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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... mufic or architecture ; unlefs , where , like mufic , it is imitative of found or motion . Thus , in the defcription of particular founds , lan- guage fometimes furnifheth words , which , befide their customary power of exciting ideas ...
... mufic or architecture ; unlefs , where , like mufic , it is imitative of found or motion . Thus , in the defcription of particular founds , lan- guage fometimes furnifheth words , which , befide their customary power of exciting ideas ...
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... mufic properly fo called . In the latter are discovered many founds fingly agreea- ble , which in conjunction are extremely difagreea- ble ; none but what are called concordant founds hav- ing a good effect in conjunction . In the ...
... mufic properly fo called . In the latter are discovered many founds fingly agreea- ble , which in conjunction are extremely difagreea- ble ; none but what are called concordant founds hav- ing a good effect in conjunction . In the ...
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... mufic of words as united in a period . And as the arrangement of words in fucceffion fo as to afford the greateft pleaf- ure to the ear , depends on principles remote from common view , it will be neceffary to premise fome general ...
... mufic of words as united in a period . And as the arrangement of words in fucceffion fo as to afford the greateft pleaf- ure to the ear , depends on principles remote from common view , it will be neceffary to premise fome general ...
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... mufic of periods as united in a discourse ; which fhall be dispatched in a very few words . By no other human means is it poffible to prefent to the mind , fuch a number of objects , and in fo fwift a fucceffion , as by fpeaking or ...
... mufic of periods as united in a discourse ; which fhall be dispatched in a very few words . By no other human means is it poffible to prefent to the mind , fuch a number of objects , and in fo fwift a fucceffion , as by fpeaking or ...
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... mufic is properly adapt- ed to the fentiment : there is no refemblance be- tween thought and found ; but there is the strongest refemblance between the emotion raised by mufic tender and pathetic , and that raised by the complaint of an ...
... mufic is properly adapt- ed to the fentiment : there is no refemblance be- tween thought and found ; but there is the strongest refemblance between the emotion raised by mufic tender and pathetic , and that raised by the complaint of an ...
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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