The Philosophy of RhetoricHarper & bros., 1854 - 435 Seiten |
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... 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 which the poet and the orator so amply furnish ...
... 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 which the poet and the orator so amply furnish ...
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... thought too minute and particular , if just , they will not , he hopes , on a re - examination , be deemed of no consequence . Those may serve to illustrate a gener- al observation , which are scarcely worth notice as subjects either of ...
... thought too minute and particular , if just , they will not , he hopes , on a re - examination , be deemed of no consequence . Those may serve to illustrate a gener- al observation , which are scarcely worth notice as subjects either of ...
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... thoughts than to pretend to an exemption from such positive faults in expression , as , on the article of elocution , he hath so freely criticised in the best Eng- lish authors . He is entirely sensible that an impropri- ety or other ...
... thoughts than to pretend to an exemption from such positive faults in expression , as , on the article of elocution , he hath so freely criticised in the best Eng- lish authors . He is entirely sensible that an impropri- ety or other ...
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... thought too minute and particular , if just , they will not , he hopes , on a re - examination , be deemed of no consequence . Those may serve to illustrate a general observation , which are scarcely worth notice as subjects cither of ...
... thought too minute and particular , if just , they will not , he hopes , on a re - examination , be deemed of no consequence . Those may serve to illustrate a general observation , which are scarcely worth notice as subjects cither of ...
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... Thought . Part II . From Affectation of Excellence Part III . From Want of Meaning . Under this the various Kinds of Nonsense : 1. The Puerile 266 ib . 268 270 271 2. The Learned 3. The Profound ... 272 275 4. The Marvellous 276 CHAP ...
... Thought . Part II . From Affectation of Excellence Part III . From Want of Meaning . Under this the various Kinds of Nonsense : 1. The Puerile 266 ib . 268 270 271 2. The Learned 3. The Profound ... 272 275 4. The Marvellous 276 CHAP ...
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Seite 411 - Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Seite 367 - 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.
Seite 396 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Seite 197 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Seite 133 - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.
Seite 344 - 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.
Seite 309 - Some say, he bid his angels turn askance The poles of earth, twice ten degrees and more, From the sun's axle ; they with labour push'd Oblique the centric globe.
Seite 353 - That palter with us in a double sense; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope.
Seite 247 - To this succeeded that licentiousness which entered with the restoration, and, from infecting our religion and morals, fell to corrupt our language ; which last was not like to be much improved by those who at that time made up the court of king Charles the Second ; either such...
Seite 54 - 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 moved to smile at any thing.