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 67
עמוד iii
... present , was not altogether a matter of choice . Imperfect copies of them in manuscript , from notes taken by students who heard them read , were first privately handed about ; and after- wards frequently.exposed to public sale . When ...
... present , was not altogether a matter of choice . Imperfect copies of them in manuscript , from notes taken by students who heard them read , were first privately handed about ; and after- wards frequently.exposed to public sale . When ...
עמוד 7
... present age . It is an age wherein improvements , in every part of science , have been prosecuted with ardour . To all the liberal arts much attention has been paid ; and to none more than to the beauty of language , and the grace and ...
... present age . It is an age wherein improvements , in every part of science , have been prosecuted with ardour . To all the liberal arts much attention has been paid ; and to none more than to the beauty of language , and the grace and ...
עמוד 10
... present human nature under a different aspect from that which it assumes when viewed by other sciences . They bring to light various springs of action , which , without their aid , might have passed unobserved ; and which , though of a ...
... present human nature under a different aspect from that which it assumes when viewed by other sciences . They bring to light various springs of action , which , without their aid , might have passed unobserved ; and which , though of a ...
עמוד 14
... present undertaking leads me to begin with some enquiries 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 ...
... present undertaking leads me to begin with some enquiries 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 ...
עמוד 33
... present case , there was plainly no occasion for any such strict and absolute provision to be made . In order to judge of what is morally good or evil , of what man ought , or ought not in duty to do , it was fit that the means of clear ...
... present case , there was plainly no occasion for any such strict and absolute provision to be made . In order to judge of what is morally good or evil , of what man ought , or ought not in duty to do , it was fit that the means of clear ...
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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.