Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles LettresS.C. Hayes, 1860 - 557 páginas |
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... whole . This is followed by an analysis of each topic treated in the chapter . The two together will both aid and ... whole of each lec- ture ; the analysis , the whole of each of them in sub- We hope and one of our best male seminaries ...
... whole . This is followed by an analysis of each topic treated in the chapter . The two together will both aid and ... whole of each lec- ture ; the analysis , the whole of each of them in sub- We hope and one of our best male seminaries ...
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... whole , but the beauties and defects of each part ; and is able to describe the pecu- liar qualities which he praises or blames . The mist dissipates which seemed formerly to hang over the object ; and he can at length pro- nounce ...
... whole , but the beauties and defects of each part ; and is able to describe the pecu- liar qualities which he praises or blames . The mist dissipates which seemed formerly to hang over the object ; and he can at length pro- nounce ...
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... whole first and second books of Paradise Lost , are continued instances of it . Take only , for an example , the following noted description of Satan , after his fall , appearing at the head of the infernal hosts : -He , above the rest ...
... whole first and second books of Paradise Lost , are continued instances of it . Take only , for an example , the following noted description of Satan , after his fall , appearing at the head of the infernal hosts : -He , above the rest ...
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... whole composition , preserve the reader's mind always in a tone nearly allied to the sub- lime ; for which reason they may , in a limited sense , merit the naine of continued sublime writers ; and , in this class , we may justly place ...
... whole composition , preserve the reader's mind always in a tone nearly allied to the sub- lime ; for which reason they may , in a limited sense , merit the naine of continued sublime writers ; and , in this class , we may justly place ...
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... whole . When , in considering the structure of a tree or a plant , we observe how all the parts , the roots , the stem , the bark , and the leaves , are suited to the growth and nutriment of the whole ; much more when we survey LECT . V ...
... whole . When , in considering the structure of a tree or a plant , we observe how all the parts , the roots , the stem , the bark , and the leaves , are suited to the growth and nutriment of the whole ; much more when we survey LECT . V ...
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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.