Longinus on the sublime, tr. by T.R.R. Stebbing |
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... fall nobly . " But like tumours in the body , all unsubstantial and illusory inflation in style is mischievous , and productive of effects the oppo- site of those intended ; for " nothing , " they say , " is drier than a dropsical ...
... fall nobly . " But like tumours in the body , all unsubstantial and illusory inflation in style is mischievous , and productive of effects the oppo- site of those intended ; for " nothing , " they say , " is drier than a dropsical ...
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... falls repeatedly into ridiculous puerilities . I shall only quote an instance or two , the majority having been adduced already by Cæcilius . In praising Alexander the Great , he says , " The conquest of all Asia cost him fewer years ...
... falls repeatedly into ridiculous puerilities . I shall only quote an instance or two , the majority having been adduced already by Cæcilius . In praising Alexander the Great , he says , " The conquest of all Asia cost him fewer years ...
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... fall from thence ; if hail , no bigger than little stones , falling from the clouds , destroy fields and sometimes kill the lesser sort of cattle , what shall pieces of stars do , falling from the firmament or upper region ? " manner ...
... fall from thence ; if hail , no bigger than little stones , falling from the clouds , destroy fields and sometimes kill the lesser sort of cattle , what shall pieces of stars do , falling from the firmament or upper region ? " manner ...
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... falls far below this when he draws a picture of Sorrow " snivelling , " for there the image is not awful but disgusting . † In a similar strain Thomson ascribes to Milton- " A genius universal as his theme ; Astonishing as chaos , as ...
... falls far below this when he draws a picture of Sorrow " snivelling , " for there the image is not awful but disgusting . † In a similar strain Thomson ascribes to Milton- " A genius universal as his theme ; Astonishing as chaos , as ...
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... Falls on mine eye - sight , while reverberating Murmurs assail me . Down the chill sweat pours , tremor seizes on me Breathless and blanching to a hue more pallid Than the pale - green grass , and the gates of death seem Closing upon me ...
... Falls on mine eye - sight , while reverberating Murmurs assail me . Down the chill sweat pours , tremor seizes on me Breathless and blanching to a hue more pallid Than the pale - green grass , and the gates of death seem Closing upon me ...
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Addison admiration Æneid Æschylus Amphicrates amplification asyndeton Bacchylides beauty belle marquise bombast Book vii Cæcilius called cause charm Cleitarchus colloquial combination of metaphors compared comparison composition conception criticism Demosthenes effect elevation of style eloquence emotion Eupolis Euripides Eurylochus example excellences excitement expression eyes faults feelings Figures of Rhetoric flame genius Gibbon gods grace grand grandeur Greek hearer heaven Herodotus Hesiod historic present Homer honour hyperbaton hyperbole Hypereides Iliad imagery imagination impeach inspiration Isocrates language lives lofty Longinus Lord lyke Lysias magnificence majesty master-cook mean Milton mourir nature never nigh-near noble Odyssey orator oratory passage passion peril periphrasis Philistus phrenzy Plato poet poetry praise reason Reiske rhetorical figures rhetorical plural Sappho second person sentence shew Simile Sophocles soul speak speech spirit Sternhold Stesichorus sublimity thee Theocritus Theopompus things thou thought thousand Thucydides Timæus translation treatise trivial utterance words writing Xenophon
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Seite 104 - It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil by losing all its grossne.ss.
Seite 58 - tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
Seite 116 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Seite 76 - They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Seite 120 - He made an administration, so checkered and speckled; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified Mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white ; patriots and courtiers ; King's friends and republicans ; whigs and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies; that it was indeed a very curious shew ; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure...
Seite 117 - For who knows not that truth is strong, next to the Almighty ; she needs no policies, nor stratagems, nor licensings to make her victorious, those are the shifts and the defences that error uses against her power...
Seite 163 - Thee, bold Longinus! all the Nine inspire, And bless their critic with a poet's fire: An ardent judge, who, zealous in his trust, With warmth gives sentence, yet is always just; Whose own example strengthens all his laws; And is himself that great Sublime he draws.
Seite 81 - A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank or sacredness of function, fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and...
Seite 121 - ... becomes all men, and with a confidence in him which was justified even in its extravagance by his superior abilities, had never in any instance presumed upon any opinion of their own. Deprived of his guiding influence, they were whirled about, the sport of every gust, and easily driven into any port ; and as those who joined with them in manning the vessel were the most directly opposite to his opinions, measures, and character, and far the most artful and...
Seite 109 - Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes: Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm: Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.