The Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres; Or, An Introduction to Languages, Poetry, Rhetorick, History, Moral Philosophy, Physicks, &c. ...W. Strahan, 1769 |
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Página 73
... style , which unites them ; that is , a folid and natural taste of beauty , abhorrent of paint and affectation . But I cannot help obferving , that this florid and fhining eloquence , which sparkles , as it were , through- out with wit ...
... style , which unites them ; that is , a folid and natural taste of beauty , abhorrent of paint and affectation . But I cannot help obferving , that this florid and fhining eloquence , which sparkles , as it were , through- out with wit ...
Página 75
... style , the plain , the em- bellished , and the fublime . t What fhall I fay of the Greek authors ? Is it not the peculiar character of Homer to excel no less in little than great things ; and to unite , with a marvel- lous fublimity ...
... style , the plain , the em- bellished , and the fublime . t What fhall I fay of the Greek authors ? Is it not the peculiar character of Homer to excel no less in little than great things ; and to unite , with a marvel- lous fublimity ...
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... style is too uniform , and the antithefis too often made use of . The thoughts are too clofe , and too much croud- ed . They are all disj inted from one another , which makes the ftyle too concife and abrupt . kind of point concludes ...
... style is too uniform , and the antithefis too often made use of . The thoughts are too clofe , and too much croud- ed . They are all disj inted from one another , which makes the ftyle too concife and abrupt . kind of point concludes ...
Página 123
... styles , on which the success of an oration generally depends , and which , properly fpeaking , art teaches us ; for the reft depends more on genius and nature . i Eloqui , hoc eft omnia quæ mente conceperis premere , atque al audientes ...
... styles , on which the success of an oration generally depends , and which , properly fpeaking , art teaches us ; for the reft depends more on genius and nature . i Eloqui , hoc eft omnia quæ mente conceperis premere , atque al audientes ...
Página 133
... style of hiftory , which must be eafy , natural , and flowing , is not fuitab e to thofe grave and harmonious numbers , which the majefty of an oratorial difcourfe requires . The eafieft and fureft way of making young people fenfible of ...
... style of hiftory , which must be eafy , natural , and flowing , is not fuitab e to thofe grave and harmonious numbers , which the majefty of an oratorial difcourfe requires . The eafieft and fureft way of making young people fenfible of ...
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Página 349 - Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
Página 335 - Judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it?
Página 335 - Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb; 'and even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Página 335 - Can a woman forget her sucking child, That she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, Yet will I not forget thee.
Página 319 - Woe unto them that join house to house, That lay field to field, till there be no place, That they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Página 100 - ... the picture of any object, spiritual or sensible. Now images and pictures are true no further than they resemble; so a thought is true when it represents things faithfully, and it is false when it makes them appear otherwise than they are in themselves.
Página 369 - A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion : being an Abridgment of the Sermons preached at the Lecture founded by the Hontte Robert Boyle, Esq...No\.