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... effect to the lessons he should teach . Accordingly , his first course of Lectures was well attended , and received with great applause . In August , 1760 , the Town Council of Edinburgh instituted a Rhetorical class in the University ...
... effect to the lessons he should teach . Accordingly , his first course of Lectures was well attended , and received with great applause . In August , 1760 , the Town Council of Edinburgh instituted a Rhetorical class in the University ...
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... effect with the utmost speed and facility . A thought of the same kind is magnificently amplified in the following passage of Isaiah : ( chap . xliv . 24. 27. 28. ) " Thus saith the Lord , thy Redeemer , and he that formed thee from the ...
... effect with the utmost speed and facility . A thought of the same kind is magnificently amplified in the following passage of Isaiah : ( chap . xliv . 24. 27. 28. ) " Thus saith the Lord , thy Redeemer , and he that formed thee from the ...
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... . DRYDEN . In this translation of Dryden's the debasing circumstance to which I object in the original , is , with propriety , omitted . ant , how huge soever . The debasing effect of 42 [ LECT . IV SUBLIMITY IN WRITING .
... . DRYDEN . In this translation of Dryden's the debasing circumstance to which I object in the original , is , with propriety , omitted . ant , how huge soever . The debasing effect of 42 [ LECT . IV SUBLIMITY IN WRITING .
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... effect without a cause . There must have always been some motive which led to the assignation of one name rather than another ; and we can conceive no motive which would more universally operate up- on men in their first efforts towards ...
... effect without a cause . There must have always been some motive which led to the assignation of one name rather than another ; and we can conceive no motive which would more universally operate up- on men in their first efforts towards ...
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... effect of it is , that we have now , for the most part , no way left us to show the close relation of any two words to each other in meaning , but by placing them close to one another in the period . For instance ; the Romans could ...
... effect of it is , that we have now , for the most part , no way left us to show the close relation of any two words to each other in meaning , but by placing them close to one another in the period . For instance ; the Romans could ...
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Page 132 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 417 - 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 413 - 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.
Page 406 - 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 bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Page 200 - 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 163 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; that made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
Page 412 - 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 162 - The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet : they break forth into singing. . , Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
Page 420 - He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Page 416 - 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.