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... alfo at a lofs for the Employment of his Parents , their Station in Life , and the beginning of his Education ; but a * Remnant of his own Writings informs us , that his Youth was spent in travelling with them , which gave him an ...
... alfo at a lofs for the Employment of his Parents , their Station in Life , and the beginning of his Education ; but a * Remnant of his own Writings informs us , that his Youth was spent in travelling with them , which gave him an ...
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... alfo of Longinus muft not pass without notice . He bore an Aver- fion to the Sneers and Cavils of thofe , who , unequal to the weighty Province of Criti- cifm , abuse it , and become its Nufance . He frequently takes Pains to fhew , how ...
... alfo of Longinus muft not pass without notice . He bore an Aver- fion to the Sneers and Cavils of thofe , who , unequal to the weighty Province of Criti- cifm , abuse it , and become its Nufance . He frequently takes Pains to fhew , how ...
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... itself would want room for it . 7 How grand alfo and pompous are those Descriptions of the Combat of the Gods ! Heav'n * Hefiod . in Scuto Herc . v . 267. Iliad . e . 4. 770 . Heav'n in loud Thunders bids the Trumpet found , And 20 ...
... itself would want room for it . 7 How grand alfo and pompous are those Descriptions of the Combat of the Gods ! Heav'n * Hefiod . in Scuto Herc . v . 267. Iliad . e . 4. 770 . Heav'n in loud Thunders bids the Trumpet found , And 20 ...
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... alfo inveft Difcourfe with peculiar Airs of Grandeur . In my opinion , they differ in these Respects : Sublimity con fifts in Loftinefs , but Amplification in Num- ber ; whence the former is often visible in one fingle Thought ; the ...
... alfo inveft Difcourfe with peculiar Airs of Grandeur . In my opinion , they differ in these Respects : Sublimity con fifts in Loftinefs , but Amplification in Num- ber ; whence the former is often visible in one fingle Thought ; the ...
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... alfo are to be rank'd among the serviceable Figures . An Hyperba- ton is a tranfpofing of Words or Thoughts out of their natural and grammatical Order , and it is a Figure ftamped as it were with the trueft Image of a moft forcible ...
... alfo are to be rank'd among the serviceable Figures . An Hyperba- ton is a tranfpofing of Words or Thoughts out of their natural and grammatical Order , and it is a Figure ftamped as it were with the trueft Image of a moft forcible ...
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Page 130 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 154 - And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience ; .and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Page 123 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 22 - O'er my dim Eyes a Darkness hung; My Ears with hollow Murmurs rung. In dewy Damps my Limbs were chill'd; My Blood with gentle Horrors thrill'd; My feeble Pulse forgot to play, I fainted, sunk, and dy'd away.
Page 165 - 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. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not, I searched out.
Page 157 - She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. Unto you, 0 men, I call ; and my voice is to the sons of man.
Page 119 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Page 151 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Page 157 - Both turn'd, and under open sky ador'd The GOD that made both sky, air, earth, and heav'n Which they beheld, the moon's resplendent globe, And starry pole. Thou also mad'st the night, Maker Omnipotent, and thou the day...