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... grace and force of those expressions which they used , when they sought to persuade or to affect . They were early sensible of a beauty in discourse , and endeav- oured to give it certain decorations , which experience had taught them ...
... grace and force of those expressions which they used , when they sought to persuade or to affect . They were early sensible of a beauty in discourse , and endeav- oured to give it certain decorations , which experience had taught them ...
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... grace and strength , are attainments of the utmost consequence to all who pur- pose , either by speech or writing , to address the public . For without being master of those attainments , no man can do justice to his own con- ceptions ...
... grace and strength , are attainments of the utmost consequence to all who pur- pose , either by speech or writing , to address the public . For without being master of those attainments , no man can do justice to his own con- ceptions ...
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... grace and elegance of every kind of writing . The public ear is become re- fined . It will not easily bear what is slovenly and incorrect . Every author must aspire to some merit in expression , as well as in sentiment , if he would not ...
... grace and elegance of every kind of writing . The public ear is become re- fined . It will not easily bear what is slovenly and incorrect . Every author must aspire to some merit in expression , as well as in sentiment , if he would not ...
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... grace , without seeming to fall . The high importance of the rule which I have been now giving , con- cerning the proper choice of circumstances , when description is meant to be sublime , seems to me not to have been sufficiently ...
... grace , without seeming to fall . The high importance of the rule which I have been now giving , con- cerning the proper choice of circumstances , when description is meant to be sublime , seems to me not to have been sufficiently ...
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... grace , is the former waving curve , twisted round some solid body . The curling worm of a common jack is one of the instances he gives of it . Twisted pillars , and twisted horns , also exhibit it . In all the instances which he ...
... grace , is the former waving curve , twisted round some solid body . The curling worm of a common jack is one of the instances he gives of it . Twisted pillars , and twisted horns , also exhibit it . In all the instances which he ...
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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...