Dionysius Longinus On the SublimeF.C. and J. Rivington, 1819 - 223 pages |
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... passions obedient to our reason , our reason productive of inward tranquillity , and some- times of real and substantial advantage to all our fellow - creatures . Such remarks as the preceding can be no improper introduction to whatever ...
... passions obedient to our reason , our reason productive of inward tranquillity , and some- times of real and substantial advantage to all our fellow - creatures . Such remarks as the preceding can be no improper introduction to whatever ...
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... passions of the great to noble ends , to struggle for , and at last to die in the cause of liberty . During the residence of Longi- Trebellius ņus at Athens , the Emperor Va- Pollio . lerian had undertaken an expedi- tion against the ...
... passions of the great to noble ends , to struggle for , and at last to die in the cause of liberty . During the residence of Longi- Trebellius ņus at Athens , the Emperor Va- Pollio . lerian had undertaken an expedi- tion against the ...
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... passions , where there is no need of a Pathos ; or some excess , where mo- deration is requisite . For several authors , of no sober understandings , are excessively fond of passionate expressions , which bear no rela- tion at all to ...
... passions , where there is no need of a Pathos ; or some excess , where mo- deration is requisite . For several authors , of no sober understandings , are excessively fond of passionate expressions , which bear no rela- tion at all to ...
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... passions to a violent and even enthusiastic degree ; and these two being genuine constituents of the Sublime , are the ... passion . Whenever both unite , the passage will be ex- ' cellent ; and there is more of this in the book of Job ...
... passions to a violent and even enthusiastic degree ; and these two being genuine constituents of the Sublime , are the ... passion . Whenever both unite , the passage will be ex- ' cellent ; and there is more of this in the book of Job ...
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... passion ; ́ as , among a thousand instances , we may see , from what the poet has said , with so much boldness , of the Aloides : * ♢ to raise Huge Ossa on Olympus ' top they strove , And place on Ossa Pelion with its grove ; That ...
... passion ; ́ as , among a thousand instances , we may see , from what the poet has said , with so much boldness , of the Aloides : * ♢ to raise Huge Ossa on Olympus ' top they strove , And place on Ossa Pelion with its grove ; That ...
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