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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Page 6
... regular feries of founds , defcending from high to low , in the following order , i , c , a , o , u . * Each of thefe founds is agreeable to the ear and if it be required which of them is the most agreeable , it is perhaps fafeft to ...
... regular feries of founds , defcending from high to low , in the following order , i , c , a , o , u . * Each of thefe founds is agreeable to the ear and if it be required which of them is the most agreeable , it is perhaps fafeft to ...
Page 77
... regular inftruction , notes just be invented , refembling thofe employed in mufic We have reafon to believe , that in Greece every tagedy was accompanied with fuch notes , in order afcertain the pronunciation ; but the moderns hithrto ...
... regular inftruction , notes just be invented , refembling thofe employed in mufic We have reafon to believe , that in Greece every tagedy was accompanied with fuch notes , in order afcertain the pronunciation ; but the moderns hithrto ...
Page 85
... regular and not Spondiac , it never has fewer than thirteen : whence it follows , that were the fyllables are many , the plurality must be fhort ; where few , the plurality must be long . This line is fufceptible of much variety as to ...
... regular and not Spondiac , it never has fewer than thirteen : whence it follows , that were the fyllables are many , the plurality must be fhort ; where few , the plurality must be long . This line is fufceptible of much variety as to ...
Page 94
... regular as to the fucceffion of long and fhort fyllables , the melody is found in very different degrees of perfection ; which is not occafioned by any particular combination of Dactyles and Spon- dees , or of long and fhort fyllables ...
... regular as to the fucceffion of long and fhort fyllables , the melody is found in very different degrees of perfection ; which is not occafioned by any particular combination of Dactyles and Spon- dees , or of long and fhort fyllables ...
Page 115
... regular . To explain the rules of accenting , two general obfervations must be premised . The firft is , That accents have a double effect : they contribute to the melody , by giving it air and fpirit : they contribute no lefs to the ...
... regular . To explain the rules of accenting , two general obfervations must be premised . The firft is , That accents have a double effect : they contribute to the melody , by giving it air and fpirit : they contribute no lefs to the ...
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