The Philosophy of RhetoricHarper & Brothers, 1860 - 435 pagine |
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Pagina iv
... discover that , on a question so nice and curious , there should , without any previous communication , be so remarkable a coinci- dence of sentiments in everything wherein their sub- jects coincide . A man must have an uncommon con ...
... discover that , on a question so nice and curious , there should , without any previous communication , be so remarkable a coinci- dence of sentiments in everything wherein their sub- jects coincide . A man must have an uncommon con ...
Pagina 17
... discover , it implies no presumption to affirm , that we shall never excel them so far in poetry and eloquence , if ever in these respects we come to equal them . The same thing might probably be affirmed in regard to painting , sculp ...
... discover , it implies no presumption to affirm , that we shall never excel them so far in poetry and eloquence , if ever in these respects we come to equal them . The same thing might probably be affirmed in regard to painting , sculp ...
Pagina 20
... discover to what partic- ular purpose each attempt is adapted , and in what circum- stances only to be used . The fourth and last is to canvass those principles in our nature to which the various attempts are adapted , and by which , in ...
... discover to what partic- ular purpose each attempt is adapted , and in what circum- stances only to be used . The fourth and last is to canvass those principles in our nature to which the various attempts are adapted , and by which , in ...
Pagina 26
... discover the origin of this defect , and that both from the nature of the thing and from the customs which obtained among both Greeks and Romans . First , from the nature of the thing , for to persuade presupposes in some degree , and ...
... discover the origin of this defect , and that both from the nature of the thing and from the customs which obtained among both Greeks and Romans . First , from the nature of the thing , for to persuade presupposes in some degree , and ...
Pagina 32
... discover an unexpected similarity in objects which , at first sight , appear the most dissimilar and hetero- geneous . Thus high and low are coupled , humble and su- perb , momentous and trivial , common and extraordinary . Addison ...
... discover an unexpected similarity in objects which , at first sight , appear the most dissimilar and hetero- geneous . Thus high and low are coupled , humble and su- perb , momentous and trivial , common and extraordinary . Addison ...
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Brani popolari
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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?
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.