Elements of Criticism, Volume 1A. Millar and T. Cadell, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1769 - 531 pages |
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... fentiment or feeling , without inter- pofing any fort of judgement , poetry , mufic , painting , are mere paftime : in the prime of life , indeed , they are delightful , being fupport- ed by the force of novelty , and the heat of ima ...
... fentiment or feeling , without inter- pofing any fort of judgement , poetry , mufic , painting , are mere paftime : in the prime of life , indeed , they are delightful , being fupport- ed by the force of novelty , and the heat of ima ...
Page 137
... fentiment that is convey'd by the words ; but the latter having no connection with words , may be agreeable with- out ... fentiments expreffed in words pronounced with propriety and grace ; and such mufic may juftly be termed fentimental ...
... fentiment that is convey'd by the words ; but the latter having no connection with words , may be agreeable with- out ... fentiments expreffed in words pronounced with propriety and grace ; and such mufic may juftly be termed fentimental ...
Page 138
... fentiments of malice , cruelty , envy , peevishness , or of any other diffocial paf- fion ; witnefs among a thousand King John's fpeech in Shakespear , foliciting Hubert to mur- der Prince Arthur , which even in the most o- verly view ...
... fentiments of malice , cruelty , envy , peevishness , or of any other diffocial paf- fion ; witnefs among a thousand King John's fpeech in Shakespear , foliciting Hubert to mur- der Prince Arthur , which even in the most o- verly view ...
Page 140
... fentiments of any disagreeable paffion , nor the defcription of any difagreeable object ; which is , that fuch ... fenti- ments in a song , cannot be agreeable to any au- dience of taste . For a different reafon , mufic is improper for ...
... fentiments of any disagreeable paffion , nor the defcription of any difagreeable object ; which is , that fuch ... fenti- ments in a song , cannot be agreeable to any au- dience of taste . For a different reafon , mufic is improper for ...
Page 141
... fentiments : a happy concordance of the emotions raised by the fong and by the mufic , is extremely rare ; and I venture to af- firm , that there is no example of it , unless where the emotion raised by the former is agreeable as well ...
... fentiments : a happy concordance of the emotions raised by the fong and by the mufic , is extremely rare ; and I venture to af- firm , that there is no example of it , unless where the emotion raised by the former is agreeable as well ...
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