Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles LettresS.C. Hayes, 1860 - 557 páginas |
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... orator ought to be an accomplished scholar , and conversant in every part of learning . It is indeed impossible to ... oratory , and debased it below its true standard 10 [ LECT . I. INTRODUCTION .
... orator ought to be an accomplished scholar , and conversant in every part of learning . It is indeed impossible to ... oratory , and debased it below its true standard 10 [ LECT . I. INTRODUCTION .
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Hugh Blair Abraham Mills. disgraced oratory , and debased it below its true standard . The graces of composition have ... orator . Supposing natural genius to be favourable , more by a great deal will depend upon private ap- plication and ...
Hugh Blair Abraham Mills. disgraced oratory , and debased it below its true standard . The graces of composition have ... orator . Supposing natural genius to be favourable , more by a great deal will depend upon private ap- plication and ...
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... orator . It is proper also to observe , that genius is a word , which , in com- mon acceptation , extends much farther than to the objects of taste . It is used to signify that talent or aptitude which we receive from nature , for ...
... orator . It is proper also to observe , that genius is a word , which , in com- mon acceptation , extends much farther than to the objects of taste . It is used to signify that talent or aptitude which we receive from nature , for ...
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... orator , becomes more refined with re- spect to the beauties of composition , it will certainly assist him to produce the more finished beauties in his work . Genius , however , in a poet or orator , may sometimes exist in a higher ...
... orator , becomes more refined with re- spect to the beauties of composition , it will certainly assist him to produce the more finished beauties in his work . Genius , however , in a poet or orator , may sometimes exist in a higher ...
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... orator ? On the it produces ; and from what is this common acceptation of the word genius , very distinguishable ? In what does what is it proper to observe ; and what the simplest form of external grandeur is it used to signify ? How ...
... orator ? On the it produces ; and from what is this common acceptation of the word genius , very distinguishable ? In what does what is it proper to observe ; and what the simplest form of external grandeur is it used to signify ? How ...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres: Chiefly from the Lectures of Dr. Blair Hugh Blair,Abraham Mills Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres Hugh Blair, Dr,Abraham Mills Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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Página 168 - 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 34 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; The hair of my flesh stood up...
Página 461 - Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name : bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness : fear before him, all the earth.
Página 181 - 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...
Página 464 - Yet the Lord will command His loving-kindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Página 461 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? and who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Página 223 - A man of a polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures, that the vulgar are not capable of receiving. He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets with a secret refreshment in a description,* and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession.
Página 181 - 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.
Página 225 - Entertain hopes, mirth rather than joy, variety of delights rather than surfeit of them, wonder and admiration, and therefore novelties, studies that fill the mind with splendid and illustrious objects, as histories, fables, and contemplations of nature.
Página 466 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.