An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricC. Bell, 1837 - Всего страниц: 230 |
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... observe , that the greater part of the pro- ductions of genius are no other than imitations of nature ; representations of the characters , actions , or manners of men . Now the pleasure we experience from such imitations or ...
... observe , that the greater part of the pro- ductions of genius are no other than imitations of nature ; representations of the characters , actions , or manners of men . Now the pleasure we experience from such imitations or ...
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... observation of such beauties as have been found to please mankind most generally . For example , Aristotle's rules concerning the unity of action in dra- matic and epic composition , were not first discovered by logical reasoning , and ...
... observation of such beauties as have been found to please mankind most generally . For example , Aristotle's rules concerning the unity of action in dra- matic and epic composition , were not first discovered by logical reasoning , and ...
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... observe the strong impression , which the powers of taste and imagination are calculated to give us of the benevolence of our Creator . By these powers he hath widely enlarged the sphere of the pleasures of human life ; and those too of ...
... observe the strong impression , which the powers of taste and imagination are calculated to give us of the benevolence of our Creator . By these powers he hath widely enlarged the sphere of the pleasures of human life ; and those too of ...
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... observed , that the sublime lies in the thought , not in the expression ; and , when the thought is really noble , it will generally clothe itself in a native majesty of language . The faults , opposite to the sublime , are principally ...
... observed , that the sublime lies in the thought , not in the expression ; and , when the thought is really noble , it will generally clothe itself in a native majesty of language . The faults , opposite to the sublime , are principally ...
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... observe respecting colours is , that those chosen for beauty , are commonly delicate , rather than glaring . Such are the feathers of several kinds of birds , the leaves of flowers , and the fine variation of colours , shown by the sky ...
... observe respecting colours is , that those chosen for beauty , are commonly delicate , rather than glaring . Such are the feathers of several kinds of birds , the leaves of flowers , and the fine variation of colours , shown by the sky ...
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Стр. 185 - 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.
Стр. 88 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Стр. 114 - 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.
Стр. 182 - Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato, to unfold What worlds or what vast regions hold The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
Стр. 90 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Стр. 182 - Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Стр. 111 - We cannot indeed have a single image in the fancy that did not make its first entrance through the sight; but we have the power of retaining, altering, and compounding those images which we have once received, into all the varieties of picture and vision that are most agreeable to the imagination...
Стр. 185 - 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.
Стр. 174 - Saepibus in nostris parvam te roscida mala (dux ego vester eram) vidi cum matre legentem. alter ab undecimo tum me iam acceperat annus; iam fragilis poteram ab terra contingere ramos. 40 ut vidi ut perii, ut me malus abstulit error.
Стр. 186 - The mountains saw thee, and they trembled : the overflowing of the water passed by : the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.