Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 pages |
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Page 86
... melody and harmony , which imply agreeableness in their very conception . Sounds may be so contrived as to produce horror and several other painful feelings , which , in a tragedy or in an opera , may be introduced with advantage to ac ...
... melody and harmony , which imply agreeableness in their very conception . Sounds may be so contrived as to produce horror and several other painful feelings , which , in a tragedy or in an opera , may be introduced with advantage to ac ...
Page 126
... melodies in strange or in distant lands . It is owing chiefly to the same sort of arbitrary and national association , that white is thought a gay color in Europe , where it is used at weddings ; and a dismal color in China , where it ...
... melodies in strange or in distant lands . It is owing chiefly to the same sort of arbitrary and national association , that white is thought a gay color in Europe , where it is used at weddings ; and a dismal color in China , where it ...
Page 142
... melody of Homer's versification . 225. In the twenty - first book of the Odyssey , there is a passage which deviates widely from the rule above laid down : it concerns that part of the history of Penelope and her suitors , in which she ...
... melody of Homer's versification . 225. In the twenty - first book of the Odyssey , there is a passage which deviates widely from the rule above laid down : it concerns that part of the history of Penelope and her suitors , in which she ...
Page 270
... melody in them : witness the words petitioner , fruiterer , dizziness : on the other hand , the intermixture of long and short syllables is remarkably agreeable ; for example , degree , repent , wonderful , altitude , rapidity ...
... melody in them : witness the words petitioner , fruiterer , dizziness : on the other hand , the intermixture of long and short syllables is remarkably agreeable ; for example , degree , repent , wonderful , altitude , rapidity ...
Page 303
... melody or sound of the words . But the chief pleasure proceeds from having these two concordant emotions com- bined in perfect harmony , and carried on in the mind to a full close ( see chap . ii . part iv . ) . Except in the single ...
... melody or sound of the words . But the chief pleasure proceeds from having these two concordant emotions com- bined in perfect harmony , and carried on in the mind to a full close ( see chap . ii . part iv . ) . Except in the single ...
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action Æneid agreeable appear beauty blank verse burlesque Cæsar chapter circumstance colors connected degree disagreeable distinguished distress effect elevation emotion raised epic poem epic poetry example expression external signs Falstaff feeling figure figure of speech final cause force garden give grandeur habit hath Hence Henry IV Hexameter Hudibras human ideas Iliad imagination impression instances Julius Cæsar kind language less Lord Kames manner means melody metaphor mind motion nature never novelty objects of sight observation occasion opposite ornaments Othello pain Paradise Lost passion pause peculiar perceive perceptions person pleasant emotion pleasure poem produceth propensity proper proportion qualities reason regularity relation relish remarkable resemblance respect rhyme Richard II ridicule risible rule sense sensible sentiments Shakspeare simile sound spectator sublime syllables taste termed thee things thou thought tion tone uniformity variety verse words writers