Elements of Criticism, Volume 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1765 - Criticism |
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Page 87
... melody or found of the words . But the chief pleasure proceeds from having these two concordant emotions combined in perfect harmony , and carried on in the mind to a full clofe * . Except in the fingle cafe where found is defcribed ...
... melody or found of the words . But the chief pleasure proceeds from having these two concordant emotions combined in perfect harmony , and carried on in the mind to a full clofe * . Except in the fingle cafe where found is defcribed ...
Page 99
... melody : " Nu- " merus in continuatione nullus eft . " But in what follows he is wide of the truth , if by numė- G 2 rus rus he mean melody or mufical measure : " Di- Sect . IV . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 99.
... melody : " Nu- " merus in continuatione nullus eft . " But in what follows he is wide of the truth , if by numė- G 2 rus rus he mean melody or mufical measure : " Di- Sect . IV . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 99.
Page 100
... melody , muft arife from the difference of the melody : which is precifely the cafe , though this difference cannot with any accuracy be explained in words , further than by From this paffage , however , we difcover the etymology of the ...
... melody , muft arife from the difference of the melody : which is precifely the cafe , though this difference cannot with any accuracy be explained in words , further than by From this paffage , however , we difcover the etymology of the ...
Page 101
... melody more perfect . The difference be tween verfe and profe , refembles the difference in mufic properly fo called between the fong and the recitative : and the refemblance is not the lefs complete , that thefe differences , like the ...
... melody more perfect . The difference be tween verfe and profe , refembles the difference in mufic properly fo called between the fong and the recitative : and the refemblance is not the lefs complete , that thefe differences , like the ...
Page 102
... melody of an inferior kind , which , being ex- tremely ornamental , ought to be the aim of e- very writer ; but to fucceed in it , practice is ne- ceffary more than genius . Nor are we rigid on this article provided the work convey ...
... melody of an inferior kind , which , being ex- tremely ornamental , ought to be the aim of e- very writer ; but to fucceed in it , practice is ne- ceffary more than genius . Nor are we rigid on this article provided the work convey ...
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abſtract accent action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo appear arts beauty becauſe beſt cafe caufe cauſe chap circumftance clofe cloſe compariſon compofed compofition confidered connected defcribed defcription Demetrius Phalereus diſtinguiſhed effect emotions employ'd epic epic poem example expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond feems fenfe fenfible feparation fhall fhort fyllables fhould fignify figure fimile fingle firft firſt fome fpeech ftill fubftantive fubject fucceffion fuch fufficient fupport greateſt hath Hexameter Iliad impreffion inftances itſelf jects language laſt lefs long fyllable meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muft muſical muſt nature neceffary obferved object occafion paffage paffion paufe pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſure poem prefent profe proper purpoſe raiſed reafon refemblance refpect reprefented rhyme Richard II rule ſcene ſenſe Spondees ſtandard ſtep ſtill tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion tragedy uſe vafes verfe verſe words