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... gods , has been able to impair although not to destroy it . In two or three places the M.S. fails altogether ; in three or four others its readings seem to warrant the hazard- ous attempt at emendation . In one or two isolated instances ...
... gods , has been able to impair although not to destroy it . In two or three places the M.S. fails altogether ; in three or four others its readings seem to warrant the hazard- ous attempt at emendation . In one or two isolated instances ...
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... gods , it is " in charity and in truth . " a In writing to a man of your erudition , I need scarcely premise , except in the briefest manner , that the Sublime is a supreme excellence and perfection of language ; and that by this , and ...
... gods , it is " in charity and in truth . " a In writing to a man of your erudition , I need scarcely premise , except in the briefest manner , that the Sublime is a supreme excellence and perfection of language ; and that by this , and ...
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... god they had insulted , namely , Hermocrates , the son of Hermon . ” Is it not a wonder , my dear Terentianus , that he does not write of Dionysius the tyrant in like * In our own literature , Bishop Jeremy Taylor de- serves even more ...
... god they had insulted , namely , Hermocrates , the son of Hermon . ” Is it not a wonder , my dear Terentianus , that he does not write of Dionysius the tyrant in like * In our own literature , Bishop Jeremy Taylor de- serves even more ...
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... gods : - : - " Far as the watcher on his lofty crag O'er dark - blue sea can pierce the distant haze , So far the snorting coursers of the gods Leap at a single bound . " The scale in which he measures their stride is that of the ...
... gods : - : - " Far as the watcher on his lofty crag O'er dark - blue sea can pierce the distant haze , So far the snorting coursers of the gods Leap at a single bound . " The scale in which he measures their stride is that of the ...
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... gods wounds , divisions , revenges , tears , bonds , afflic- tions of every description , Homer seems to me , as far as he could , to have turned the men of the Trojan era into gods , and the gods into men . Now to us mortals in our ...
... gods wounds , divisions , revenges , tears , bonds , afflic- tions of every description , Homer seems to me , as far as he could , to have turned the men of the Trojan era into gods , and the gods into men . Now to us mortals in our ...
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Longinus on the sublime, tr. by T.R.R. Stebbing Dionysius Cassius Longinus,Longinus Vista completa - 1867 |
Términos y frases comunes
Addison admiration Æneid Æschylus Ajax Amphicrates amplification asyndeton BACCHYLIDES beauty belle marquise blemishes bombastic Cæcilius called charm Cleitarchus colloquial combination of metaphors comparison composition conceit criticism Demosthenes disciple of Homer eloquence emotion Eupolis Euripides Eurylochus example excellences expression eyes faults feelings Figures of Rhetoric flame genius Gibbon gods grand grandeur Greek harmony hearer heaven Herodotus Hesiod historic present Homer honour hyperbaton hyperbole Hypereides Iliad imagery imagination impeach inspiration instances of asyndeton Isocrates language lively lofty Longinus Lord Lysias magnificence majesty mean Milton mourir nature never nigh-near noble Odyssey orator passage passion peril periphrasis Philistus phrenzy Plato poet poetry polyptoton praise proper reason Reiske rhetorical figures rhetorical oath rhetorical plural rhetorical singular Sappho second person sentence shew Simile Sophocles soul speak speech spirit Stesichorus style sublimity thee Theopompus things thou thought thousand Thucydides Timæus transition translation treatise utterance words writing Xenophon
Pasajes populares
Página 106 - It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil by losing all its grossne.ss.
Página 60 - tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
Página 118 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Página 78 - They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Página 122 - He made an administration, so checkered and speckled; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified Mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white ; patriots and courtiers ; King's friends and republicans ; whigs and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies; that it was indeed a very curious shew ; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure...
Página 119 - For who knows not that truth is strong, next to the Almighty ; she needs no policies, nor stratagems, nor licensings to make her victorious, those are the shifts and the defences that error uses against her power...
Página 171 - Thee, bold Longinus! all the Nine inspire, And bless their critic with a poet's fire: An ardent judge, who, zealous in his trust, With warmth gives sentence, yet is always just; Whose own example strengthens all his laws; And is himself that great Sublime he draws.
Página 83 - A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank or sacredness of function, fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and...
Página 123 - ... becomes all men, and with a confidence in him which was justified even in its extravagance by his superior abilities, had never in any instance presumed upon any opinion of their own. Deprived of his guiding influence, they were whirled about, the sport of every gust, and easily driven into any port ; and as those who joined with them in manning the vessel were the most directly opposite to his opinions, measures, and character, and far the most artful and...
Página 111 - Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes: Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm: Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.