signs which nature tea- ches all men , and which are understood by all . One , who saw another going into some place ...
... passion , accompanied by such mo- tions and gestures as were farther expressive of emo- tion . These indeed are only signs which nature tea- ches all men , and which are understood by all . One , who saw another going into some place ...
עמוד 36
... which was carried on by gesticulation only . The people were moved , and wept at it as much as at tragedies ; and the passion for it became so violent , that laws were made for restraining the senators from studying 36 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS.
... which was carried on by gesticulation only . The people were moved , and wept at it as much as at tragedies ; and the passion for it became so violent , that laws were made for restraining the senators from studying 36 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS.
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עמוד 18 - And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
עמוד 171 - O SING unto the LORD a new song: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth. Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; Shew forth his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the heathen, His wonders among all people.
עמוד 172 - And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water : in the habitation of dragons where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
עמוד 214 - States entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author., and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and also to an act entitled an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and...
עמוד 102 - 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.
עמוד 79 - 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 79 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
עמוד 103 - Imagination, but are able to disperse Grief and Melancholy, and to set the Animal Spirits in pleasing and agreeable Motions. For this Reason Sir Francis Bacon, in his Essay upon Health, has not thought it improper to prescribe to his Reader a Poem or a Prospect, where he particularly dissuades him from knotty and subtile Disquisitions, and advises him to pursue Studies that fill the Mind with splendid and illustrious Objects, as Histories, Fables, and Contemplations of Nature.
עמוד 172 - 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 63 - I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.