Dr. Blair's Lectures on Rhetoric: Abridged : with QuestionsW.E. Dean, printer & publisher, 1849 - 268 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 51
Página 9
... sense have so extensive an influ- ence on all the operations and decisions of taste , that a completely good taste may well be considered , as a power compounded of natural sensibility to beauty , and of improved understanding . To be ...
... sense have so extensive an influ- ence on all the operations and decisions of taste , that a completely good taste may well be considered , as a power compounded of natural sensibility to beauty , and of improved understanding . To be ...
Página 10
... sense ; but the discovery of this conduct in the poem is owing to reason ; and the more reason enables us to discover such propri- ety in the conduct , the greater will be our pleasure . The constituents of taste , when brought to its ...
... sense ; but the discovery of this conduct in the poem is owing to reason ; and the more reason enables us to discover such propri- ety in the conduct , the greater will be our pleasure . The constituents of taste , when brought to its ...
Página 11
... sense of mankind is , with respect to those beau- ties , which give them the highest pleasure , and Is taste an arbitrary principle ? Is its foundation the same in every mind ? -What is it built up- on ? -How do they operate ? -How may ...
... sense of mankind is , with respect to those beau- ties , which give them the highest pleasure , and Is taste an arbitrary principle ? Is its foundation the same in every mind ? -What is it built up- on ? -How do they operate ? -How may ...
Página 12
... sense to the several fine arts . Its design is to distinguish , what is beautiful , and what is faulty , in every performance . From particular instances it ascends to general principles , and gradually forms rules or conclusions ...
... sense to the several fine arts . Its design is to distinguish , what is beautiful , and what is faulty , in every performance . From particular instances it ascends to general principles , and gradually forms rules or conclusions ...
Página 16
... senses of see- ing and hearing had only served to distinguish ex- ternal objects , without giving us any of those refined and delicate sensations of beauty and grandeur , with which we are now so much delighted . The pleasure , which ...
... senses of see- ing and hearing had only served to distinguish ex- ternal objects , without giving us any of those refined and delicate sensations of beauty and grandeur , with which we are now so much delighted . The pleasure , which ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
abounds action admit advantage Æneid ancient appear arguments attention Balclutha beauty blank verse characters chiefly Cicero circumstances comedy composition concise critics defects degree Demosthenes dignity discourse distinction distinguished effect elegant eloquence emotion employed English epic poem epic poetry example excel exhibit expression faults figure frequently genius give grace Greek hearers Hence Henriade Homer human ideas Iliad imagination imitation instance introduced Jane Shore ject kind language LECTURE Livy Lucan manner merit metaphors Milton mind mode modern moral narration nature never objects observed orator oratory ornament Paradise Lost passion pastoral pathetic pause peculiar perspicuity Pharsalia pleasing pleasure poet poetical proper propriety public speaking racter render requisite resemblance ridicule Roman rule scene sense sentence sentiments simplicity sion sound speaker species speech spirit strength style sublime syllable Tacitus taste tence Theocritus thing thought tion tragedy tropes unity variety verbs verse Virgil what?-What words writing