Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, 第 1 卷Thomas Kirk, 1807 - 384 頁 |
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第 9 頁
... poetry , or any of the fine arts , is justly construed to be an unpromising symptom of youth ; and raises suspicions of their being prone to low gratifications , or destined to drudge in the more vulgar and illiberal pursuits of life ...
... poetry , or any of the fine arts , is justly construed to be an unpromising symptom of youth ; and raises suspicions of their being prone to low gratifications , or destined to drudge in the more vulgar and illiberal pursuits of life ...
第 10 頁
... poetry or prose , almost every one rises with some good impressions left on his mind ; and though these may not always be durable , they are at least to be ranked among the means of disposing the heart to virtue . One thing is certain ...
... poetry or prose , almost every one rises with some good impressions left on his mind ; and though these may not always be durable , they are at least to be ranked among the means of disposing the heart to virtue . One thing is certain ...
第 17 頁
... poetry . The characters of Taste when brought to its most perfect state , are all reducible to two , Delicacy and Correctness . Delicacy of Taste respects principally the perfection of that natural sensibility on which Taste is founded ...
... poetry . The characters of Taste when brought to its most perfect state , are all reducible to two , Delicacy and Correctness . Delicacy of Taste respects principally the perfection of that natural sensibility on which Taste is founded ...
第 18 頁
... poetry , the Asiatics at no time relished any thing but what was full of ornament , and splendid in a degree that we would denominate gawdy ; whilst the Greeks admired only chaste and simple beauties , and despised the Asiatic ...
... poetry , the Asiatics at no time relished any thing but what was full of ornament , and splendid in a degree that we would denominate gawdy ; whilst the Greeks admired only chaste and simple beauties , and despised the Asiatic ...
第 19 頁
... poetry which prevails in Great Britain now , from what prevailed there no longer ago than the reign of king Charles II . which the authors too of that time deemed an Augustan age : when nothing was in vogue but an affected brilliancy of ...
... poetry which prevails in Great Britain now , from what prevailed there no longer ago than the reign of king Charles II . which the authors too of that time deemed an Augustan age : when nothing was in vogue but an affected brilliancy of ...
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第 220 頁 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
第 238 頁 - How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
第 44 頁 - And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
第 238 頁 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming : it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth ; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us...
第 44 頁 - The mountains saw thee, and they trembled : the overflowing of the water passed by : the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
第 238 頁 - All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house : but thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the 2S2 THE MAN-GOD.
第 333 頁 - I do not know whether I am singular in my opinion: but for my own part, I would rather look upon a tree in all its luxuriancy and diffusion of boughs and branches, than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure...
第 215 頁 - The charm dissolves apace ; And as the morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness, so their rising senses Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle Their clearer reason.
第 153 頁 - Men look with an evil eye upon the good that is in others, and think that their reputation obscures them, and their commendable qualities stand in their light ; and therefore they do what they can to cast a cloud over them, that the bright shining of their virtues may not obscure them.n This is altogether careless writing.
第 173 頁 - Homer was the greater genius, Virgil the better artist. In one we most admire the man, in the other the work. Homer hurries and transports us with a commanding impetuosity, Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty.