Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Bind 3Richardson, 1823 |
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... narration , so ele- gant , so picturesque , so animated and interesting , as that of Herodotus , Thucydides , Xenophon , Livy , Tacitus , and Sallust . Although the con- duct of the drama may be admitted to have re- ceived some ...
... narration , so ele- gant , so picturesque , so animated and interesting , as that of Herodotus , Thucydides , Xenophon , Livy , Tacitus , and Sallust . Although the con- duct of the drama may be admitted to have re- ceived some ...
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... narration . It admits of much high ornament and elegance ; but the ornaments must be always consistent with dignity : they should not appear to be sought after , but to rise naturally from a mind animated by the events which it records ...
... narration . It admits of much high ornament and elegance ; but the ornaments must be always consistent with dignity : they should not appear to be sought after , but to rise naturally from a mind animated by the events which it records ...
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... narration agreeable . He must give a distinct account of the dates , and of the coincidence of facts . But he is not under the necessity of breaking off al- ways in the middle of transactions , in order to inform us of what was ...
... narration agreeable . He must give a distinct account of the dates , and of the coincidence of facts . But he is not under the necessity of breaking off al- ways in the middle of transactions , in order to inform us of what was ...
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Hugh Blair. and scattered narration of the principal story . Among the moderns , the President Thuanus has , by attempting to make the history of his own times too comprehensive , fallen into the same error of loading the reader with a ...
Hugh Blair. and scattered narration of the principal story . Among the moderns , the President Thuanus has , by attempting to make the history of his own times too comprehensive , fallen into the same error of loading the reader with a ...
Side 29
... ment , which ought to have been altogether a political history , has evidently attended more to the elegance of narration , and the painting of characters , than to the unfolding of secret causes and Lect . 36 . 29 HISTORICAL WRITING .
... ment , which ought to have been altogether a political history , has evidently attended more to the elegance of narration , and the painting of characters , than to the unfolding of secret causes and Lect . 36 . 29 HISTORICAL WRITING .
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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.