Elements of Criticism: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions : Vol. I( -II)From the Press of S. Etheridge, for J. White, Thomas & Andrews, W. Spotswood, D. West, W.P. Blake, E. Larkin, & J. West, 1796 - Criticism - 440 pages |
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... Sound and motion may in fome measure be imitated by mu- fic ; but for the most part music , like architecture , is productive of originals . Language copies not from nature , more than mufic or architecture ; unlefs , where , like mufic ...
... Sound and motion may in fome measure be imitated by mu- fic ; but for the most part music , like architecture , is productive of originals . Language copies not from nature , more than mufic or architecture ; unlefs , where , like mufic ...
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... Sound . THIS fubject requires the following or der . The founds of the different letters come first : next , thefefounds as united in fyllables : third , fyllables united in words : fourth , words united in a period : and in the last ...
... Sound . THIS fubject requires the following or der . The founds of the different letters come first : next , thefefounds as united in fyllables : third , fyllables united in words : fourth , words united in a period : and in the last ...
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... Sound and Signification . A RESEMBLANCE between the found of certain words and their fignification , is a beauty that has escaped no critical writer , and yet is not handled with accuracy by any of them . They have probably been of ...
... Sound and Signification . A RESEMBLANCE between the found of certain words and their fignification , is a beauty that has escaped no critical writer , and yet is not handled with accuracy by any of them . They have probably been of ...
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... Sounds , taftes , and fmells , paffing common- ly under the name of fecondary qualities , require more explanation than there is room for here . All the objects of internal fenfe are attributes : witnefs deliberation , reafoning ...
... Sounds , taftes , and fmells , paffing common- ly under the name of fecondary qualities , require more explanation than there is room for here . All the objects of internal fenfe are attributes : witnefs deliberation , reafoning ...
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... Sounds fit to accompany disagreea- ble paffions cannot be mufical i . 113. note . What variety proper i . 257. Mafic betwixt the acts of a play , the advantages that may be drawn from it ii . 331. It refines our nature i . 50 , 51 ...
... Sounds fit to accompany disagreea- ble paffions cannot be mufical i . 113. note . What variety proper i . 257. Mafic betwixt the acts of a play , the advantages that may be drawn from it ii . 331. It refines our nature i . 50 , 51 ...
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abftract accent action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo appear beauty becauſe cafe caufe chap circumftance clofe cloſe compariſon compofed compofition confidered connected defcribing defcription Demetrius Phalereus difagreeable diftinguiſhed effect emotions Eneid epic poem epic poetry example expreffed expreffion faid fame fcarce fcene fecond feems fenfe fenfible feparation ferves fhall fhort fyllables fhould fignify figure fimile fingle firft firſt fize fome fpeech ftandard ftill fubftantive fubject fuch fufficient fupport garden hath Hexameter Iliad impreffion inftances inverfion itſelf ject laft language lefs long fyllable melody metaphor mind moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obferved object occafion oppofite ornaments paffage paffing paffion paufe pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſure poem prefent profe proper raifing raiſed reafon refemblance refpect reft reprefentation reprefented rhyme Richard II rule Spondees tafle tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion vafes verfe words