The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Band 1George Ramsay & Company, 1808 |
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... poet and the orator so amply furnish , to disclose its secret move- ments , tracing its principal channels of per- ception and action , as near as possible , to their source and , on the other hand , from the science of human nature ...
... poet and the orator so amply furnish , to disclose its secret move- ments , tracing its principal channels of per- ception and action , as near as possible , to their source and , on the other hand , from the science of human nature ...
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... poet . Eloquence and architecture , by which last term is always understood more than building merely for accommodation , are to be considered as of a mixed nature , wherein utility and beauty have almost equal influence . The elegant ...
... poet . Eloquence and architecture , by which last term is always understood more than building merely for accommodation , are to be considered as of a mixed nature , wherein utility and beauty have almost equal influence . The elegant ...
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... poet's work , being at most but a sort of garnishing , and by far too unessential to give a designation to the kind . This particularity in form , to adopt an expression of the naturalists , constitutes only a variety , and not a ...
... poet's work , being at most but a sort of garnishing , and by far too unessential to give a designation to the kind . This particularity in form , to adopt an expression of the naturalists , constitutes only a variety , and not a ...
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... poets before critics . The first im- pulse towards the attainment of every , art is from nature . The earliest assistance and direction that can be obtained in the rhetorical art , by which men operate on the minds of others , arises ...
... poets before critics . The first im- pulse towards the attainment of every , art is from nature . The earliest assistance and direction that can be obtained in the rhetorical art , by which men operate on the minds of others , arises ...
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... poet adds , " For works may have more wit than does ' em good . " Now let us substitute the definition in the place of the thing , and " it will stand thus : A work may have more of nature dress'd to ad- The materials employed by wit in ...
... poet adds , " For works may have more wit than does ' em good . " Now let us substitute the definition in the place of the thing , and " it will stand thus : A work may have more of nature dress'd to ad- The materials employed by wit in ...
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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?