A Dissertation on the Principles of Human Eloquence: With Particular Regard to the Style and Composition of the New Testament. In which the Observations on this Subject by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester, in His Discourse on the Doctrine of Grace are Distinctly Considered. Being the Substance of Several Lectures Read in the Oratory-school of Trinity-College, Dublin |
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... expreffed but by fuch glowing forms of speech as are here exemplified ; that these have their genuine force and fignification previous to all fictitious abufe : they are in × themselves the real and natural effufions of the mind , elfe ...
... expreffed but by fuch glowing forms of speech as are here exemplified ; that these have their genuine force and fignification previous to all fictitious abufe : they are in × themselves the real and natural effufions of the mind , elfe ...
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... expreffed , fomething like the unnatural exclamations of MACBETH , and his affected distraction at the King's Murder , હ Here lay Duncan , His filver fkin laced with his golden Blood , & c . Which , as the learned commentator obferves ...
... expreffed , fomething like the unnatural exclamations of MACBETH , and his affected distraction at the King's Murder , હ Here lay Duncan , His filver fkin laced with his golden Blood , & c . Which , as the learned commentator obferves ...
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... expreffed in another form , it will ap- pear that they are by no means fuch daring violations of Metaphyfical truth , as they may be deemed by those who at- tend only to their immediate appearance , instead of tracing them to their real ...
... expreffed in another form , it will ap- pear that they are by no means fuch daring violations of Metaphyfical truth , as they may be deemed by those who at- tend only to their immediate appearance , instead of tracing them to their real ...
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... expreffed for poor BLACKMORE , when MILTON hath no fuperiority but what is capricious , arbitrary and cafual ? And the Commen- tator on POPE , who difcovers the five kinds of fublimity men- tioned by Longinus , in the concluding verses ...
... expreffed for poor BLACKMORE , when MILTON hath no fuperiority but what is capricious , arbitrary and cafual ? And the Commen- tator on POPE , who difcovers the five kinds of fublimity men- tioned by Longinus , in the concluding verses ...
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... expreffed , of the agency and inftruments of the Deity , are not fufficiently exalted for the subject ; but rather mean and minute , and devoid of real dignity . At least we may appeal to the feelings of any man in any nation , not not ...
... expreffed , of the agency and inftruments of the Deity , are not fufficiently exalted for the subject ; but rather mean and minute , and devoid of real dignity . At least we may appeal to the feelings of any man in any nation , not not ...
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Page 54 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Page 4 - Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here...
Page 4 - Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Not of myself, by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent : Tell me, how may I know him, how adore, From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know.
Page 98 - And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid.
Page 10 - Besides, the communicating of ideas marked by words is not the chief and only end of language, as is commonly supposed. There are other ends, as the raising of some passion, the exciting to or deterring from an action, the putting the mind in some particular disposition...
Page 104 - For the Word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of the soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Page 49 - 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 prefent, or things to come\ all are yours, and ye are CbriJPs, andChriftis God's.
Page 98 - behold,. I bring you good tidings of great joy, which fhall " be to all people. For to you is born this day, in the city of " David, a Saviour, which is Chrift the Lord.
Page 98 - And fuddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly hoft praifing God, and faying, Glory to God in the higheft, and on earth peace, good will towards men...
Page 28 - Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and wreathed Smiles...