The Philosophy of RhetoricHarper & Brothers, 1860 - 435 pages |
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Page iv
... wherein their sub- jects coincide . A man must have an uncommon con- fidence in his own faculties ( I might have said in his own infallibility ) who is not sensibly more satisfied of the justness of their procedure , especially in ...
... wherein their sub- jects coincide . A man must have an uncommon con- fidence in his own faculties ( I might have said in his own infallibility ) who is not sensibly more satisfied of the justness of their procedure , especially in ...
Page v
... wherein they all agree , than those wherein they differ . He treats of ludicrous objects and ludicrous writing , with a view to account for the superior copiousness and refinement of modern ridicule . When philosophical acuteness is ...
... wherein they all agree , than those wherein they differ . He treats of ludicrous objects and ludicrous writing , with a view to account for the superior copiousness and refinement of modern ridicule . When philosophical acuteness is ...
Page vi
... add , that though his subject be Eloquence , yet , as the nature of his work is didactical , wherein the understanding only is addressed , the style in general admits no higher qualities than purity and perspicuity vi PREFACE .
... add , that though his subject be Eloquence , yet , as the nature of his work is didactical , wherein the understanding only is addressed , the style in general admits no higher qualities than purity and perspicuity vi PREFACE .
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... wherein utility and beauty have almost equal influence . The elegant arts , as well as the useful , are founded in ex- perience ; but from the difference of their nature , there arises a considerable difference both in their origin and ...
... wherein utility and beauty have almost equal influence . The elegant arts , as well as the useful , are founded in ex- perience ; but from the difference of their nature , there arises a considerable difference both in their origin and ...
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... wherein there is found a pret- ty considerable coincidence with one another ; namely , as objects of taste , which , by exciting sentiments of grandeur , beauty , novelty , and the like , are calculated to delight the im- agination . In ...
... wherein there is found a pret- ty considerable coincidence with one another ; namely , as objects of taste , which , by exciting sentiments of grandeur , beauty , novelty , and the like , are calculated to delight the im- agination . In ...
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Page 369 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock : and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not : for it was founded upon a rock.
Page 432 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Page 257 - For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, saying, Fear not, Paul ; thou must be brought before Caesar ; and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
Page 315 - For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell, Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 35 - Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes. The...
Page 40 - She said ; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her Beau demand the precious hairs: (Sir Plume of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane) With earnest eyes, and round unthinking face, He first the snuff-box open'd, then the case, And thus broke out — "My Lord, why, what the devil?
Page 340 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 20 - H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did it by ; Else, when with greatest art he spoke, You'd think he talked like other folk.
Page 272 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Page 385 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.