An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricUniversity Press, 1802 - 300 páginas |
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... poem fo conducted , is felt or enjoyed by Tafte , as an internal sense ; but the difcovery of this conduct in the poem is owing to reafon ; and the more reafon enables us to difcover fuch propriety in the con- duct , the greater will be ...
... poem fo conducted , is felt or enjoyed by Tafte , as an internal sense ; but the difcovery of this conduct in the poem is owing to reafon ; and the more reafon enables us to difcover fuch propriety in the con- duct , the greater will be ...
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... poem of Sir Rich- ard Blackmore ; who though an extravagant perverfity of tafte felected it for the principal circumftance in his defcription ; and thereby , as Dr. Arburthnot hu- morously obferves , represented the mountain , as in a ...
... poem of Sir Rich- ard Blackmore ; who though an extravagant perverfity of tafte felected it for the principal circumftance in his defcription ; and thereby , as Dr. Arburthnot hu- morously obferves , represented the mountain , as in a ...
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... poem ; a beautiful charac- ter ; and a beautiful theorem in mathematics . Color feems to afford the fimplest instance of Beauty . Affociation of ideas , it is probable , has fome influence on the pleasure , which we receive from colors ...
... poem ; a beautiful charac- ter ; and a beautiful theorem in mathematics . Color feems to afford the fimplest instance of Beauty . Affociation of ideas , it is probable , has fome influence on the pleasure , which we receive from colors ...
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... Poets Philofophers became the inftructors of men ? and in their reafoning on all fubjects introduced that plainer and more simple style of compofition , which we now call Profe . Thus the antient metaphorical and poetical drefs of ...
... Poets Philofophers became the inftructors of men ? and in their reafoning on all fubjects introduced that plainer and more simple style of compofition , which we now call Profe . Thus the antient metaphorical and poetical drefs of ...
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... poets , either antient or modern .. ORIGIN AND NATURE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE . FIGURES may be defcribed to be that language , which is prompted either by the imagination or paffions . They are commonly divided by rhetoricians into two ...
... poets , either antient or modern .. ORIGIN AND NATURE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE . FIGURES may be defcribed to be that language , which is prompted either by the imagination or paffions . They are commonly divided by rhetoricians into two ...
Términos y frases comunes
Æneid againſt alfo alſo antient beautiful becauſe caufe characters Cicero cife circumſtances comedy compariſon compofition confiderable conftruction converfation defcribe defcription difcourfe diftinction diftinguiſhed diſcourſe diſcover elegant eloquence Engliſh epic epic poetry expreffion exprefs faid fame fatire fcene fecond feems fenfe fentence fentiments fhall fhould figure fimple fimplicity fince firft firſt fome fometimes fpeaking fpecies fpeech fpirit ftrength ftudied ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuppofe fyllable genius hearers Hence higheſt himſelf hiſtory Homer ideas Iliad imagination imitation impreffion inftance intereſting kind language lefs manner meaſure metaphor mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary obferve objects occafion orator ornament paffage paffion paftoral paufe perfon perfpicuity pleafing pleaſing pleaſure poem poet poetry poffefs prefent profe proper propriety raiſe reafon refpect requifite reſemblance rife ſcene ſpeaker ſpeaking ſtate ſtriking ſtrong ſtudy ſtyle Tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tragedy underſtanding uſed verfe Virgil words writing
Pasajes populares
Página 234 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom...
Página 18 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Página 18 - Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself...
Página 17 - He made darkness His secret place: His pavilion round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Página 239 - 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.
Página 17 - In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Página 102 - 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.
Página 106 - I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both. O flowers That never will in other climate grow...
Página 84 - But God be thanked, his pride is greater than his ignorance, and what he wants in knowledge, he supplies by sufficiency. When he has looked about him as far as he can, he concludes there, is no more to be seen; when he is at the end of his line, he is at the bottom of the ocean; when he has shot his best, he is sure, none ever did nor ever can shoot better or beyond it. His own reason is the certain measure of truth, his own knowledge, of what is possible in nature...
Página 81 - Homer was the greater genius; Virgil, the better artist; in the one, we most admire the man; in. the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty.