An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricUniversity Press, 1802 - 300 sivua |
Kirjan sisältä
Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 6
Sivu 29
... necessary motions for the bu- finefs of life are performed in ftraight or plain lines ; but that all the graceful and ornamental movements are made in curve lines ; an observation , worthy of the attention of thofe , who ftudy the grace ...
... necessary motions for the bu- finefs of life are performed in ftraight or plain lines ; but that all the graceful and ornamental movements are made in curve lines ; an observation , worthy of the attention of thofe , who ftudy the grace ...
Sivu 128
... necessary to unlearn faults , then to become acquainted with the ru- diments of compofition . In the beginning , therefore we ought to write flowly and with much care . Facil ity and speed are the fruit of practice . We must be cautious ...
... necessary to unlearn faults , then to become acquainted with the ru- diments of compofition . In the beginning , therefore we ought to write flowly and with much care . Facil ity and speed are the fruit of practice . We must be cautious ...
Sivu 140
... necessary to our more fe rious employments ; nor , at the fame time , fuffer the mind to fink into that indolence and remiffrifs , which are apt to accom- pany our more fenfual delights ; but , like a gentle exercife to the faculties ...
... necessary to our more fe rious employments ; nor , at the fame time , fuffer the mind to fink into that indolence and remiffrifs , which are apt to accom- pany our more fenfual delights ; but , like a gentle exercife to the faculties ...
Sivu 150
... necessary to transcribe , what Cicero faid of them , and of the character of their eloquence . The object , most worthy of our attention , is Cicero ' himself ; whose name alone fuggests every thing splen did in oratory . With his life ...
... necessary to transcribe , what Cicero faid of them , and of the character of their eloquence . The object , most worthy of our attention , is Cicero ' himself ; whose name alone fuggests every thing splen did in oratory . With his life ...
Sivu 199
... necessary to every valuable acquifition ; but it is defigned by Providence , as the feafoning of every pleasure , without which life is doomed to languifh . No enemy is fo deftructive both to honorable attainments , and to the real and ...
... necessary to every valuable acquifition ; but it is defigned by Providence , as the feafoning of every pleasure , without which life is doomed to languifh . No enemy is fo deftructive both to honorable attainments , and to the real and ...
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
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
Suositut otteet
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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...
Sivu 17 - He made darkness His secret place: His pavilion round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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.