Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1Press of M. Carey, March 19, 1793 |
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... Such ftudies have alfo this peculiar advantage , that they exercise our reafon without fatiguing it . They lead to enquiries acute , but not painful ; pro- found , but not dry nor abftrufe . They ftrew flow- ers in the path of fcience ...
... Such ftudies have alfo this peculiar advantage , that they exercise our reafon without fatiguing it . They lead to enquiries acute , but not painful ; pro- found , but not dry nor abftrufe . They ftrew flow- ers in the path of fcience ...
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... Such objects often strike us intuitively , and make a strong impreffion , when we are unable to affign the reasons of our being pleased . They fometimes ftrike in the fame manner the phi- lofopher and the peafant - the boy and the man ...
... Such objects often strike us intuitively , and make a strong impreffion , when we are unable to affign the reasons of our being pleased . They fometimes ftrike in the fame manner the phi- lofopher and the peafant - the boy and the man ...
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... such a standard to be found , for deciding any of thofe great controverfies in reafon and philofophy , which perpetually divide mankind ? In the prefent cafe , there was plainly no occafion for any fuch ftrict and abfolute pro- vifion ...
... such a standard to be found , for deciding any of thofe great controverfies in reafon and philofophy , which perpetually divide mankind ? In the prefent cafe , there was plainly no occafion for any fuch ftrict and abfolute pro- vifion ...
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... Such obfervations , taking their rife at first from feeling and experi- ence , were found , on examination , to be fo con- fonant to reafon , and to the principles of human nature , as to pass into established rules , and to be ...
... Such obfervations , taking their rife at first from feeling and experi- ence , were found , on examination , to be fo con- fonant to reafon , and to the principles of human nature , as to pass into established rules , and to be ...
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... Such fupplicatory prefaces are not calculated to give very favourable ideas of the genius of the author . For every good writer will be pleased to have his work examined by the prin- ciples of found understanding and true taste . The ...
... Such fupplicatory prefaces are not calculated to give very favourable ideas of the genius of the author . For every good writer will be pleased to have his work examined by the prin- ciples of found understanding and true taste . The ...
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Página 309 - Art thou also become weak as we ? art thou become like unto us? Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Página 64 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Página 56 - 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.
Página 389 - Delightful scenes, whether in nature, painting, or poetry, have a kindly influence on the body as well as the mind ; and not only serve to clear and brighten the imagination, but are able to disperse grief and melancholy, and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions.
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Página 403 - There is a second kind of beauty that we find in the several products of art and nature, which does not work in the imagination with that warmth and violence as the beauty that appears in our proper species, but is apt however to raise in us a secret delight, and a kind of fondness for the places or objects in which we discover it.
Página 58 - 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.
Página 181 - Entire, complete. — A thing is entire, by wanting none of its parts ; complete, by wanting none of the appendages that belong to it. A man may have an entire house to himself, and yet not have one complete apartment.