An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricT. and J. Swords, 1813 - 287 pages |
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... employ in judging of the delicacy of an external sense . As the good- ness of the palate is not tried by strong flavors , but by a mixture of ingredients , where , notwith- standing the confusion , we remain sensible of each ; so ...
... employ in judging of the delicacy of an external sense . As the good- ness of the palate is not tried by strong flavors , but by a mixture of ingredients , where , notwith- standing the confusion , we remain sensible of each ; so ...
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... employed in protecting or alarming us , has a better title , than any thing yet mention- el , to be the fundamental quality of the sublime . There appears to be no sublime object , into the idea of which strength and force either enter ...
... employed in protecting or alarming us , has a better title , than any thing yet mention- el , to be the fundamental quality of the sublime . There appears to be no sublime object , into the idea of which strength and force either enter ...
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... pursue any farther the subject of the Pleasures of Taste . We have opened some of the general principles ; it is time now to employ them to our chief subject .. Beauty and other Pleasures of Taste . If it be D 2 BLAIR'S LECTURES . 37.
... pursue any farther the subject of the Pleasures of Taste . We have opened some of the general principles ; it is time now to employ them to our chief subject .. Beauty and other Pleasures of Taste . If it be D 2 BLAIR'S LECTURES . 37.
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... employ a green colour ; so in the infancy of language , one giving a name to any thing harsh or boisterous , would of course em- ploy a harsh or boisterous sound . He could not do otherwise , if he desired to excite in the hear- er the ...
... employ a green colour ; so in the infancy of language , one giving a name to any thing harsh or boisterous , would of course em- ploy a harsh or boisterous sound . He could not do otherwise , if he desired to excite in the hear- er the ...
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... employed by the ancients , were of the former sort ; the alphabetical char- acters , now employed by Europeans , of the latter . Pictures were certainly the first attempt to- ward writing . Mankind in all ages and in all nations have ...
... employed by the ancients , were of the former sort ; the alphabetical char- acters , now employed by Europeans , of the latter . Pictures were certainly the first attempt to- ward writing . Mankind in all ages and in all nations have ...
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Page 222 - Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart and the tongue of the dumb sing, for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Page 221 - O SING unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
Page 24 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure : Even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
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