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... Harmony ; and the Expreffion fhould be made to coincide with it . But as it is by no means fo ef- fential to Speech , or poetical Harmony , no mechanical System , or arbitrary Mode of Pause and Cadence * , fhould take place in It is to ...
... Harmony ; and the Expreffion fhould be made to coincide with it . But as it is by no means fo ef- fential to Speech , or poetical Harmony , no mechanical System , or arbitrary Mode of Pause and Cadence * , fhould take place in It is to ...
Page 158
... Harmony . Thammuz came next , behind , Whose annual Wound , in Lebanon , allur'd The Syrian Damfels , to lament his Fate , In amorous Ditties , all a Summer's Day ; While fmooth Adonis , from his native Rock , Ran Purple to the Sea .
... Harmony . Thammuz came next , behind , Whose annual Wound , in Lebanon , allur'd The Syrian Damfels , to lament his Fate , In amorous Ditties , all a Summer's Day ; While fmooth Adonis , from his native Rock , Ran Purple to the Sea .
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... Harmony of modern Poetry , as the Mechanism of the latter is to poetical Harmony in general . It is , indeed , not eafy to reduce the Mechanifin of English Verfe to fuch pofitive Rules , as might de- termine exactly the Number of ...
... Harmony of modern Poetry , as the Mechanism of the latter is to poetical Harmony in general . It is , indeed , not eafy to reduce the Mechanifin of English Verfe to fuch pofitive Rules , as might de- termine exactly the Number of ...
Contents
Obfervations on the Defects and Perfection | 1 |
The Analysis of SPEECH | 19 |
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Accent according admit alfo alſo ancient appear articulate Attention Author better bles Cafe called common Compofition conceive confidered confifts Confonant depends diftinct divided Effect Emphaſis emphatical Engliſh equally evident Expreffion fall fame Feet fhall fhort fhould fimple firſt fome Force former frequently fuch fuppofe give greater hand Harmony hath Hence Idea Importance Inftance Kind laid Language latter laying Length Line loud Manner Meaning Meaſure merely Method Mind Mode moft moſt Mufic muſt natural never Note Numbers obferved Objects Order Paffage Paffions particular Paufe Pauſe Perfons Place Poetry Poets Point Power pronounced Pronunciation Propriety Quantity Reader Reading Reaſon reciting regard require Rhime Rules Senfe Sentence Sheridan ſhort Sound Speaker Speaking Speech Subject Succeffion Syllables thefe theſe Thing thofe thoſe tion Tone Tongue true Utterance Verfe Verſes Voice Vowel whole Words Writer written