 God said, Let there be light, and there was light.' This is striking and sublime. But put it into what is commonly called the sublime style : ' The Sovereign Arbiter of nature, by the potent energy of a single word, commanded the light to exist ;' and...  The Literary Remains of Joseph Brown Ladd, M. D. - Página 189por Joseph Brown Ladd, W. B. Chittenden - 1832 - 228 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Hugh Blair - 1787 - 482 páginas
...nothing of this kind appears. " God faid, Let there be light, and « there was light." This is ftriking and Sublime. But put it into what is commonly called the Sublime ftyle : •" The Sovereign " Arbiter of nature, by the potent energy of •" a fingle word, commanded... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1808 - 330 páginas
...reality more false. In genuine instances of sublime writing nothing of this kind appears. " God said, let there be light ; and there was light." This is striking and sublime ; but put it into what it commonly called the sublime style : " The Sovereign 11 Arbiter of nature, by the potent energy of... | |
 | Basil Richard Barrett - 1812 - 188 páginas
...the Sublimity would never have been produced. Thus, he says, had the passage been expressed thus, " The Sovereign " Arbiter of Nature, by the potent energy...of " a single word, commanded the light to exist," the style would have been raised, but the thought would have fallen. This consequence is apparent ;... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1813 - 296 páginas
...light, and there was light ." This is stri Iting and sublime ; but put it into what is eommonly ealled the sublime style : " The Sovereign Arbiter of nature, by the potent energy of a single word, eommanded the light to exist ;" and, as IJoileau justly observed, the style is indeed raised, but the... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1817 - 516 páginas
...writing, which 1 have given, nothing; of this kind appears. " God said, let there be light, and there J is light." This is striking and sublime. But put it into what is nonly called the sublime style : " The sovereign arbiter of nature, the potent energy of a single word,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1818 - 300 páginas
...more false. In genuine instances of sublime writing, nothing of this kind appears. " God said, let there be light ; and there was light." This is striking...sublime ; but put it into what is commonly called tlie sublime style j " The Sovereign Arbiter of nature, by the potent energy of a single word, commanded... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1822 - 272 páginas
...reality more false. In genuine instances of sublime writing nothing of this kind appears. " God said, Let there be light, and there was light." This is striking and sublime : but put into what is commonly called the sublime style— *' The Sovereign Arbiter of najOre, by the potent... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1822 - 164 páginas
...object into the sublime. * " God said, Let there be light : and there was light," is sublime. But, " the sovereign arbiter of nature, by the potent energy of a single word, commanded the light to exist," is bombast. BEAUTY. Q. What, next to sublimity, affords the highest pleasure to the imagination ? A.... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1824 - 510 páginas
...the instances of sublime writing, which I have given, nothing of this kind appears. " God said, let there be light, and there " was light." This is striking and sublime. But put it into what is eommorily called the sublime style : " The sovereign arbiter of nature, " by the potent energy of a... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1832 - 242 páginas
...more false. In genuine instances of sublime writing, nothing of this kind appears. " God said, let there be light; and there was light." This is striking and sublime; but put it in what is commonly called the sublime style; "The Sovereign Arbiter of nature, by the potent energy... | |
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