Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Bind 3Richardson, 1823 |
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... dignity , I propose to treat of it at some length , As it is the office of an orator to persuade , it is that of an historian to record truth for the in- struction of mankind . This is the proper object and end of history , from which ...
... dignity , I propose to treat of it at some length , As it is the office of an orator to persuade , it is that of an historian to record truth for the in- struction of mankind . This is the proper object and end of history , from which ...
Side 18
... dignity are essential characteristics of history ; no light ornaments are to be employed , no flip- pancy of style , no quaintness of wit : But the writer must sustain the character of a wise man , writing for the instruction of ...
... dignity are essential characteristics of history ; no light ornaments are to be employed , no flip- pancy of style , no quaintness of wit : But the writer must sustain the character of a wise man , writing for the instruction of ...
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... dignity : they should not appear to be sought after , but to rise naturally from a mind animated by the events which it records . Historical composition is understood to com- prehend under it , -annals , memoirs , lives . But these are ...
... dignity : they should not appear to be sought after , but to rise naturally from a mind animated by the events which it records . Historical composition is understood to com- prehend under it , -annals , memoirs , lives . But these are ...
Side 23
... dignity , has failed much , in this article , in his history of the Peloponnesian war . No one great object is properly pursued , and kept in view ; but his nar- ration is cut down into small pieces ; his history is divided by summers ...
... dignity , has failed much , in this article , in his history of the Peloponnesian war . No one great object is properly pursued , and kept in view ; but his nar- ration is cut down into small pieces ; his history is divided by summers ...
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... dignity . What I principally considered was , the unity which belongs to this sort of composition ; the nature of which I have endeavoured to explain . I proceed next to observe , that in order to fulfil the end of history , the author ...
... dignity . What I principally considered was , the unity which belongs to this sort of composition ; the nature of which I have endeavoured to explain . I proceed next to observe , that in order to fulfil the end of history , the author ...
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Side 162 - Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep, Where your old bards, the famous Druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream. Ay me, I fondly dream ! Had ye been there...
Side 169 - 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.
Side 154 - Gently o'er the accustomed oak. Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! Thee, chauntress, oft the woods among I woo, to hear thy even-song; And missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green. To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon. Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Side 154 - Swinging slow with sullen roar : Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room, Teach light to 'counterfeit a gloom ; Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the belman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Side 181 - 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.
Side 180 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, 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.
Side 171 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? and who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Side 169 - O sing unto the Lord a new song : Sing unto the Lord, all the earth. Sing unto the Lord, bless His name ; Shew forth His salvation from day to day. Declare His glory among the heathen, His wonders among all people.
Side 171 - Jacob selah lift up your heads O ye gates and be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in...
Side 189 - He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.