fublime

One thing is certain, and I fliall hereafter have occa - fion to illuftrate it more fully, that, without pot feiling the virtuous affe6lions in a ftrong degree, no man can attain eminence in the fublime parts of eloquence.

Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres 1812

Whatever is great in conception, fublime in fancy, or cxquifite in expreffion, is to be found in Paradife Loft.

The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and ... 1797

The harbour is made by a gap in the cliffs, which are of a fublime height, though certainly exaggerated in Shak - fpeare'is celebrated dclcription.

The general gazetteer, or, Compendious geographical dictionary [microform] : containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, &c. in the known world : with the government, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country, the trade, manufactures, and curiosities of the cities and towns; their longitude, latitude, bearings and distances in English miles from remarkable places; and the various events by which they have been distinguished : including an account of the counties, cities, boroughs, market-towns, and principal villages, in Great Britain and Ireland 1797

Jamque humilesy jamque elati fublime videntur Aera per vacuum ferri, atque adfurgere in auras.

P. Virgilii Maronis Opera Virgil, Gilbert Wakefield 1796

A vocation fo fublime apprared to me to demand a peculiar preparation.

Private history of Peregrinus Proteus, the philosopher Wieland, Christoph Martin, 1733-1813 1796

How happy is it for you, and all of us, that the fublime caufe of liberty has not been fullied by any irregularity!

A Collection of State Papers Relative to the War Against France Now Carrying on by Great Britain ... 1795

Her looks were called from the fublime objed by the fhadow of a figure interpofing between that and her weakened eye — at the Hrft glance — her terrified imagination made it to be Mortimer; but a fecond, though it relieved her from a ihock fo horrid, brought no afTurance that fhe fhould be unmolcfted by him.

Mysteries elucidated [by A.M. Mackenzie]. Anna Maria Mackenzie 1795

Awful fenfations and the lofteft raptures are alternately excited by the deep gloom of fo - refts, the tremendous height of broken rocks, and the multiplicity of fublime, majeftic 6bje6ls, which fill the fcite of a delightful landfcape.

Solitude Considered with Respect to Its Influence Upon the Mind and the Heart 1795

The tranflator, adopting the opinion of Voltaire, that this excellent dramatic piece is disfigured by an infipid intrigue, wholly unfuitable to the fublime character of Cato, has ondertaken to cxpicfs

The Analytical Review, Or History of Literature, Domestic and Foreign, on an Enlarged Plan 1795

CITIZENS, the committee has charged me to make known to you fublime traits of heroifm, which ought neither to be concealed from you nor the French nation.

A Collection of State Papers Relative to the War Against France Now Carrying on by Great Britain ... 1795