Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles LettresEvert Duyckinck, 1817 - 500 pages |
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... interesting them , shall most effec- tually strengthen the impressions which we seek to make . When both these ends are answered , we certainly accomplish every purpose for which we use writing and discourse . Perspicuity , it will be ...
... interesting them , shall most effec- tually strengthen the impressions which we seek to make . When both these ends are answered , we certainly accomplish every purpose for which we use writing and discourse . Perspicuity , it will be ...
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... interesting : whereas , if a sentiment be sublime or pathetic , it can support itself perfectly well , without any borrowed assistance . Hence several of the most affecting and admired passages of the best authors , are expressed in the ...
... interesting : whereas , if a sentiment be sublime or pathetic , it can support itself perfectly well , without any borrowed assistance . Hence several of the most affecting and admired passages of the best authors , are expressed in the ...
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... interesting : But yonder comes the powerful king of day Rejoicing in the east . The lessening cloud , The kindling azure and the mountain's brow Tipt with ætherial gold , his near approach Betoken glad.- By thee refin'd , In brisker ...
... interesting : But yonder comes the powerful king of day Rejoicing in the east . The lessening cloud , The kindling azure and the mountain's brow Tipt with ætherial gold , his near approach Betoken glad.- By thee refin'd , In brisker ...
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... interesting arts , both of composition and pronunciation , enter into the idea of eloquence . An objection , may , perhaps , hence be formed against eloquence ; as an art which may be employed for persuading to ill , as well as to good ...
... interesting arts , both of composition and pronunciation , enter into the idea of eloquence . An objection , may , perhaps , hence be formed against eloquence ; as an art which may be employed for persuading to ill , as well as to good ...
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... interesting and engaging the heart , which is or ought to be , the great object of the pulpit , as far from bearing a suitable proportion to the excellence of the matter . There are few arts , in my opinion , farther from per- fection ...
... interesting and engaging the heart , which is or ought to be , the great object of the pulpit , as far from bearing a suitable proportion to the excellence of the matter . There are few arts , in my opinion , farther from per- fection ...
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Addison admiration admit advantage Æneid agreeable ancient appears Aristotle attention beauty called character Cicero circumstances comedy composition considered criticism Dean Swift declension degree Demosthenes dignity discourse distinct distinguished effect elegant eloquence employed English English language epic epic poetry expression fancy figures French frequently genius give grace Greek hearers Hence Homer human ideas Iliad imagination imitation instance Isocrates Julius Cæsar kind language Latin lecture Lord Shaftesbury manner means metaphor mind nature never objects observe occasion orator ornament particular passion peculiar person perspicuity plain pleasure poem poet poetical poetry precision principles proper propriety prose public speaking Quintilian reason relation remarkable render resemblance rise Roman rule scene sense sensible sentence sentiments shew simplicity sort sound speaker species speech strength style sublime Tacitus taste tence thing thought Thucydides tion tongue tragedy tropes variety verbs verse Virgil whole words writing
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Page 422 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 418 - Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name : bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness : fear before him, all the earth.
Page 423 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Page 121 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
Page 206 - A man of a polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving. He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets with a secret refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession.
Page 157 - 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.
Page 43 - God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off...
Page 169 - All the kings of the nations, even all of them, Lie in glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch...
Page 418 - O SING unto the LORD a new song: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
Page 168 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God...