An Abridgment of Lectures on RhetoricSimeon Butler, 1818 - 216 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 22
... expression . It will easily appear , why a defect either in conciseness or simplicity is peculiar- ly hurtful to the sublime . The emotion excited in the mind by some great or noble object raises it con- siderably above its common pitch ...
... expression . It will easily appear , why a defect either in conciseness or simplicity is peculiar- ly hurtful to the sublime . The emotion excited in the mind by some great or noble object raises it con- siderably above its common pitch ...
الصفحة 25
... expression , by rising above what is customary or vulgar , constitute the sublime ; yet noth- ing is in reality more false . In genuine instances of sublime writing , nothing of this kind appears . said , let there be light , and there ...
... expression , by rising above what is customary or vulgar , constitute the sublime ; yet noth- ing is in reality more false . In genuine instances of sublime writing , nothing of this kind appears . said , let there be light , and there ...
الصفحة 29
... expression , which it conveys of the qualities of the mind ; of good sense or good humour ; of candour , benevolence , sensibility , or other amiable dispositions . It may be observed that there are certain qualities of the mind which ...
... expression , which it conveys of the qualities of the mind ; of good sense or good humour ; of candour , benevolence , sensibility , or other amiable dispositions . It may be observed that there are certain qualities of the mind which ...
الصفحة 35
... expression . Interjections , it has been shown , or passionate excla- mations , were the elements of speech . Men laboured to communicate their feelings to each other by those expressive cries and gestures which nature taught them ...
... expression . Interjections , it has been shown , or passionate excla- mations , were the elements of speech . Men laboured to communicate their feelings to each other by those expressive cries and gestures which nature taught them ...
الصفحة 37
... expression which was appropriated to that purpose , but were obliged to paint the emotion or passion , which they felt , by alluding to those sensi- ble objects which had most connexion with it , and which could render it in some degree ...
... expression which was appropriated to that purpose , but were obliged to paint the emotion or passion , which they felt , by alluding to those sensi- ble objects which had most connexion with it , and which could render it in some degree ...
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الصفحة 18 - And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
الصفحة 171 - O SING unto the LORD a new song: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth. Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; Shew forth his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the heathen, His wonders among all people.
الصفحة 172 - And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water : in the habitation of dragons where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
الصفحة 214 - States entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author., and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and also to an act entitled an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and...
الصفحة 102 - 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.
الصفحة 79 - O unexpected stroke, worse than of death ! Must I thus leave thee, Paradise ? thus leave Thee, native soil! these happy walks and shades, Fit haunt of gods ? where I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both.
الصفحة 79 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
الصفحة 103 - Imagination, but are able to disperse Grief and Melancholy, and to set the Animal Spirits in pleasing and agreeable Motions. For this Reason Sir Francis Bacon, in his Essay upon Health, has not thought it improper to prescribe to his Reader a Poem or a Prospect, where he particularly dissuades him from knotty and subtile Disquisitions, and advises him to pursue Studies that fill the Mind with splendid and illustrious Objects, as Histories, Fables, and Contemplations of Nature.
الصفحة 172 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, 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.
الصفحة 63 - I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.