An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricUniversity Press, 1802 - 300 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 6-10 מתוך 41
עמוד 79
... clearly . Thus to fay , " When our paffions have forsaken us , we flatter our " felves with the belief that we have forfaken them , " is both more graceful and more perfpicuous , than to be- gin with the longest part of the propofition ...
... clearly . Thus to fay , " When our paffions have forsaken us , we flatter our " felves with the belief that we have forfaken them , " is both more graceful and more perfpicuous , than to be- gin with the longest part of the propofition ...
עמוד 80
... clear up , give over , and many others of the fame kind ; inftead of which , if a fimple verb be employed , it will terminate the fentence with more ftrength . Even the pronoun it , especially when joined with fome of the prepofitions ...
... clear up , give over , and many others of the fame kind ; inftead of which , if a fimple verb be employed , it will terminate the fentence with more ftrength . Even the pronoun it , especially when joined with fome of the prepofitions ...
עמוד 92
... clear and striking view of the principal object , than if it were expreffed in fimple terms , and freed from it acceffory idea . They exhibit the object , on which they are employed , in a picturesque form ; they render an abstract ...
... clear and striking view of the principal object , than if it were expreffed in fimple terms , and freed from it acceffory idea . They exhibit the object , on which they are employed , in a picturesque form ; they render an abstract ...
עמוד 97
... clear and striking , not far fetch- ed , nor difficult to be discovered . Harsh or forced met- aphors are always difpleafing , because they perplex the reader , and instead of illustrating the thought ren- der it intricate and confused ...
... clear and striking , not far fetch- ed , nor difficult to be discovered . Harsh or forced met- aphors are always difpleafing , because they perplex the reader , and instead of illustrating the thought ren- der it intricate and confused ...
עמוד 108
... embellishing comparisons . For , when a writer compares an object with any other thing , it al- ways is , or ought to be , with a view to make us under- ftand that object more clearly , or to render it 108 COMPARISON .
... embellishing comparisons . For , when a writer compares an object with any other thing , it al- ways is , or ought to be , with a view to make us under- ftand that object more clearly , or to render it 108 COMPARISON .
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Æneid againſt alfo alſo antient beautiful becauſe caufe characters Cicero cife circumſtances comedy compariſon compofition confiderable conftruction converfation defcribe defcription difcourfe diftinction diftinguiſhed diſcourſe diſcover elegant eloquence Engliſh epic epic poetry expreffion exprefs faid fame fatire fcene fecond feems fenfe fentence fentiments fhall fhould figure fimple fimplicity fince firft firſt fome fometimes fpeaking fpecies fpeech fpirit ftrength ftudied ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuppofe fyllable genius hearers Hence higheſt himſelf hiſtory Homer ideas Iliad imagination imitation impreffion inftance intereſting kind language lefs manner meaſure metaphor mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary obferve objects occafion orator ornament paffage paffion paftoral paufe perfon perfpicuity pleafing pleaſing pleaſure poem poet poetry poffefs prefent profe proper propriety raiſe reafon refpect requifite reſemblance rife ſcene ſpeaker ſpeaking ſtate ſtriking ſtrong ſtudy ſtyle Tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tragedy underſtanding uſed verfe Virgil words writing
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 234 - 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 18 - 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.
עמוד 18 - Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself...
עמוד 17 - He made darkness His secret place: His pavilion round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
עמוד 239 - The mountains saw thee, and they trembled : the overflowing of the water passed by : the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
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 102 - Me miserable! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep, Still threatening to devour me, opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
עמוד 106 - I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both. O flowers That never will in other climate grow...
עמוד 84 - But God be thanked, his pride is greater than his ignorance, and what he wants in knowledge, he supplies by sufficiency. When he has looked about him as far as he can, he concludes there, is no more to be seen; when he is at the end of his line, he is at the bottom of the ocean; when he has shot his best, he is sure, none ever did nor ever can shoot better or beyond it. His own reason is the certain measure of truth, his own knowledge, of what is possible in nature...
עמוד 81 - Homer was the greater genius; Virgil, the better artist; in the one, we most admire the man; in. the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty.