Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes, 1883 - 486 pages |
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Page 86
... melody without the least tincture of it . It is beyond the power of music to raise a passion or a sentiment ; but it is in the power of music to raise emotions similar to what are raised by sentiments expressed in words pronounced with ...
... melody without the least tincture of it . It is beyond the power of music to raise a passion or a sentiment ; but it is in the power of music to raise emotions similar to what are raised by sentiments expressed in words pronounced with ...
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 310
... melody of an inferior kind , which ought to be the aim of every writer ; but for succeeding in it , practice is necessary more than genius . Nor do we rigidly insist for melodious prose pro- vided the work convey instruction , its chief ...
... melody of an inferior kind , which ought to be the aim of every writer ; but for succeeding in it , practice is necessary more than genius . Nor do we rigidly insist for melodious prose pro- vided the work convey instruction , its chief ...
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