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... Hence arifes the common Error of fup- pofing acute Tones naturally louder than grave ones ; whereas , the highest Note of a Harpsichord may be fo ftruck as scarcely to be heard , and the loweft fo as to make the whole Houfe refound . It ...
... Hence arifes the common Error of fup- pofing acute Tones naturally louder than grave ones ; whereas , the highest Note of a Harpsichord may be fo ftruck as scarcely to be heard , and the loweft fo as to make the whole Houfe refound . It ...
Page 114
... hence the Voice would neceffarily fall into a certain Kind of Modulation , both in Speaking and Reading . This Modulation , it is prefumed , first gave rife to the Invention of metrical Feet , or Numbers , which , being difpofed in a ...
... hence the Voice would neceffarily fall into a certain Kind of Modulation , both in Speaking and Reading . This Modulation , it is prefumed , first gave rife to the Invention of metrical Feet , or Numbers , which , being difpofed in a ...
Page 308
... before the end of next Winter . † Not even Dr. Wallis himself , who invefligated this Subject farther than inoft Writers , was aware of this Error . Hence Hence it is , as has been before obferv- ed 308 Plan of a Criterion.
... before the end of next Winter . † Not even Dr. Wallis himself , who invefligated this Subject farther than inoft Writers , was aware of this Error . Hence Hence it is , as has been before obferv- ed 308 Plan of a Criterion.
Contents
Obfervations on the Defects and Perfection | 1 |
The Analysis of SPEECH | 19 |
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