Dionysius Longinus On the Sublime: Translated from the Greek, with Notes and Observations, and Some Account of the Life, Writings, and Character of the AuthorB. Dod, 1752 - 180 pages |
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... Longinus in- " tended , any where in this treatise , to give an exact de- " finition of it . The reafon is , because he wrote after " Cecilius , E 4 the contrary is grand and lofty , which the more Sect . 7 . 21 on the SUBLIME .
... Longinus in- " tended , any where in this treatise , to give an exact de- " finition of it . The reafon is , because he wrote after " Cecilius , E 4 the contrary is grand and lofty , which the more Sect . 7 . 21 on the SUBLIME .
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... grand and lofty , which the more we confider , the greater ideas we con- ceive of it ; whofe force we cannot poffibly withstand ; which immediately finks deep , and makes fuch impreffions on the mind , as can- not be easily worn out or ...
... grand and lofty , which the more we confider , the greater ideas we con- ceive of it ; whofe force we cannot poffibly withstand ; which immediately finks deep , and makes fuch impreffions on the mind , as can- not be easily worn out or ...
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... grand in what he says . Nay grandeur would fometimes be unfeasonable in such cases , as it ftrikes always at the imagination . There is a deal of this fort of pathetic in the words of our Saviour to the poor Jews , who were impos'd upon ...
... grand in what he says . Nay grandeur would fometimes be unfeasonable in such cases , as it ftrikes always at the imagination . There is a deal of this fort of pathetic in the words of our Saviour to the poor Jews , who were impos'd upon ...
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... Grand and Pa- thetic as including one another , and in effect the fame , he was under a mistake . For ( 1 ) fome paffions 66 your fouls . For my yoke is easy , and my burden is " light . " So again in Matt . xxiii . 37. after taking ...
... Grand and Pa- thetic as including one another , and in effect the fame , he was under a mistake . For ( 1 ) fome paffions 66 your fouls . For my yoke is easy , and my burden is " light . " So again in Matt . xxiii . 37. after taking ...
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... grand and lofty without any paffion ; as , among a thousand inftances , we may fee , from what ( 3 ) the Poet has faid , with fo much boldness , of the Aloides * . ( 4 ) to raise Huge Offa on Olympus ' top they ftrove , And place on ...
... grand and lofty without any paffion ; as , among a thousand inftances , we may fee , from what ( 3 ) the Poet has faid , with fo much boldness , of the Aloides * . ( 4 ) to raise Huge Offa on Olympus ' top they ftrove , And place on ...
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Page 153 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
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Page 156 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
Page 36 - Th' infernal monarch rear'd his horrid head, Leap'd from his throne, lest Neptune's arm should lay His dark dominions open to the day, And pour in light on Pluto's drear abodes, Abhorr'd by men, and dreadful ev'n to gods. Such war th' immortals wage; such horrors rend The world's vast concave, when the gods contend.
Page 56 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble.
Page 45 - 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 57 - Spit, fire! spout, rain! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and despis'd old man.
Page 138 - May boldly deviate from the common track ; Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics dare not mend. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part. And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which, without passing through the judgment, gains The heart, and all its end at once attains.