Longinus on the sublime, tr. by T.R.R. Stebbing |
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... light of criticism , begins to decline from the terrible to the ridiculous . * But if inordinate inflation of style is unpardonable even in tragedy , the native element for pomp and grandeur of diction , how much more must it be ...
... light of criticism , begins to decline from the terrible to the ridiculous . * But if inordinate inflation of style is unpardonable even in tragedy , the native element for pomp and grandeur of diction , how much more must it be ...
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... lights above , For tapers made two glaring comets rise ; " and again where the Fire of London is put out by " A broad extinguisher , " while " A solemn silence damps the tuneful sky . ” • The Laws , Bk , vi , fHerodotus , v . 18 . V. On ...
... lights above , For tapers made two glaring comets rise ; " and again where the Fire of London is put out by " A broad extinguisher , " while " A solemn silence damps the tuneful sky . ” • The Laws , Bk , vi , fHerodotus , v . 18 . V. On ...
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... light , ' and there was light . " land appear , ' and it was so . " ' n Passing from divine to human portraiture , perhaps without seeming tedious I may give you one more passage from Homer , to shew m For this quotation , though in ...
... light , ' and there was light . " land appear , ' and it was so . " ' n Passing from divine to human portraiture , perhaps without seeming tedious I may give you one more passage from Homer , to shew m For this quotation , though in ...
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... light upon the instant , as though he could not choose but meet an end worthy of his * Burke adduces this passage to illustrate his position , that darkness is an element of terror , and therefore , ac- cording to his theory , of the ...
... light upon the instant , as though he could not choose but meet an end worthy of his * Burke adduces this passage to illustrate his position , that darkness is an element of terror , and therefore , ac- cording to his theory , of the ...
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... sitting listening to my own composition , and to think what would have been their feeling or judgment upon it . For doubtless the ordeal is no light one , to propose for one's own productions such a tribunal and audience ; 55.
... sitting listening to my own composition , and to think what would have been their feeling or judgment upon it . For doubtless the ordeal is no light one , to propose for one's own productions such a tribunal and audience ; 55.
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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
Beliebte Passagen
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.