An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricC. Bell, 1837 - Всего страниц: 230 |
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... thing which is requisite , they may be of considerable use . If they cannot inspire genius , they can give it direction and as- sistance . If they cannot make barrenness fruit- ful , they can correct redundancy . They present proper ...
... thing which is requisite , they may be of considerable use . If they cannot inspire genius , they can give it direction and as- sistance . If they cannot make barrenness fruit- ful , they can correct redundancy . They present proper ...
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... nourish in our minds public spirit , love of glory , contempt of external fortune , and admiration of every thing truly great , noble , and illustrious . LECTURES ON RHETORIC , ABRIDGED . TASTE . TASTE is 12 INTRODUCTION .
... nourish in our minds public spirit , love of glory , contempt of external fortune , and admiration of every thing truly great , noble , and illustrious . LECTURES ON RHETORIC , ABRIDGED . TASTE . TASTE is 12 INTRODUCTION .
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... thing . He esti- mates , with propriety , the relative merit of the several beauties , which he meets in any work of genius ; refers them to their proper classes ; assigns the principles , as far as they can be traced , whence their ...
... thing . He esti- mates , with propriety , the relative merit of the several beauties , which he meets in any work of genius ; refers them to their proper classes ; assigns the principles , as far as they can be traced , whence their ...
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... thing whatever . A man is said to have a genius for mathematics as well as a genius for poetry ; a genius for war , for poli- tics , or for any mechanical employment . Genius may be greatly improved by art and study ; but by them alone ...
... thing whatever . A man is said to have a genius for mathematics as well as a genius for poetry ; a genius for war , for poli- tics , or for any mechanical employment . Genius may be greatly improved by art and study ; but by them alone ...
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... things , which are exactly regular and methodical , appear sublime . We see the limits on every side ; we feel ourselves con- fined ; there is no room for any considerable exertion of the mind . Though exact proportion of parts enters ...
... things , which are exactly regular and methodical , appear sublime . We see the limits on every side ; we feel ourselves con- fined ; there is no room for any considerable exertion of the mind . Though exact proportion of parts enters ...
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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.