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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... music , like architecture , is productive of originals . Language copies not from nature , more than mufic or architecture ; unlefs , where , like mufic , it is imitative of found or motion . Thus , in the defcription of particular ...
... music , like architecture , is productive of originals . Language copies not from nature , more than mufic or architecture ; unlefs , where , like mufic , it is imitative of found or motion . Thus , in the defcription of particular ...
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... musical impreffion a number of founds is neceffary ; and mufical impreffion obtained the name of nu- · merus , before it was clearly afcertained , that variety is neceffary as well as number . W C well Th е до and it follows , Beauty of ...
... musical impreffion a number of founds is neceffary ; and mufical impreffion obtained the name of nu- · merus , before it was clearly afcertained , that variety is neceffary as well as number . W C well Th е до and it follows , Beauty of ...
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... musical feet . Connection obliges me here to anticipate , and to observe , that the fame doctrine is applicable to English heroic verfe . Confidering its compolition merely , it is of two kinds ; one compofed of five Iambi ; and one of ...
... musical feet . Connection obliges me here to anticipate , and to observe , that the fame doctrine is applicable to English heroic verfe . Confidering its compolition merely , it is of two kinds ; one compofed of five Iambi ; and one of ...
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... musical paufes coincide as much as poffible with thofe of fenfe ; which is requifite , more efpecially , with refpect to the paufe , a deviation from the rule being lefs remarkable in a femipause . Confidering the matter as to melody ...
... musical paufes coincide as much as poffible with thofe of fenfe ; which is requifite , more efpecially , with refpect to the paufe , a deviation from the rule being lefs remarkable in a femipause . Confidering the matter as to melody ...
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... musical accent from that which is requifite for the fenfe . Keeping in view the foregoing obfervations , the doctrine of accenting English Heroic verfe is extreme- ly fimple . In the first place , accenting is confined to the long ...
... musical accent from that which is requifite for the fenfe . Keeping in view the foregoing obfervations , the doctrine of accenting English Heroic verfe is extreme- ly fimple . In the first place , accenting is confined to the long ...
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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