| Longinus, William Smith - 1752 - 242 páginas
...:he power of God, has nobly exprefs'd it in the beginning of his Law IJ. " And God faid, " What? Let there be light, and " there was light. Let the earth be, and the " earth was." I They have tried it by a law of Horace mifunderftood, and therefore condemn it. Boileau undertook... | |
| Thomas Gibbons - 1767 - 540 páginas
...Nahum ui. 12, «* dignity, has written in the beginning of his " laws, And GOD faid — What ? — Let there be ** light, and there was light : Let the earth be, *' and the earth was *." To the fame purpofe I might mention another pafsage : " And I faw a great white throne, and " him... | |
| Edward King - 1800 - 606 páginas
...fpccles ;} — after this FENE'ZQil ГН*,—КАГ 'EFE'NETO. GOD SAID, as Mofes informs us, tvbat 1 LET THERE BE LIGHT} AND THERE WAS LIGHT. LET THE EARTH BE;— AND THE EARTH WAS. The fublime brevity of the expreflion, is nobly pointed out by the Mafler of Eloquence.— And, at... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1807 - 318 páginas
...sound: And here it may not be amiss to observe, that the true sublime does not consist in high sounding words, or pompous magnificence ; on the contrary,...from the book of Genesis, as possessing that quality ia an eminent degree. " God said let there be light, and there was light:— Let the earth be, and... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1807 - 320 páginas
...sound: And here it may not be amiss to observe, that the true sublime does not consist in high sounding words, or pompous magnificence ; on the contrary, it most frequently appears clad jn native dignity and simplicity, without art, and without ornament. The roost ekgant critic of antiquity,... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1808 - 698 páginas
...observe, that the true sublime dots not consist in high sounding words, or pompous magni, ficence ; on the contrary, it most frequently appears clad in...from the book of Genesis, as possessing that quality itv an eminent degree. " God said let there be light, and there was light: — Let the earth be, and... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 544 páginas
...sound: And here it may not be amiss to observe, that the true sublime does not consist of high sounding words, or pompous magnificence; on the contrary, it...eminent degree. " God said let there be light, and there was light : — Let the earth be, and earth was *." From what I have advanced on this subject,... | |
| 1801 - 454 páginas
...: And here it may not be amiss to observe, that the true sublime does not consist in high sounding words, or pompous magnificence : on the contrary,...clad in native dignity and simplicity, without art, aud without ornament. The most elegant critic of antiquity, Longinus, in his treatise on the sublime,... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1813 - 730 páginas
...Which active troops of angels drop, On a strong tempest's rapid a>ingi, With must amazing swiftness I differ from your correspondent's opinion, that these...eminent degree: " God said let there be light, and there was light : — Let the earth be, and earth zcas."* From what I have advanced on this subject,... | |
| Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey - 1813 - 338 páginas
...opinion, that these verses, so for from possessing sublimity, attract the reader merely by their fumbling sound: And here it may not be amiss to observe, that...eminent degree: " God said let there be light, and tkett was light:—Let the earth be, and earth was."* From what I have advanced on this subject, I... | |
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