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... ancients it was an essential principle , that the orator ought to be conver- sant in every department of learning . No art indeed can be contrived which can stamp merit on a compo- sition , rich or splendid in expression , but barren or ...
... ancients it was an essential principle , that the orator ought to be conver- sant in every department of learning . No art indeed can be contrived which can stamp merit on a compo- sition , rich or splendid in expression , but barren or ...
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... ancient authors , that we are to look for the most striking instances of the sublime . The early ages of the world , and the uncultivated state of society , were peculiarly favourable to the emotions of sublimity . The genius of men was ...
... ancient authors , that we are to look for the most striking instances of the sublime . The early ages of the world , and the uncultivated state of society , were peculiarly favourable to the emotions of sublimity . The genius of men was ...
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... ancient or modern , the sacred scriptures afford the most striking instances of the sublime . In them the descriptions of the Supreme Being are wonderfully noble , both from the grandeur of the object , and the manner of representing it ...
... ancient or modern , the sacred scriptures afford the most striking instances of the sublime . In them the descriptions of the Supreme Being are wonderfully noble , both from the grandeur of the object , and the manner of representing it ...
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... ancient oak is a venerable and sublime one . To return , however , to the beauty of motion , it will be found to hold very generally , that motion in a straight line is not so beautiful , as in a What affords another source of beauty ...
... ancient oak is a venerable and sublime one . To return , however , to the beauty of motion , it will be found to hold very generally , that motion in a straight line is not so beautiful , as in a What affords another source of beauty ...
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... ancient man- ner of speech still subsisted among many nations ; and , what had arisen from necessity , continued to ... ancients . Our modern pronunciation would have seemed to them a lifeless monotony . The declamation of their orators ...
... ancient man- ner of speech still subsisted among many nations ; and , what had arisen from necessity , continued to ... ancients . Our modern pronunciation would have seemed to them a lifeless monotony . The declamation of their orators ...
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