 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...  Dionysius Longinus On the Sublime - Page 116by Longinus - 1800 - 215 pagesFull view - About this book
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...us. One of these symptoms was described in connection with another object by Eliphaz the Temanite: "A spirit passed before my face: the hair of my flesh stood up." Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because,... | |
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...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...stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof" (Job 4:13-16). Edmund Burke quotes this passage as an exemplary sublime moment. "We are first prepared... | |
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...men, fear came upon me and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed be/ore my face. The hair of my flesh stood up. It stood still, but 1 could not discern the form thereof; an image was before mine eyes ; there was silence ; and I heard... | |
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