Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1Richardson, 1823 - English language |
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... discourses from the pulpit were composed with uncommon care , and attracted universal admiration . In June 1757 the University of St Andrew's shewed its discernment , by conferring on him the degree of Doc- tor in Divinity ; an ...
... discourses from the pulpit were composed with uncommon care , and attracted universal admiration . In June 1757 the University of St Andrew's shewed its discernment , by conferring on him the degree of Doc- tor in Divinity ; an ...
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... discourses experienced a success unparalleled in the annals of pulpit eloquence . They circulated rapidly and widely wherever the English tongue extends , were soon translated into almost all the languages of Europe , and were judged ...
... discourses experienced a success unparalleled in the annals of pulpit eloquence . They circulated rapidly and widely wherever the English tongue extends , were soon translated into almost all the languages of Europe , and were judged ...
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... discourse and writing . It is obvious , then , that writing and discourse are objects entitled to the highest attention . Whe- VOL . I. B ther the influence of the speaker , or the entertain- LECT Page I Introduction.
... discourse and writing . It is obvious , then , that writing and discourse are objects entitled to the highest attention . Whe- VOL . I. B ther the influence of the speaker , or the entertain- LECT Page I Introduction.
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... discourse began to attract regard . In the language even of rude , uncultivat- ed tribes , we can trace some attention to the grace and force of those expressions which they used , when they sought to persuade or to affect . They were ...
... discourse began to attract regard . In the language even of rude , uncultivat- ed tribes , we can trace some attention to the grace and force of those expressions which they used , when they sought to persuade or to affect . They were ...
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... discourse , as an art , should have suffered in the opinion of men of understanding ; and I am far from denying , that rhetoric and criticism have sometimes been so ma- naged as to tend to the corruption , rather than to the improvement ...
... discourse , as an art , should have suffered in the opinion of men of understanding ; and I am far from denying , that rhetoric and criticism have sometimes been so ma- naged as to tend to the corruption , rather than to the improvement ...
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Page 396 - 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 72 - He made darkness his secret place: his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Page 73 - 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...
Page 396 - All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house : but thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the 2S2 THE MAN-GOD.
Page 72 - The mountains saw thee, and they trembled : the overflowing of the water passed by : the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
Page 319 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 385 - I led her blushing like the morn : all Heaven, And happy constellations, on that hour Shed their selectest influence ; the earth Gave sign of gratulation, and each hill ; Joyous the birds ; fresh gales and gentle airs Whisper'd it to the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odours from the spicy shrub, Disporting, till the amorous bird of night Sung spousal...
Page 72 - In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Page 60 - 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: It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice...
Page 383 - When Natural Religion has thus viewed both, ask her, which is the Prophet of God? — But her answer we have already had, when she saw part of this scene, through the eyes of the Centurion, who attended at the cross. By him she spoke, and said, i Truly this man was the Son of God.