The Alliance of Musick Poetry & Oratory. Under the Head of Poetry is Considered the Alliance and Nature of the Epic and Dramatic Poem, as it Exists in the Iliad, Æneid, and Paradise Lost |
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accent Achilles Æneas Æneid againſt Agamemnon agreeable alfo almoſt alſo anger anſwer appogiatura becauſe beſt Calchas called cauſe cloſe confonants dactyles defcription deſcribed divifions earth Engliſh epic eſpecially evil expreffed faid fame fays felf fenfe fentence fhall fhort fhould fimple finging fingle firft firſt fome foul fpeaking fpeech fpirit fubject fuch fyllables graces Grecian Greek hath heaven Hector hero himſelf Homer Homer and Virgil human voice iambick Iliad inftance inftruction inftrument inſtead Jupiter juſt laft language laſt Latin lefs meaſure Milton Mofes moft moſt mufick muſt nature numbers obferved occafion paffions Patroclus pauſe perfon plain pleaſing pleaſure poem poet poetry praiſe prayer prefent Priam profe purpoſe Quintilian reader reafon ſay ſenſe ſhake ſhall ſhort ſpeaker ſpeaking Spondee ſtand ſtate ſtop taſte thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou tion tones triphthongs trochee Trojan underſtanding uſe verfe verſe Virgil voice vowels wiſdom words