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... they fell , with here and there a nodding wall ; and sometimes a curious pillar still erect , excites the sorrowful remembrance of what noble edifices and how B2 fine Suidas . J. Jonsius . Dr. Pearce . + fine OF LONGINUS ... 3.
... they fell , with here and there a nodding wall ; and sometimes a curious pillar still erect , excites the sorrowful remembrance of what noble edifices and how B2 fine Suidas . J. Jonsius . Dr. Pearce . + fine OF LONGINUS ... 3.
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... noble ends , to struggle for , and at last to die in the cause of liberty . During the residence of Longinusat Athens , Trebellius the emperor Valerian had undertaken an expedition against the Persians , who had revolted from the Roman ...
... noble ends , to struggle for , and at last to die in the cause of liberty . During the residence of Longinusat Athens , Trebellius the emperor Valerian had undertaken an expedition against the Persians , who had revolted from the Roman ...
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... noble school for Critics , Poets , Orators , and Historians . “ The Sublime , says Longinus , is an image " reflected from the inward greatness of the " soul . " The remark is refined and just ; and who more deserving than he of its ...
... noble school for Critics , Poets , Orators , and Historians . “ The Sublime , says Longinus , is an image " reflected from the inward greatness of the " soul . " The remark is refined and just ; and who more deserving than he of its ...
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... noble and lofty , so his Style is masterly , enlivened by variety , and flexible with ease . There is no beauty pointed out by him in any other , which he does not imitate , and frequently excel , whilst he is making remarks upon it ...
... noble and lofty , so his Style is masterly , enlivened by variety , and flexible with ease . There is no beauty pointed out by him in any other , which he does not imitate , and frequently excel , whilst he is making remarks upon it ...
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... noble ideas of human nature . This life he considers as a public theatre , on which men are to act their parts . A thirst after glory , and an emulation of whatever is great and excellent , is implanted in their minds , to quicken their ...
... noble ideas of human nature . This life he considers as a public theatre , on which men are to act their parts . A thirst after glory , and an emulation of whatever is great and excellent , is implanted in their minds , to quicken their ...
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Page 127 - God is not a man, that he should lie;. neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Page 40 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same: Unerring Nature, still divinely bright, One clear, unchang'd, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty, must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of Art. Art from that fund each just supply provides, Works without show, and without pomp presides: In some fair body thus th...
Page 96 - 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 present, or things to come ; all are yours, and ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
Page 67 - Before the gates there sat On either side a formidable shape; The one seem'd woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many a scaly fold...
Page 92 - I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.
Page 114 - He spake ; and, to confirm his words, out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumined Hell. Highly they raged Against the Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clashed on their sounding shields the din of war, Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven.
Page 116 - 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...
Page 167 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 138 - That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth ! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Page 90 - These see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep. For He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.