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... Orators , and Historians . " The Sublime , says Longinus , is an image " reflected from the inward greatness of the " soul . " The remark is refined and just ; and who more deserving than he of its applica- tion ? Let his sentiments be ...
... Orators , and Historians . " The Sublime , says Longinus , is an image " reflected from the inward greatness of the " soul . " The remark is refined and just ; and who more deserving than he of its applica- tion ? Let his sentiments be ...
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... Orator or Poet , is equally necessary to a Critic , and is the most shining talent in Longinus . Nature had im- planted the seeds of it within him , which he himself improved and nursed up to perfection , by an intimacy with the ...
... Orator or Poet , is equally necessary to a Critic , and is the most shining talent in Longinus . Nature had im- planted the seeds of it within him , which he himself improved and nursed up to perfection , by an intimacy with the ...
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... Orator , he shews in two periods the distinguishing excellencies of each ; the first is a very hurricane , which bears down all before it ; the last , a conflagra- tion , gentle in its beginning , gradually dis- persed , increasing and ...
... Orator , he shews in two periods the distinguishing excellencies of each ; the first is a very hurricane , which bears down all before it ; the last , a conflagra- tion , gentle in its beginning , gradually dis- persed , increasing and ...
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... orators , and at the close he says , " And further , Paul of Tarsus , the chief sup ; " porter of an opinion not yet ... orator . For where is the writer that can vie with him in sublime and pathetic eloquence ? Demosthenes could rouse ...
... orators , and at the close he says , " And further , Paul of Tarsus , the chief sup ; " porter of an opinion not yet ... orator . For where is the writer that can vie with him in sublime and pathetic eloquence ? Demosthenes could rouse ...
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... orator , or the poet : this was the rise of an Alexander , a Socrates , a Demosthenes , and a Homer . Yet this inward vigor is chiefly owing to the bounty of nature , is cherished and improved by education , but cannot reach maturity ...
... orator , or the poet : this was the rise of an Alexander , a Socrates , a Demosthenes , and a Homer . Yet this inward vigor is chiefly owing to the bounty of nature , is cherished and improved by education , but cannot reach maturity ...
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Page 127 - God is not a man, that he should lie;. neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Page 40 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same: Unerring Nature, still divinely bright, One clear, unchang'd, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty, must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of Art. Art from that fund each just supply provides, Works without show, and without pomp presides: In some fair body thus th...
Page 96 - Therefore let no man glory in men ; for all things are yours, whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come ; all are yours, and ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
Page 67 - Before the gates there sat On either side a formidable shape; The one seem'd woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many a scaly fold...
Page 92 - I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.
Page 114 - He spake ; and, to confirm his words, out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumined Hell. Highly they raged Against the Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clashed on their sounding shields the din of war, Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven.
Page 116 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up...
Page 167 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 138 - That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth ! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Page 90 - These see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep. For He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.