Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, כרך 1Cadell and Davies; F.C. and J. Rivington; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; ... and A. Constable and Company and J. Fairbairn at Edinburgh., 1819 - 498 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 61
עמוד 14
... concerning Taste ; as it is this faculty which is always appealed to in disquisitions concerning the merit of discourse and writing . There are few subjects on which men talk more loosely and indistinctly than on Taste ; few which it is ...
... concerning Taste ; as it is this faculty which is always appealed to in disquisitions concerning the merit of discourse and writing . There are few subjects on which men talk more loosely and indistinctly than on Taste ; few which it is ...
עמוד 15
... concerning it is , whether it is to be considered as an internal sense , or as an exertion of reason . Reason is a very gene- ral term ; but if we understand by it that power of the mind which in speculative matters discovers truth ...
... concerning it is , whether it is to be considered as an internal sense , or as an exertion of reason . Reason is a very gene- ral term ; but if we understand by it that power of the mind which in speculative matters discovers truth ...
עמוד 20
... concerning it . Thus in Taste , considered as mere sensibility , exercise opens a great source of improvement . But although Taste be ultimately founded on sen- sibility , it must not be considered as instinctive sensibility alone ...
... concerning it . Thus in Taste , considered as mere sensibility , exercise opens a great source of improvement . But although Taste be ultimately founded on sen- sibility , it must not be considered as instinctive sensibility alone ...
עמוד 25
... concerning the objects of Taste were vain . In architecture , the Grecian models were long esteemed the most perfect . In succeeding ages , the Gothic architecture alone pre- vailed , and afterwards the Grecian Taste revived in all its ...
... concerning the objects of Taste were vain . In architecture , the Grecian models were long esteemed the most perfect . In succeeding ages , the Gothic architecture alone pre- vailed , and afterwards the Grecian Taste revived in all its ...
עמוד 29
... concerning beauty , would , beyond doubt , be a perfect standard for the Taste of all others . Where- ever their Taste differed from his , it could be imputed only to some imperfection in their natural powers . But as there is no such ...
... concerning beauty , would , beyond doubt , be a perfect standard for the Taste of all others . Where- ever their Taste differed from his , it could be imputed only to some imperfection in their natural powers . But as there is no such ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Addison admiration advantage agreeable ancient appears Aristotle arrangement attention beautiful called character Cicero circumstances colours composition considered Criticism Dean Swift declension degree Demosthenes Dionysius of Halicarnassus discourse distinct distinguished effect elegant Eloquence employed English English Language expression fancy Figures Figures of Speech French frequent genius give grace Greek guage harmony Hence ideas imagination imitation instance Isocrates kind Language Latin Lecture Lord Bolingbroke Lord Shaftesbury Lysias manner meaning ment Metaphor mind musical nations nature never objects observe occasion Orator ornament passion period Perspicuity plain pleasure poet poetry precise principles pronouns proper propriety prose qualities Quinctilian reason relation remarkable render resemblance rise Roman rule sense sensible sentence sentiments shew signify Simplicity Sir William Temple sort sound speak Speech strength Style Sublime substantive nouns Taste tence thing thought tion Tongue Tropes variety verbs whole words writing
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 57 - And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
עמוד 323 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God ; I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north : I will ascend above the heights of the clouds ; I will be like the Most High.
עמוד 324 - But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit ; as a carcase trodden under feet. Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people : The seed of evil-doers shall never be renowned.
עמוד 404 - 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 260 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
עמוד 323 - And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy...
עמוד 50 - Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, and bade the father of his country 'hail! for lo! the tyrant prostrate on the dust, and Rome again is free!
עמוד 407 - ... 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,' 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...
עמוד 396 - Our sight seems designed to supply all these defects, and may be considered as a more delicate and diffusive kind of touch, that spreads itself over an infinite multitude of bodies, comprehends the largest figures, and brings into our reach some of the most remote parts of the universe.
עמוד 58 - 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.