Dionysius Longinus On the SublimeC. Whittingham, 1800 - 215 pages |
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... thought to have omitted some of the best . I am sensible , that what I have done , might be done much better ; but if I have the good fortune to contribute a little towards the fixing a true judicious taste , and enabling my readers to ...
... thought to have omitted some of the best . I am sensible , that what I have done , might be done much better ; but if I have the good fortune to contribute a little towards the fixing a true judicious taste , and enabling my readers to ...
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... Thought . SECT . 10. That a choice and connexion of proper circumstances will produce the Sublime Page 1 35 39 V 42✓ 46 4.7 48 52 53 54 57 62 84 SECT . 11. - Of Amplification 96 SECT . 12 . That the definition which the writers of ...
... Thought . SECT . 10. That a choice and connexion of proper circumstances will produce the Sublime Page 1 35 39 V 42✓ 46 4.7 48 52 53 54 57 62 84 SECT . 11. - Of Amplification 96 SECT . 12 . That the definition which the writers of ...
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... thoughts , and his thirst after knowledge led him to those channels by which it is con- veyed . Wherever men of learning were to be found , he was present , and lost no opportunity of forming a familiarity and intimacy with them ...
... thoughts , and his thirst after knowledge led him to those channels by which it is con- veyed . Wherever men of learning were to be found , he was present , and lost no opportunity of forming a familiarity and intimacy with them ...
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... thought of them all , and could discern every beauty or blemish in every composition . In vain might inferior critics exclaim against this monopoly of judgment .. Whatever objections they raised against it , were mere air and unre ...
... thought of them all , and could discern every beauty or blemish in every composition . In vain might inferior critics exclaim against this monopoly of judgment .. Whatever objections they raised against it , were mere air and unre ...
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... thought to frighten into compli- ance . This answer was drawn up by Lon- ginus in a spirit peculiar to himself , and worthy of his mistress . ZENOBIA , QUEEN OF THE EAST , TO TIE EMPEROR AURELIAN . 66 66 " Never was such an unreasonable ...
... thought to frighten into compli- ance . This answer was drawn up by Lon- ginus in a spirit peculiar to himself , and worthy of his mistress . ZENOBIA , QUEEN OF THE EAST , TO TIE EMPEROR AURELIAN . 66 66 " Never was such an unreasonable ...
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Page 127 - God is not a man, that he should lie;. neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Page 40 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same: Unerring Nature, still divinely bright, One clear, unchang'd, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty, must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of Art. Art from that fund each just supply provides, Works without show, and without pomp presides: In some fair body thus th...
Page 96 - Therefore let no man glory in men ; for all things are yours, whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come ; all are yours, and ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
Page 67 - Before the gates there sat On either side a formidable shape; The one seem'd woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many a scaly fold...
Page 92 - I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.
Page 114 - He spake ; and, to confirm his words, out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumined Hell. Highly they raged Against the Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clashed on their sounding shields the din of war, Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven.
Page 116 - 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...
Page 167 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 138 - That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth ! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Page 90 - These see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep. For He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.