An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricUniversity Press, 1802 - 300 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 6-10 מתוך 26
עמוד 34
... description of a tem- peft in the first Eneid an imitation of a storm ? If we heard of the imitation of a battle , we might naturally think of fome mock fight , or reprefentation of a battle on the stage ; but should never imagine it ...
... description of a tem- peft in the first Eneid an imitation of a storm ? If we heard of the imitation of a battle , we might naturally think of fome mock fight , or reprefentation of a battle on the stage ; but should never imagine it ...
עמוד 102
... description hyperboles must be employed with more caution . When an earthquake or storm is described , or when our imagination is carried into the midst of a battle , we can bear ftrong hyperboles with- out displeasure . But , when only ...
... description hyperboles must be employed with more caution . When an earthquake or storm is described , or when our imagination is carried into the midst of a battle , we can bear ftrong hyperboles with- out displeasure . But , when only ...
עמוד 105
... descriptions of a poet , who has a lively fancy , every thing is animated . Homer , the father of poetry , is remark- able for the use of this figure . War , peace , darts , riv ers , every thing in fhort is alive in his writings . The ...
... descriptions of a poet , who has a lively fancy , every thing is animated . Homer , the father of poetry , is remark- able for the use of this figure . War , peace , darts , riv ers , every thing in fhort is alive in his writings . The ...
עמוד 138
... description in Homer has charmed more rea- ders than a chapter In Ariftotle . This is a good illustration of what he had been affert- ing , and is expreffed with that elegance , by which Mr. Addifon is diftinguished . Befides , the ...
... description in Homer has charmed more rea- ders than a chapter In Ariftotle . This is a good illustration of what he had been affert- ing , and is expreffed with that elegance , by which Mr. Addifon is diftinguished . Befides , the ...
עמוד 223
... description . In this respect Virgil is excelled by Theocritus , whose descriptions are richer and more picturefque . In every pastoral a rural profpect should be drawn with diftinctness . It is not enough to have unmeaning groups of ...
... description . In this respect Virgil is excelled by Theocritus , whose descriptions are richer and more picturefque . In every pastoral a rural profpect should be drawn with diftinctness . It is not enough to have unmeaning groups of ...
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.