Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volumen1Thomas Kirk, 1807 - 384 páginas |
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... Composition . With the same intention they are now published ; and , therefore , the form of Lectures , in which they were at first composed , is still retained . The Author gives them to the world , neither as a work wholly original ...
... Composition . With the same intention they are now published ; and , therefore , the form of Lectures , in which they were at first composed , is still retained . The Author gives them to the world , neither as a work wholly original ...
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... Composition of his Lectures , he may , perhaps , have adopted the sentiments of some Author into whose Writings he had then looked , without now remembering whence he derived them . In the opinions which he has delivered con- cerning ...
... Composition of his Lectures , he may , perhaps , have adopted the sentiments of some Author into whose Writings he had then looked , without now remembering whence he derived them . In the opinions which he has delivered con- cerning ...
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... composition , and simplicity as essential to all true ornament . * When entering on the subject , I may be allowed , on this ccasion , to suggest a few thoughts concerning the importance and advantages of such studies , and the rank ...
... composition , and simplicity as essential to all true ornament . * When entering on the subject , I may be allowed , on this ccasion , to suggest a few thoughts concerning the importance and advantages of such studies , and the rank ...
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... composition have been employed to disguise or to supply the want of matter ; and the temporary applause of the ignorant has been courted , instead of the lasting approbation of the discerning . But such imposture can never maintain its ...
... composition have been employed to disguise or to supply the want of matter ; and the temporary applause of the ignorant has been courted , instead of the lasting approbation of the discerning . But such imposture can never maintain its ...
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... composition , merits the higher attention upon this account , that it is inti- mately connected with the improvement of our intellectual powers . For I must be allowed to say , that when we are em- ployed , after a proper manner , in ...
... composition , merits the higher attention upon this account , that it is inti- mately connected with the improvement of our intellectual powers . For I must be allowed to say , that when we are em- ployed , after a proper manner , in ...
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Página 220 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Página 238 - How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Página 44 - And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Página 238 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming : it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth ; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us...
Página 44 - The mountains saw thee, and they trembled : the overflowing of the water passed by : the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
Página 238 - All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house : but thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the 2S2 THE MAN-GOD.
Página 333 - I do not know whether I am singular in my opinion: but for my own part, I would rather look upon a tree in all its luxuriancy and diffusion of boughs and branches, than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure...
Página 215 - The charm dissolves apace ; And as the morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness, so their rising senses Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle Their clearer reason.
Página 153 - Men look with an evil eye upon the good that is in others, and think that their reputation obscures them, and their commendable qualities stand in their light ; and therefore they do what they can to cast a cloud over them, that the bright shining of their virtues may not obscure them.n This is altogether careless writing.
Página 173 - Homer was the greater genius, Virgil the better artist. In one we most admire the man, in the other the work. Homer hurries and transports us with a commanding impetuosity, Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty.