The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Band 1George Ramsay & Company, 1808 |
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Seite vii
... style , with which , he is afraid , it will be thought chargeable . It is his purpose in this Work , on the one hand , to exhibit , he does not say , a correct map , but a tolerable sketch of the human mind ; and , aided by the lights ...
... style , with which , he is afraid , it will be thought chargeable . It is his purpose in this Work , on the one hand , to exhibit , he does not say , a correct map , but a tolerable sketch of the human mind ; and , aided by the lights ...
Seite ix
... style in ge- neral admits no higher qualities than purity and perspicuity . These were therefore his highest aim . The best ornaments out of place are not only unbecoming but offen- sive . Nor can any thing be farther from his thoughts ...
... style in ge- neral admits no higher qualities than purity and perspicuity . These were therefore his highest aim . The best ornaments out of place are not only unbecoming but offen- sive . Nor can any thing be farther from his thoughts ...
Seite x
... style will escape the notice of the writer , which hardly escapes that of any body else . Next to the pur- pose of illustrating the principles and ca- nons which he here submits to the judg- ment of the Public , the two following mo ...
... style will escape the notice of the writer , which hardly escapes that of any body else . Next to the pur- pose of illustrating the principles and ca- nons which he here submits to the judg- ment of the Public , the two following mo ...
Seite 36
... style of French critics , the term wit , in English writ- ings , hath been sometimes used with equal latitude . But this is certainly a perversion of the word from its ordinary sense , through an excessive deference to the manner and ...
... style of French critics , the term wit , in English writ- ings , hath been sometimes used with equal latitude . But this is certainly a perversion of the word from its ordinary sense , through an excessive deference to the manner and ...
Seite 41
... style of the first couplet , and the simile used in the second , afford us a just notion of this lowest species which is distinguished by the name of the ludicrous . Another specimen from the same author you have in these lines : Great ...
... style of the first couplet , and the simile used in the second , afford us a just notion of this lowest species which is distinguished by the name of the ludicrous . Another specimen from the same author you have in these lines : Great ...
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Seite 36 - Here files of pins extend their shining rows, Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux. Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, 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.
Seite 35 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Seite 35 - A heavenly image in the glass appears, To that she bends, to that her eyes she rears ; The inferior priestess, at her altar's side, Trembling begins the sacred rites of pride.
Seite 412 - It celebrates the church of England, as the most perfect of all others, in discipline and doctrine ; it advances no opinion they reject, nor condemns any they receive.
Seite 413 - We next went to the school of languages, where three professors sat in consultation upon improving that of their own country. The first project was to shorten discourse by cutting polysyllables into one, and leaving out verbs and participles, because in reality all things imaginable are but nouns.
Seite 73 - So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music: Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit That could be mov'd to smile at any thing.
Seite 284 - And went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
Seite 14 - All the ends of speaking are reducible to four ; every speech being intended to enlighten the understanding, to please the imagination, to move the passions, or to influence the will.
Seite 164 - The coolest reasoner always in persuading, addresseth himself to the passions some way or other. This he cannot avoid doing, if he speak to the purpose. To make me believe, it is enough to show me that things are so ; to make me act, it is necessary to show that the action will answer some End.
Seite 61 - And Milo-like surveys his arms and hands ; Then, sighing, thus, " And am I now three-score? Ah why, ye gods, should two and two make four?