The Works of George Campbell: Philosophy of rhetoricT. Tegg, 1840 |
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Strona xvii
... language , a more thorough investigation of the latent energies , if I may thus express myself , whereby the instru- ments employed by eloquence produce their effect upon the hearers , will serve considerably both to improve the taste ...
... language , a more thorough investigation of the latent energies , if I may thus express myself , whereby the instru- ments employed by eloquence produce their effect upon the hearers , will serve considerably both to improve the taste ...
Strona 6
... language , we do not argue to gain barely the assent of the understanding , but , which is infinitely more important , the consent of the will " . To prevent mistakes , it will not be beside my purpose further to remark , that several ...
... language , we do not argue to gain barely the assent of the understanding , but , which is infinitely more important , the consent of the will " . To prevent mistakes , it will not be beside my purpose further to remark , that several ...
Strona 34
... language but Latin . In propriety there cannot be such a thing as an uni- versal grammar , unless there were such a thing as an universal language . The term hath sometimes , indeed , been applied to a collection of obervations on the ...
... language but Latin . In propriety there cannot be such a thing as an uni- versal grammar , unless there were such a thing as an universal language . The term hath sometimes , indeed , been applied to a collection of obervations on the ...
Strona 35
... language , and that they be con- strued in the manner , and used in the signification , which cus- tom hath rendered necessary for conveying the sense . The orator requires also beauty and strength . The highest aim of the former is the ...
... language , and that they be con- strued in the manner , and used in the signification , which cus- tom hath rendered necessary for conveying the sense . The orator requires also beauty and strength . The highest aim of the former is the ...
Strona 69
... languages do not always exactly correspond . Some nations , from particular circumstances , are more affected by one ... language . In this way such mediums may be presented as will satisfy a candid adversary , that the application he ...
... languages do not always exactly correspond . Some nations , from particular circumstances , are more affected by one ... language . In this way such mediums may be presented as will satisfy a candid adversary , that the application he ...
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Strona 378 - Peace to all such ! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone. Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Strona 412 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Strona 249 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Strona 323 - 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 12 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Strona 365 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Strona 18 - 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) With earnest eyes, and round unthinking face, He first the snuff-box open'd, then the case, And thus broke out— "My Lord, why, what the devil?
Strona 137 - And went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
Strona 364 - Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Strona 378 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?