Dr. Blair's Lectures on Rhetoric: Abridged. With Questions |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 25
Page 106
... hearers for the impossibility of the contrary . Thus in scripture ; " God is not a man , that he should lie ; nor the son of man , that he should repent . Hath he said it ? And shall he not do it ? Hath he spoken it ? And shall he not ...
... hearers for the impossibility of the contrary . Thus in scripture ; " God is not a man , that he should lie ; nor the son of man , that he should repent . Hath he said it ? And shall he not do it ? Hath he spoken it ? And shall he not ...
Page 121
... hearers , if you are to speak in public . To attempt a poetical style , when it should be our business only to reason , is in the highest degree awkward and absurd . To speak with elaborate pomp of words before those who can- not ...
... hearers , if you are to speak in public . To attempt a poetical style , when it should be our business only to reason , is in the highest degree awkward and absurd . To speak with elaborate pomp of words before those who can- not ...
Page 132
... hearers . Such , in general , is the eloquence of panegyrics , inaugural orations , ad- dresses to great men , and other harangues of this kind . This ornamental sort of composition may innocently amuse and entertain the mind ; and may ...
... hearers . Such , in general , is the eloquence of panegyrics , inaugural orations , ad- dresses to great men , and other harangues of this kind . This ornamental sort of composition may innocently amuse and entertain the mind ; and may ...
Page 138
... hearers , and studies to gain their affections . His me- thod is clear , and his arguments arranged with great propriety . In clearness of method he has advantage over Demosthenes . Every thing is in its proper place ; he never attempts ...
... hearers , and studies to gain their affections . His me- thod is clear , and his arguments arranged with great propriety . In clearness of method he has advantage over Demosthenes . Every thing is in its proper place ; he never attempts ...
Page 145
... hearers gradually and equally with himself . For , if their passions be not in unison with his , the discord will soon be felt . Respect for his audience should always lay a decent restraint upon his warmth , and prevent it from ...
... hearers gradually and equally with himself . For , if their passions be not in unison with his , the discord will soon be felt . Respect for his audience should always lay a decent restraint upon his warmth , and prevent it from ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abounds action admit advantage Æneid ancient appear arguments attention Balclutha beauty blank verse characters chiefly Cicero circumstances comedy composition concise critics degree Demosthenes dignity discourse distinction distinguished effect elegant eloquence emotion employed English epic poem epic poetry example excel exhibit expression faults figure frequently genius give grace Greek hearers Hence Henriade Homer human ideas Iliad imagination imitation instance introduced Jane Shore ject kind language LECTURE Lucan Lusiad manner merit metaphors Milton mind mode modern moral narration nature never objects observed orator oratory ornament Paradise Lost passion pastoral pathetic pause peculiar perspicuity Pharsalia pleasing pleasure poet poetical preacher proper propriety public speaking racter render requisite resemblance ridicule Roman rule scene sense sentence sentiments simplicity sion sound speaker species speech spirit strength style sublime syllable Tacitus taste tence Theocritus thing thought tion tragedy tropes unity variety verbs verse Virgil what?-What words writing
Popular passages
Page 215 - 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 219 - Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped: then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Page 87 - But yonder comes the powerful King of Day, Rejoicing in the east. The lessening cloud, The kindling azure, and the mountain's brow Illumed with fluid gold, his near approach Betoken glad.
Page 128 - 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. It gives him, indeed, a kind of Property in every thing he sees...
Page 219 - 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.
Page 22 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Page 124 - We cannot indeed have a single image in the fancy that did not make its first entrance through the sight; but we have the power of retaining, altering, and compounding those images which we have once received, into all the varieties of picture and vision that are most agreeable to the imagination...
Page 19 - Look then abroad through Nature, to the range Of planets, suns, and adamantine spheres, Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene With half that kindling majesty dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of Caesar's fate, Amid the crowd of patriots ; and his arm Aloft extending, like eternal Jove When guilt brings down the thunder, call'd aloud On Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, And bade the father of his...
Page 96 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Page 23 - Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things ; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone ; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself...