The Philosophy of RhetoricT. Tegg, 1841 - 396 |
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Strona iv
... wherein they all agree , than those wherein they differ . He treats of ludicrous objects and ludicrous writing , with a view to account for the superior copiousness and refinement of modern ridicule . When phi- losophical acuteness is ...
... wherein they all agree , than those wherein they differ . He treats of ludicrous objects and ludicrous writing , with a view to account for the superior copiousness and refinement of modern ridicule . When phi- losophical acuteness is ...
Strona vi
... wherein the under- standing only is addressed , the style in general admits no high- er qualities than purity and perspicuity . These were there- fore his highest aim . The best ornaments out of place are not only unbecoming but ...
... wherein the under- standing only is addressed , the style in general admits no high- er qualities than purity and perspicuity . These were there- fore his highest aim . The best ornaments out of place are not only unbecoming but ...
Strona 3
... wherein utility and beauty have almost equal influence . The elegant arts , as well as the useful , are founded in experience ; but from the difference of their nature , there arises a considerablə difference both in their origin and in ...
... wherein utility and beauty have almost equal influence . The elegant arts , as well as the useful , are founded in experience ; but from the difference of their nature , there arises a considerablə difference both in their origin and in ...
Strona 8
... wherein there is found a pretty considerable coincidence with one another ; namely , as objects of taste , which by exciting sentiments of grandeur , beauty , novelty , and the like , are calculated to delight the imagination . In this ...
... wherein there is found a pretty considerable coincidence with one another ; namely , as objects of taste , which by exciting sentiments of grandeur , beauty , novelty , and the like , are calculated to delight the imagination . In this ...
Strona 15
... wherein even drapery and ornament are not neglected ; for here the end is pleasure . Would we pene- trate farther , and agitate the soul , we must exhibit only some vivid strokes , some expressive features , not decorated as for show ...
... wherein even drapery and ornament are not neglected ; for here the end is pleasure . Would we pene- trate farther , and agitate the soul , we must exhibit only some vivid strokes , some expressive features , not decorated as for show ...
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Strona 341 - Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer ; thy name is from everlasting.
Strona 341 - I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib : but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Strona 196 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
Strona 284 - For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell, Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Strona 22 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Strona 27 - She said ; then raging to Sir Plume' repairs, And bids her beau demand the precious hairs : (Sir Plume, of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane...
Strona 37 - I may therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly...
Strona 183 - We next went to the school of languages, where three professors sat in consultation upon improving that of their own country. The first project was to shorten discourse by cutting polysyllables into one, and leaving out verbs and participles, because in reality all things imaginable are but nouns.
Strona 309 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Strona 377 - Pr'ythee, lead me in: There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny ; 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own.