Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1Press of M. Carey, March 19, 1793 |
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... please no more . From these two fources , then , first , the frequent exercise of tafte , and next , the application of good fenfe and reason to the objects of taste , taste as a power of the mind receives its improvement . In its ...
... please no more . From these two fources , then , first , the frequent exercise of tafte , and next , the application of good fenfe and reason to the objects of taste , taste as a power of the mind receives its improvement . In its ...
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... please man- kind univerfally . Upon this ground we prefer a fim- ple and natural , to an artificial and affected style ; a regular and well - connected story , to loose and scat- tered narratives ; a catastrophe which is tender and ...
... please man- kind univerfally . Upon this ground we prefer a fim- ple and natural , to an artificial and affected style ; a regular and well - connected story , to loose and scat- tered narratives ; a catastrophe which is tender and ...
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... please the eye . I am , indeed , inclined to think , that regularity appears beautiful to us , chiefly , if not only , on account of its fuggefting the ideas of fitnefs , propriety , and ufe , which have always a greater connexion with ...
... please the eye . I am , indeed , inclined to think , that regularity appears beautiful to us , chiefly , if not only , on account of its fuggefting the ideas of fitnefs , propriety , and ufe , which have always a greater connexion with ...
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... please us in a fecon- dary or reprefented view . The pleafures of melody and harmony belong alfo to taste . There is no agreeable fenfation we receive , either from beauty or fublimity , but what is capable of being heightened by the ...
... please us in a fecon- dary or reprefented view . The pleafures of melody and harmony belong alfo to taste . There is no agreeable fenfation we receive , either from beauty or fublimity , but what is capable of being heightened by the ...
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... please , mafculine or femi- nine ; but are , in general , fubjected to fome rule of gender , which the currency of language has fixed to that object . The foundation of that rule is imagined , by mr . Harris , in his " philofophical ...
... please , mafculine or femi- nine ; but are , in general , fubjected to fome rule of gender , which the currency of language has fixed to that object . The foundation of that rule is imagined , by mr . Harris , in his " philofophical ...
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alfo appears arifes beauty becauſe cafe caufe Cicero circumftances clofe compariſon compofition confequence confiderable confidered conftruction dean Swift defcribing defcription defign difcourfe diftinct diftinguished effect eloquence employed expreffion exprefs faid fame feems fenfe fenfible fentence fentiments ferves feveral fhall fhould fhow fignify figures fimple fimplicity firft firſt fome fomething fometimes fpeak fpecies fpeech ftand ftate ftill ftrength ftrong ftudied ftyle fubftantive fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuppofed genius give guage himſelf ideas imagination impreffion inftance itſelf juft laft language lefs manner means metaphor mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obfcure obferve objects occafion orator ornament paffage paffion pafs pallion perfon perfpicuity pleafing pleaſure poffefs precife prefent profe proper purpoſe Quintilian racter reafon refemblance refpect reft render rife ſpeak ſtudy ſtyle tafte taſte tence thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tropes underſtanding uſe verbs whofe words writing
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Página 47 - 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: it stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God?
Página 309 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
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.
Página 287 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, < And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
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.