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... Poetry , if the Numbers interfere with the Har- mony of the Period , there is a Defect in the Composition : For ... Poets to intro- duce that Variety of Numbers of which the Couplet is . capable C On the Whole , as it would be doing ...
... Poetry , if the Numbers interfere with the Har- mony of the Period , there is a Defect in the Composition : For ... Poets to intro- duce that Variety of Numbers of which the Couplet is . capable C On the Whole , as it would be doing ...
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... Poets , to make Nonsense of their Writings , because they have not been always fo happy as to make the Sound echo to the Sense ; fo it would be paying a very bad Compliment to their divine Art , to pretend that , in reciting Poetry , it ...
... Poets , to make Nonsense of their Writings , because they have not been always fo happy as to make the Sound echo to the Sense ; fo it would be paying a very bad Compliment to their divine Art , to pretend that , in reciting Poetry , it ...
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... Poetry , if poet- " ical Paufe and Cadence are to be in any Degree obferved , in Reading . " " C It is very true , it would fo , in the Re- cital of moft Poetry , especially if the Mo- dulation of the Voice were regulated by the common ...
... Poetry , if poet- " ical Paufe and Cadence are to be in any Degree obferved , in Reading . " " C It is very true , it would fo , in the Re- cital of moft Poetry , especially if the Mo- dulation of the Voice were regulated by the common ...
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