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... thought for himself . He consulted his own ideas and reflec- tions ; and a great part of what will be found in these lec- tures is entirely his own . At the same time , he availed him- self of the ideas and reflections of others , as ...
... thought for himself . He consulted his own ideas and reflec- tions ; and a great part of what will be found in these lec- tures is entirely his own . At the same time , he availed him- self of the ideas and reflections of others , as ...
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... thoughts to one another . Destitute of this power , reason would be a solitary , and , in some measure , an unavailing ... thought itself . Small are the advances which a single unassisted individual . can make towards perfecting any of ...
... thoughts to one another . Destitute of this power , reason would be a solitary , and , in some measure , an unavailing ... thought itself . Small are the advances which a single unassisted individual . can make towards perfecting any of ...
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... thought of , that is ostentatious and deceitful ; the minute and trifling study of words alone ; the pomp of expression ; the studied fallacies of rhetoric ; ornament substituted in the room of use . We need not wonder , that , under ...
... thought of , that is ostentatious and deceitful ; the minute and trifling study of words alone ; the pomp of expression ; the studied fallacies of rhetoric ; ornament substituted in the room of use . We need not wonder , that , under ...
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... thoughts that ought to be avoided ; and thereby tend to enlighten taste , and to lead genius from unnatural ... thought . Yet hence arises a new reason for the study of just and proper composition . If it be requisite not to be ...
... thoughts that ought to be avoided ; and thereby tend to enlighten taste , and to lead genius from unnatural ... thought . Yet hence arises a new reason for the study of just and proper composition . If it be requisite not to be ...
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... thought . Neither can the most gay and flourishing situa- tions of fortune afford any man the power of filling all his hours with pleasure . Life must always languish in the hands of the idle . It will frequently languish even in the ...
... thought . Neither can the most gay and flourishing situa- tions of fortune afford any man the power of filling all his hours with pleasure . Life must always languish in the hands of the idle . It will frequently languish even in the ...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres: In Three Volumes, Volume 3 Hugh Blair No preview available - 2016 |
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Vol. 3 of 3 (Classic Reprint) Hugh Blair No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 453 - And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water : in the habitation of dragons where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Page 171 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming ; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak, and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we ? art thou become like unto us...
Page 26 - 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 171 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Page 456 - 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 451 - 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 171 - 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 213 - 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 474 - Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man, in the land of Canaan ; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
Page 219 - Our imagination loves to be filled with an object, or to grasp at any thing that is too big for its capacity. We are flung into a pleasing astonishment at such unbounded views, and feel a delightful stillness and amazement in the soul at the apprehension of them.