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 pàgines |
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Pàgina xxxi
... on fubjects of meer amusement , and which cannot , by any indirect tendency , affect his mafters . For how fhall the vaffal dare to talk fub- fublimely on any point , wherein his lord acts meanly of LONGINU S. ' xxxi.
... on fubjects of meer amusement , and which cannot , by any indirect tendency , affect his mafters . For how fhall the vaffal dare to talk fub- fublimely on any point , wherein his lord acts meanly of LONGINU S. ' xxxi.
Pàgina 21
... affected with its lively ftrokes , that it fwells in tranfport and an in- ward pride , as if what was only heard had been the product of its own invention . He therefore , who has a competent share of natural and acquired tafte , may ...
... affected with its lively ftrokes , that it fwells in tranfport and an in- ward pride , as if what was only heard had been the product of its own invention . He therefore , who has a competent share of natural and acquired tafte , may ...
Pàgina 27
... affect the Paffions . But on the other hand , if Cecilius was of opinion , that the Pathetic did not contribute to the Sublime , and on that account judg'd it not worth his mention , he is guilty of an unpardonable error . For I ...
... affect the Paffions . But on the other hand , if Cecilius was of opinion , that the Pathetic did not contribute to the Sublime , and on that account judg'd it not worth his mention , he is guilty of an unpardonable error . For I ...
Pàgina 33
... affect- ing manner , and exciting at once our horror at the woes of the afflicted , and a generous fympathy in all their afflictions . Immediately a place Before his eyes appear'd , fad , noisom , dark , & c . It is too long to quote ...
... affect- ing manner , and exciting at once our horror at the woes of the afflicted , and a generous fympathy in all their afflictions . Immediately a place Before his eyes appear'd , fad , noisom , dark , & c . It is too long to quote ...
Pàgina 49
... affecting images of terror , and fuch violent turns of paffion , as require a stretch of fancy to exprefs or to conceive , employ the vigour and maturity of youth , in which confifts the nature of the Pathetic ; but amusing nar- rations ...
... affecting images of terror , and fuch violent turns of paffion , as require a stretch of fancy to exprefs or to conceive , employ the vigour and maturity of youth , in which confifts the nature of the Pathetic ; but amusing nar- rations ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 78 - Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, have they not sped ? have they not divided the prey ; to every man a damsel or two ; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil...
Pàgina 74 - Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee: — I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not , fatal vision , sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
Pàgina 114 - She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors: "Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 56 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.