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... , be filled up ? How can we contrive to dispose of them in any way that shall be more agreeable in itself , or more consonant to the dig- nity of the human mind , than in the entertainments LECT . I. ] 13 INTRODUCTION .
... , be filled up ? How can we contrive to dispose of them in any way that shall be more agreeable in itself , or more consonant to the dig- nity of the human mind , than in the entertainments LECT . I. ] 13 INTRODUCTION .
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... agreeable to the most material rules of criticism : for as these rules are founded in nature , nature will often suggest them in practice . Homer , it is more than probable , was acquainted with no systems of the art of poetry . Guided ...
... agreeable to the most material rules of criticism : for as these rules are founded in nature , nature will often suggest them in practice . Homer , it is more than probable , was acquainted with no systems of the art of poetry . Guided ...
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... agreeable while it lasts ; but from which the mind is tending every moment to fall down into its ordinary situation . Now , when an author has brought us , or is at- tempting to bring us , into this state ; if he multiplies words unne ...
... agreeable while it lasts ; but from which the mind is tending every moment to fall down into its ordinary situation . Now , when an author has brought us , or is at- tempting to bring us , into this state ; if he multiplies words unne ...
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... agreeable serenity . Sublimity raises a feeling , too violent , as I showed , to be lasting ; the plea- sure arising from beauty admits of longer continuance . It extends also to a much greater variety of objects than sublimity ; to a ...
... agreeable serenity . Sublimity raises a feeling , too violent , as I showed , to be lasting ; the plea- sure arising from beauty admits of longer continuance . It extends also to a much greater variety of objects than sublimity ; to a ...
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... agreeable sensation they all raise , must be a very difficult , if not , more probably , a vain attempt . Objects denominated beautiful , are so different , as to please , not in virtue of any one quality common to them all , but by ...
... agreeable sensation they all raise , must be a very difficult , if not , more probably , a vain attempt . Objects denominated beautiful , are so different , as to please , not in virtue of any one quality common to them all , but by ...
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Addison admiration admit advantage Æneid agreeable ancient appears Aristotle attention beauty called character Cicero circumstances comedy composition considered criticism Dean Swift declension degree Demosthenes dignity discourse distinct distinguished effect elegant eloquence employed English English language epic epic poetry expression fancy figures French frequently genius give grace Greek hearers Hence Homer human ideas Iliad imagination imitation instance Isocrates Julius Cæsar kind language Latin lecture Lord Shaftesbury manner means metaphor mind nature never objects observe occasion orator ornament particular passion peculiar person perspicuity plain pleasure poem poet poetical poetry precision principles proper propriety prose public speaking Quintilian reason relation remarkable render resemblance rise Roman rule scene sense sensible sentence sentiments shew simplicity sort sound speaker species speech strength style sublime Tacitus taste tence thing thought Thucydides tion tongue tragedy tropes variety verbs verse Virgil whole words writing
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Page 422 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 418 - Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name : bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness : fear before him, all the earth.
Page 423 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Page 121 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
Page 206 - A man of a polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving. He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets with a secret refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession.
Page 157 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Page 43 - God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off...
Page 169 - 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...
Page 418 - O SING unto the LORD a new song: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
Page 168 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God...