An Abridgment of Lectures on RhetoricJ. Metcalf, Printer, 1823 - 306 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 8
... common pursuits of life . Improvement of taste seems to be more or less con- nected with every good and virtuous disposition . By giving frequent exercise to the tender and humane pas- sions , a cultivated taste increases sensibility ...
... common pursuits of life . Improvement of taste seems to be more or less con- nected with every good and virtuous disposition . By giving frequent exercise to the tender and humane pas- sions , a cultivated taste increases sensibility ...
Σελίδα 9
... common in some degree to all men . Through the circle of hu- man nature , nothing is more general , than the relish of beauty of one kind or other ; of what is orderly , proportioned , grand , harmonious , new , or sprightly . Nor does ...
... common in some degree to all men . Through the circle of hu- man nature , nothing is more general , than the relish of beauty of one kind or other ; of what is orderly , proportioned , grand , harmonious , new , or sprightly . Nor does ...
Σελίδα 14
... common acceptation extends much further than to objects of taste . It signifies that talent or aptitude , which we re- ceive from nature , in order to excel in any one thing whatever . A man is said to have a 14 Genius .
... common acceptation extends much further than to objects of taste . It signifies that talent or aptitude , which we re- ceive from nature , in order to excel in any one thing whatever . A man is said to have a 14 Genius .
Σελίδα 15
... common frugality of nature , more limited in the sphere of its operations . There are persons , not unfrequently to be met , who have an excellent taste in several of the polite arts ; such as music , poetry , painting , and elo- quence ...
... common frugality of nature , more limited in the sphere of its operations . There are persons , not unfrequently to be met , who have an excellent taste in several of the polite arts ; such as music , poetry , painting , and elo- quence ...
Σελίδα 26
... common pitch . A species of enthusi- asm is produced , extremely pleasing , while it lasts ; but the mind is tending every moment to sink into its ordinary state . When an author has brought us , or is endeavouring to bring us into this ...
... common pitch . A species of enthusi- asm is produced , extremely pleasing , while it lasts ; but the mind is tending every moment to sink into its ordinary state . When an author has brought us , or is endeavouring to bring us into this ...
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Σελίδα 272 - States entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author., and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and also to an act entitled an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and...
Σελίδα 201 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.
Σελίδα 27 - Their dread commander ; he above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had not yet lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than arch-angel ruin'd, and th...
Σελίδα 24 - 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...
Σελίδα 214 - 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, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Σελίδα 24 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Σελίδα 101 - O unexpected stroke, worse than of death ! Must I thus leave thee, Paradise ? thus leave Thee, native soil! these happy walks and shades, Fit haunt of gods ? where I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both.
Σελίδα 21 - Look then abroad through Nature, to the range Of planets, suns, and adamantine spheres, Wheeling unshaken through the void immense...
Σελίδα 98 - 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.
Σελίδα 125 - It is this sense which furnishes the imagination with its ideas; so that by the pleasures of the imagination or fancy (which I shall use promiscuously) I here mean such as arise from visible objects, either when we have them actually in our view or when we call up their ideas into our minds by paintings, statues, descriptions, or any the like occasion.