Dionysius Longinus On the Sublime: Translated from the Greek, with Notes and Observations, and Some Account of the Life, Writings, and Character of the AuthorB. Dod, 1752 - 180 páginas |
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... Elevation of thought . 20 23 27 That a choice and connexion of proper circumstances will produce the Sublime . SECT . XI . Of Amplification . SECT . XII . 49 61 That the definition , which the writers of rhetoric give of Amplification ...
... Elevation of thought . 20 23 27 That a choice and connexion of proper circumstances will produce the Sublime . SECT . XI . Of Amplification . SECT . XII . 49 61 That the definition , which the writers of rhetoric give of Amplification ...
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... elevation of the foul . Searching for the particular paffages and in- cidents of the Life of Longinus , is like travel- ling now - a - days thro ' thofe countries in which was spent . We meet with nothing but con- tinual fcenes of ...
... elevation of the foul . Searching for the particular paffages and in- cidents of the Life of Longinus , is like travel- ling now - a - days thro ' thofe countries in which was spent . We meet with nothing but con- tinual fcenes of ...
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... enough , to shew how fine it was , and how many qualifications are neceffary to form the character of a Critic with dignity and applause . Eleva- Elevation of Thought , the greatest quali- ification requifite to xviii The Life and Writings.
... enough , to shew how fine it was , and how many qualifications are neceffary to form the character of a Critic with dignity and applause . Eleva- Elevation of Thought , the greatest quali- ification requifite to xviii The Life and Writings.
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... Elevation of Thought , the greatest quali- ification requifite to an Orator or Poet , is equally neceffary to a Critic , and is the most fhining talent in Longinus . Nature had im- planted the feeds of it within him , which he himself ...
... Elevation of Thought , the greatest quali- ification requifite to an Orator or Poet , is equally neceffary to a Critic , and is the most fhining talent in Longinus . Nature had im- planted the feeds of it within him , which he himself ...
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... Elevation of Thought , be rather a natural than an acquired qualifica- tion , yet we ought to fpare no pains to educate our fouls to grandeur , and impregnate them with generous and enlarged ideas . " But ( 3 ) The Poet . ] Longinus ...
... Elevation of Thought , be rather a natural than an acquired qualifica- tion , yet we ought to fpare no pains to educate our fouls to grandeur , and impregnate them with generous and enlarged ideas . " But ( 3 ) The Poet . ] Longinus ...
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Página 153 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Página 78 - Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, have they not sped ? have they not divided the prey ; to every man a damsel or two ; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil...
Página 74 - Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee: — I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not , fatal vision , sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
Página 114 - She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors: "Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
Página 156 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
Página 36 - Th' infernal monarch rear'd his horrid head, Leap'd from his throne, lest Neptune's arm should lay His dark dominions open to the day, And pour in light on Pluto's drear abodes, Abhorr'd by men, and dreadful ev'n to gods. Such war th' immortals wage; such horrors rend The world's vast concave, when the gods contend.
Página 56 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble.
Página 45 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Página 57 - Spit, fire! spout, rain! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and despis'd old man.
Página 138 - May boldly deviate from the common track ; Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics dare not mend. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part. And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which, without passing through the judgment, gains The heart, and all its end at once attains.