Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1Thomas Kirk, 1807 - 384 pages |
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... rules , how just soever , are sufficient to form an orator . Sup- posing natural genius to be favourable , more by a great deal will depend upon private application and study , than upon any system of instruction that is capable of ...
... rules , how just soever , are sufficient to form an orator . Sup- posing natural genius to be favourable , more by a great deal will depend upon private application and study , than upon any system of instruction that is capable of ...
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... rule can- not be at all applied ; and conformity to nature , is an expression frequently used , without any distinct or determinate meaning . We must therefore search for somewhat that can be rendered more clear and precise , to be the ...
... rule can- not be at all applied ; and conformity to nature , is an expression frequently used , without any distinct or determinate meaning . We must therefore search for somewhat that can be rendered more clear and precise , to be the ...
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... rules or conclusions concern . ing objects of Taste , can have any just authority , if they be found to contradict the general sentiments of men . These two systems , therefore , differ in reality very little from one another ...
... rules or conclusions concern . ing objects of Taste , can have any just authority , if they be found to contradict the general sentiments of men . These two systems , therefore , differ in reality very little from one another ...
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... rules concerning the unity of action in dramatic and epic composition , were not rules first discovered by logical reason- ing , and then applied to poetry ; but they were drawn from the practice of Homer and Sophocles : they were ...
... rules concerning the unity of action in dramatic and epic composition , were not rules first discovered by logical reason- ing , and then applied to poetry ; but they were drawn from the practice of Homer and Sophocles : they were ...
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... rules of Criticism ; for as these rules are founded in nature , nature will often suggest them in practice . Homer , it ... rule , not by feeling ; which is so far from being true , that they who judge after this manner are pedants , not ...
... rules of Criticism ; for as these rules are founded in nature , nature will often suggest them in practice . Homer , it ... rule , not by feeling ; which is so far from being true , that they who judge after this manner are pedants , not ...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint) Hugh Blair No preview available - 2018 |
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint) Hugh Blair No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 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.
Page 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!
Page 44 - And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.