Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles LettresC. Daly, 1839 - 679 עמודים |
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עמוד 13
... beginning his acquaint- ance with works of genius , the sentiment which attends them is obscure and confused . He cannot point out the several excellencies or blemishes of a performance which he peruses ; he is at a loss on what to rest ...
... beginning his acquaint- ance with works of genius , the sentiment which attends them is obscure and confused . He cannot point out the several excellencies or blemishes of a performance which he peruses ; he is at a loss on what to rest ...
עמוד 23
... beginning a course of lectures where such words must often occur , it is necessary to ascertain their meaning with some precision . Having in the last lecture treated of taste , I proceed to explain the nature and foundation of ...
... beginning a course of lectures where such words must often occur , it is necessary to ascertain their meaning with some precision . Having in the last lecture treated of taste , I proceed to explain the nature and foundation of ...
עמוד 63
... beginnings from which it must have arisen , and upon the many and great obstacles which it must have encountered in its progress ; and you will find reason for the highest astonishment on viewing the height which it has now attained ...
... beginnings from which it must have arisen , and upon the many and great obstacles which it must have encountered in its progress ; and you will find reason for the highest astonishment on viewing the height which it has now attained ...
עמוד 64
... called interjections , uttered in a strong and passionate manner , were , beyond doubt , the first elements or beginnings of speech . When more enlarged communication became necessary , and names began 64 LECTURE VI .
... called interjections , uttered in a strong and passionate manner , were , beyond doubt , the first elements or beginnings of speech . When more enlarged communication became necessary , and names began 64 LECTURE VI .
עמוד 65
... beginnings of language , one giving a name to any thing harsh or boisterous , would of course employ a harsh or boisterous sound . He could not do otherwise , if he meant to excite in the hearer the idea of that thing which he sought to ...
... beginnings of language , one giving a name to any thing harsh or boisterous , would of course employ a harsh or boisterous sound . He could not do otherwise , if he meant to excite in the hearer the idea of that thing which he sought to ...
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עמוד 514 - 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 551 - Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name : bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness : fear before him, all the earth.
עמוד 222 - Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw ; Or stain her honour, or her new brocade; Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade ; Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball; Or whether Heaven has doom'd that Shock must fall.
עמוד 213 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. TOAll they shall speak and say unto thee, 'Art thou also become weak as we? Art thou become like unto us?' " Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
עמוד 558 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.
עמוד 39 - And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
עמוד 557 - 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 543 - Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm...
עמוד 552 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? and who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
עמוד 157 - I shall detain you now no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct you to a hill-side, where 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.