Dr. Blair's Lectures on Rhetoric: Abridged. With QuestionsCollins & Company, 1831 - Всего страниц: 268 |
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... tion , is evidently more convenient , than the plan of placing them at the close of the lecture , the end of the book , or in a separate pamphlet . LECTURES ON RHETORIC . LECTURE 1 . INTRODUCTION . A ADVERTISEMENT. ...
... tion , is evidently more convenient , than the plan of placing them at the close of the lecture , the end of the book , or in a separate pamphlet . LECTURES ON RHETORIC . LECTURE 1 . INTRODUCTION . A ADVERTISEMENT. ...
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... tion to an indifferent poet , or a bad artist ; but when foreigners or posterity examine his works , his faults are discovered , and the genuine taste of human nature is seen . Time overthrows the illusions of opinion , but establishes ...
... tion to an indifferent poet , or a bad artist ; but when foreigners or posterity examine his works , his faults are discovered , and the genuine taste of human nature is seen . Time overthrows the illusions of opinion , but establishes ...
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... tion rises into the most awful magnificence . All na- ture appears in commotion . Jupiter thunders in the heavens ; Neptune strikes the earth with his trident ; the ships , the city , and the mountains shake ; the earth trembles to its ...
... tion rises into the most awful magnificence . All na- ture appears in commotion . Jupiter thunders in the heavens ; Neptune strikes the earth with his trident ; the ships , the city , and the mountains shake ; the earth trembles to its ...
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... tion of the placid kind , resembling that which is raised by the contemplation of beautiful objects in nature ; which neither lifts the mind very high , nor agitates it to excess ; but spreads over the imagination a pleasing serenity ...
... tion of the placid kind , resembling that which is raised by the contemplation of beautiful objects in nature ; which neither lifts the mind very high , nor agitates it to excess ; but spreads over the imagination a pleasing serenity ...
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... tion . These indeed are the only signs which nature teaches all men , and which are understood by all . One , who saw another going into some place where he himself had been frightened , or exposed to danger , and who wished to warn his ...
... tion . These indeed are the only signs which nature teaches all men , and which are understood by all . One , who saw another going into some place where he himself had been frightened , or exposed to danger , and who wished to warn his ...
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