Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volumen1A. Strahan, and T. Cadell, 1815 - 544 páginas |
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... render his work of greater service , he has ge- nerally referred to the books which he consulted , as far as he remembers them ; that the readers might be directed to any farther illustration which they affo d . But , as such a length ...
... render his work of greater service , he has ge- nerally referred to the books which he consulted , as far as he remembers them ; that the readers might be directed to any farther illustration which they affo d . But , as such a length ...
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... render them fashionable . Sometimes envy may have power to bear down , for a little , productions of great merit ... rendered con- sistent . Accordingly , it is in this light that I have endeavoured to place the sub » ject . deciding any ...
... render them fashionable . Sometimes envy may have power to bear down , for a little , productions of great merit ... rendered con- sistent . Accordingly , it is in this light that I have endeavoured to place the sub » ject . deciding any ...
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... render it sublime . Hence infinite space , endless numbers , and eternal duration , fill the mind with great ideas . From this some have imagined , that vastness , or amplitude of ex- fent , is the foundation of all sublimity . But I ...
... render it sublime . Hence infinite space , endless numbers , and eternal duration , fill the mind with great ideas . From this some have imagined , that vastness , or amplitude of ex- fent , is the foundation of all sublimity . But I ...
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... render the object indistinct , the impression , how- ever , may be great ; for , as an ingenious author has well observed , it is one thing to make an idea clear , and another to make it affect- ing to the imagination ; and the ...
... render the object indistinct , the impression , how- ever , may be great ; for , as an ingenious author has well observed , it is one thing to make an idea clear , and another to make it affect- ing to the imagination ; and the ...
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... render it sublime in description , it is not enough either to give . us mere general expressions concerning the ... renders the least deflexion from it fatal . When a writer is aiming at the beautiful only , his descriptions may have ...
... render it sublime in description , it is not enough either to give . us mere general expressions concerning the ... renders the least deflexion from it fatal . When a writer is aiming at the beautiful only , his descriptions may have ...
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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres: In Three Volumes, Volumen3 Hugh Blair Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Vol. 3 of 3 (Classic Reprint) Hugh Blair Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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Página 453 - 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.
Página 171 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming ; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak, and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we ? art thou become like unto us...
Página 26 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up...
Página 171 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Página 456 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Página 451 - Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name : bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness : fear before him, all the earth.
Página 171 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms ; that made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof ; that opened not the house of his prisoners...
Página 213 - 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.
Página 474 - Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man, in the land of Canaan ; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
Página 219 - Our imagination loves to be filled with an object, or to grasp at any thing that is too big for its capacity. We are flung into a pleasing astonishment at such unbounded views, and feel a delightful stillness and amazement in the soul at the apprehension of them.