Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, 1. köidePress of M. Carey, March 19, 1793 |
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... several occafions , to be entirely feparated from them . In many grand objects , there is no co- incidence with terror at all ; as in the magnificent profpect of wide - extended plains , and of the ftarry firmament ; or in the moral ...
... several occafions , to be entirely feparated from them . In many grand objects , there is no co- incidence with terror at all ; as in the magnificent profpect of wide - extended plains , and of the ftarry firmament ; or in the moral ...
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... several observations , both as the fubject is curious , and as it tends to improve Itafte , and to discover the foundation of several of the graces of defcription and of poetry * . Beauty , next to fublimity , affords , beyond doubt ...
... several observations , both as the fubject is curious , and as it tends to improve Itafte , and to discover the foundation of several of the graces of defcription and of poetry * . Beauty , next to fublimity , affords , beyond doubt ...
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... several objects carry in the imagination , but according to the order of nature and of time . An English writer , paying a compliment to a great man , would fay thus : " It is impoffible for me to pafs over , in filence , fuch ...
... several objects carry in the imagination , but according to the order of nature and of time . An English writer , paying a compliment to a great man , would fay thus : " It is impoffible for me to pafs over , in filence , fuch ...
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... termination , which , in the Greek and Latin , diftinguished the feveral cafes of nouns , and tenfes of verbs ; and which , thereby , pointed out the mutual relation of the several words in a sentence to 114 LECT . VII . PROGRESS.
... termination , which , in the Greek and Latin , diftinguished the feveral cafes of nouns , and tenfes of verbs ; and which , thereby , pointed out the mutual relation of the several words in a sentence to 114 LECT . VII . PROGRESS.
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Hugh Blair. mutual relation of the several words in a sentence to one another , though the related words were disjoined , and placed in different parts of the fen- tence . This is an alteration in the ftructure of lan- guage , of which I ...
Hugh Blair. mutual relation of the several words in a sentence to one another , though the related words were disjoined , and placed in different parts of the fen- tence . This is an alteration in the ftructure of lan- guage , of which I ...
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Page 47 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: it stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God?
Page 309 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 309 - Art thou also become weak as we ? art thou become like unto us? Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Page 64 - 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 fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 56 - 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.
Page 389 - 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.
Page 287 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, < And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Page 403 - There is a second kind of beauty that we find in the several products of art and nature, which does not work in the imagination with that warmth and violence as the beauty that appears in our proper species, but is apt however to raise in us a secret delight, and a kind of fondness for the places or objects in which we discover it.
Page 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.
Page 181 - Entire, complete. — A thing is entire, by wanting none of its parts ; complete, by wanting none of the appendages that belong to it. A man may have an entire house to himself, and yet not have one complete apartment.