Dionysius Longinus On the SublimeC. Whittingham, 1800 - 215 páginas |
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... continued fatigues , he sent Zenobia a written summons to surren- der , as if his words could strike terror into her , whom by force of arms he was unable to subdue . AURELIAN , EMPEROR OF THE ROMAN WORLD , AND RECOVERER OF THE EAST ...
... continued fatigues , he sent Zenobia a written summons to surren- der , as if his words could strike terror into her , whom by force of arms he was unable to subdue . AURELIAN , EMPEROR OF THE ROMAN WORLD , AND RECOVERER OF THE EAST ...
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... continued in- stance of Sublimity without Passion . The descriptions of Satan and the other fallen angels are very grand , but terrible . They do not so much exalt as terrify the ima- gination . See Mr. Addison's observations ...
... continued in- stance of Sublimity without Passion . The descriptions of Satan and the other fallen angels are very grand , but terrible . They do not so much exalt as terrify the ima- gination . See Mr. Addison's observations ...
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... continued scenes of action and combat ; whereas the greatest part of the Odyssey is spent in narration , the delight of old age . 12 So that , in the Odyssey , Homer may with justice 12 Never did any criticism equal , much less exceed ...
... continued scenes of action and combat ; whereas the greatest part of the Odyssey is spent in narration , the delight of old age . 12 So that , in the Odyssey , Homer may with justice 12 Never did any criticism equal , much less exceed ...
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... continued with so much spirit , nor so uniformly noble ; the tides of passion flow not along with so much profusion , nor do they hurry away the reader in so rapid a cur- There is not the same volubility and quick variation of the ...
... continued with so much spirit , nor so uniformly noble ; the tides of passion flow not along with so much profusion , nor do they hurry away the reader in so rapid a cur- There is not the same volubility and quick variation of the ...
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... continued it through seven scenes . In reading it , one sees the pi- teous condition of those who are exposed to it in open air ; one almost hears the wind and thunder , and be- holds the flashes of lightning . The anger , fury , and ...
... continued it through seven scenes . In reading it , one sees the pi- teous condition of those who are exposed to it in open air ; one almost hears the wind and thunder , and be- holds the flashes of lightning . The anger , fury , and ...
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Términos y frases comunes
admiration Amplification appear Asyndetons Athenians audience Aurelian Bacchylides beauty bold called celebrated censure Cicero command composition critics Demosthenes discern discourse divine earth Eupolis Euripides excel expression eyes Figure fire force fury genius give glory graces grand grandeur heav'n hence Herod Herodotus heroes Homer honour hurry Hyperbaton Hyperides Iliad Images imagination imitate instance Isocrates judge judgment judicious choice King labour liberty Longinus Lord lost Lysias manner means ment Metaphors Milton mind nature never noble oath observation Odyssey opinion orator passage passions Pathetic PEARCE Periphrasis person Philip Plato Plutarch poet pomp POPE Quinctilian rage raise reason remark Sappho says SECTION sense sentiments Shakespeare shew sight sion Sophocles soul speak spirit Stesichorus storm strike style Sublime Suidas sweet thee Theopompus things thou thought Thucydides tion translation Treatise true turn violent Virgil whole words writers Xenophon Zenobia
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Página 127 - God is not a man, that he should lie;. neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Página 40 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same: Unerring Nature, still divinely bright, One clear, unchang'd, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty, must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of Art. Art from that fund each just supply provides, Works without show, and without pomp presides: In some fair body thus th...
Página 96 - Therefore let no man glory in men ; for all things are yours, whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come ; all are yours, and ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
Página 67 - Before the gates there sat On either side a formidable shape; The one seem'd woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many a scaly fold...
Página 92 - I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.
Página 114 - He spake ; and, to confirm his words, out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumined Hell. Highly they raged Against the Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clashed on their sounding shields the din of war, Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven.
Página 116 - 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 167 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Página 138 - That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth ! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Página 90 - These see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep. For He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.