Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles LettresEvert Duyckinck, 1817 - 500 pages |
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... sublime in writing V. Beauty and other pleasures of taste VII . Rise and progress of language and of writing VIII . Structure of language IX . Structure of language - English tongue X. Style - Perspicuity and precision XI . Structure of ...
... sublime in writing V. Beauty and other pleasures of taste VII . Rise and progress of language and of writing VIII . Structure of language IX . Structure of language - English tongue X. Style - Perspicuity and precision XI . Structure of ...
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... sublime parts of eloquence . He must feel what a good man feels , if he expects greatly to move or to interest mankind . They are the ardent sentiments of honour , virtue , magnan- imity , and public spirit , that only can kindle that ...
... sublime parts of eloquence . He must feel what a good man feels , if he expects greatly to move or to interest mankind . They are the ardent sentiments of honour , virtue , magnan- imity , and public spirit , that only can kindle that ...
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... Sublime and Beautiful . On the subject of taste considered as a power or faculty of the mind , much less is to be found among the ancient , than among the modern rhetorical and critical writers . The following remarkable passage in ...
... Sublime and Beautiful . On the subject of taste considered as a power or faculty of the mind , much less is to be found among the ancient , than among the modern rhetorical and critical writers . The following remarkable passage in ...
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... sublime in writing , which shall be the subject of a following lecture . I distinguish these two things from one another , the grandeur of the objects themselves when they are presented to the eye , and the description of that grandeur ...
... sublime in writing , which shall be the subject of a following lecture . I distinguish these two things from one another , the grandeur of the objects themselves when they are presented to the eye , and the description of that grandeur ...
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... sublime . Hence infinite space , endless numbers , and eternal duration , fill the mind with great ideas . 66 From this some have imagined , that vastness , or amplitude of extent , is the foundation of all sublimity . But I cannot be ...
... sublime . Hence infinite space , endless numbers , and eternal duration , fill the mind with great ideas . 66 From this some have imagined , that vastness , or amplitude of extent , is the foundation of all sublimity . But I cannot be ...
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Addison admiration admit advantage Æneid agreeable ancient appears Aristotle attention beauty called character Cicero circumstances comedy composition considered criticism Dean Swift declension degree Demosthenes dignity discourse distinct distinguished effect elegant eloquence employed English English language epic epic poetry expression fancy figures French frequently genius give grace Greek hearers Hence Homer human ideas Iliad imagination imitation instance Isocrates Julius Cæsar kind language Latin lecture Lord Shaftesbury manner means metaphor mind nature never objects observe occasion orator ornament particular passion peculiar person perspicuity plain pleasure poem poet poetical poetry precision principles proper propriety prose public speaking Quintilian reason relation remarkable render resemblance rise Roman rule scene sense sensible sentence sentiments shew simplicity sort sound speaker species speech strength style sublime Tacitus taste tence thing thought Thucydides tion tongue tragedy tropes variety verbs verse Virgil whole words writing
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Page 422 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 418 - Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name : bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness : fear before him, all the earth.
Page 423 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Page 121 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
Page 206 - A man of a polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving. 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.
Page 157 - 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 43 - God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off...
Page 169 - All the kings of the nations, even all of them, Lie in glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch...
Page 418 - O SING unto the LORD a new song: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
Page 168 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God...