An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricParaclete Potter, and by Sheldon Potter, Chesnut-Street, Philadelphia., 1818 - 276 עמודים |
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... nature or art contributes most towards excellence in writing and discourse . Various may be the opinions , with respect to the manner in which art can most effectually furnish her aid for such a purpose ; and it were presumption to ...
... nature or art contributes most towards excellence in writing and discourse . Various may be the opinions , with respect to the manner in which art can most effectually furnish her aid for such a purpose ; and it were presumption to ...
עמוד 7
... nature in the earth and heavens . Even in the deserts of America , where human nature ap- pears in its most uncultivated state , the savages have their ornaments of dress their war and their death songs , their harangues and their or ...
... nature in the earth and heavens . Even in the deserts of America , where human nature ap- pears in its most uncultivated state , the savages have their ornaments of dress their war and their death songs , their harangues and their or ...
עמוד 8
... nature . We may easily be convinced of the truth of this assertion by only reflecting on that immense superiority , which education and im . provement give to civilized above barbarous na- tions in refinement of Taste ; and on the advan ...
... nature . We may easily be convinced of the truth of this assertion by only reflecting on that immense superiority , which education and im . provement give to civilized above barbarous na- tions in refinement of Taste ; and on the advan ...
עמוד 9
... nature , the correspondence of the senti- ments to the characters , and of the style to the sentiments . The pleasure , which is derived from a poem so conducted , is felt or enjoyed by Taste , as an internal sense ; but the discovery ...
... nature , the correspondence of the senti- ments to the characters , and of the style to the sentiments . The pleasure , which is derived from a poem so conducted , is felt or enjoyed by Taste , as an internal sense ; but the discovery ...
עמוד 10
... nature and which generally ope- rate with the same uniformity , as our other intel- lectual principles . When these sentiments are perverted by ignorance or prejudice , they may be rectified by reason . Their sound and natu- ral state ...
... nature and which generally ope- rate with the same uniformity , as our other intel- lectual principles . When these sentiments are perverted by ignorance or prejudice , they may be rectified by reason . Their sound and natu- ral state ...
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action Addison admit Æneid agreeable ancient appear attention beauty blank verse characters Cicero circumstances comedy composition concise connexion declensions degree Demosthenes didactic dignity discourse distinction distinguished Dunciad effect elegant eloquence employed English epic poem epic poetry exhibit expression figure frequently genius give grace Greek harmonious hearers Hence Homer ideas Iliad imagination imitation instance ject kind language Latin Livy Lord Bolingbroke lyric poetry manner mean melody ment metaphor Milton mind mode modern moral musical nature ness never nouns observe odes orator origin of language ornament passion pastoral pathetic pause peculiar person perspicuity pleasing pleasure poet poetical poetry polytheism prepositions pression pronouns proper propriety render requisite rule scene sense sentence sentiments simplicity sound speaker species speech spirit strength style sublime syllable Taste tence Theism Theocritus thing thought tion tongues tragedy ture unity variety verb verse Virgil words writing
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עמוד 179 - 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 159 - Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato, to unfold What worlds or what vast regions hold The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
עמוד 81 - 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 77 - A beautiful prospect delights the soul as much as a demonstration; and a description in Homer has charmed more readers than a chapter in Aristotle.
עמוד 147 - 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. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
עמוד 80 - Delightful scenes, whether in nature, painting, or poetry, have a kindly influence on the body, as well as the mind ; and not only serve to clear and brighten the 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...
עמוד 79 - 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. It gives him, indeed, a kind of property in every thing he sees, and makes the most rude uncultivated parts of nature administer to his pleasures : so that he looks upon the world as it were in another light. and discovers in it a multitude of charms, that conceal themselves from the generality of mankind.
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 173 - 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. "And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where each lay, shall be grass, with reeds and rushes.
עמוד 21 - 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 with...