The Alliance of Musick, Poetry and 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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... as i in bird , ou in marvelous , iou in gracious , glorious . Articulate founds arise from gentle stops or interpofitions , and quick removals , of the the tongue and lips , jointly with the inarti- culate 10 MUSIC K.
... as i in bird , ou in marvelous , iou in gracious , glorious . Articulate founds arise from gentle stops or interpofitions , and quick removals , of the the tongue and lips , jointly with the inarti- culate 10 MUSIC K.
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... quick , yet so as to be diftinguished by the ear , without what may be called a hard , vehement , boisterous , and vulgar utterance , like that of spelling words and fyllables , or the contrary ex- treme of a foft and affected ...
... quick , yet so as to be diftinguished by the ear , without what may be called a hard , vehement , boisterous , and vulgar utterance , like that of spelling words and fyllables , or the contrary ex- treme of a foft and affected ...
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... quick , is mea- fured naturally by the pulse , and by re- percuffion of air , as in an echo ; alfo by fteps of the feet , by motion of the hand up and down , by the fingers after a man- ner called Scanning , and artificially by a ...
... quick , is mea- fured naturally by the pulse , and by re- percuffion of air , as in an echo ; alfo by fteps of the feet , by motion of the hand up and down , by the fingers after a man- ner called Scanning , and artificially by a ...
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... quick , four down and four up , of quavers ; and fwift in femiquavers , eight down and eight up ; and swifteft femidimiquavers , fixteen down and fixteen up . Triple time is the reverfe , two down and one up , or one up and two down ...
... quick , four down and four up , of quavers ; and fwift in femiquavers , eight down and eight up ; and swifteft femidimiquavers , fixteen down and fixteen up . Triple time is the reverfe , two down and one up , or one up and two down ...
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... moderate time is denoted by the words grave , adagio , largo , largetto , an- dante , and quick by allegro . Common time is marked by the signs and both common and triple by 3 8 by figures , as ,,, fimple , and 30 MUSICK .
... moderate time is denoted by the words grave , adagio , largo , largetto , an- dante , and quick by allegro . Common time is marked by the signs and both common and triple by 3 8 by figures , as ,,, fimple , and 30 MUSICK .
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