Of Harmony and Numbers, in Latin and English Prose, and in English Poetry: In Five ChaptersM. Cooper, 1744 - 53 ページ |
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... Metre ; and this Poe- try begins and ends as the Latin and Greek Iambic Metre , either with a half , or a whole Foot , according to the mufical Concord it imi- tates , which may begin either with a half or a whole Tone ; for our ...
... Metre ; and this Poe- try begins and ends as the Latin and Greek Iambic Metre , either with a half , or a whole Foot , according to the mufical Concord it imi- tates , which may begin either with a half or a whole Tone ; for our ...
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... Metre , and then with the Verfe . There is this Diftinction betwixt Metre and Verfe . Metre is a Syftem of one Concord , but Verfe is a Syftem of two or more Concords . The leaft Metre , which confifts of a Foot and a half , is as the ...
... Metre , and then with the Verfe . There is this Diftinction betwixt Metre and Verfe . Metre is a Syftem of one Concord , but Verfe is a Syftem of two or more Concords . The leaft Metre , which confifts of a Foot and a half , is as the ...
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... Metre confifts of three Syllables , which is the least Metre , because the least Con- cord ; and as this Concord , or Tierce Minor , begins with half a Tone , for this Concord con- fifts of a Tone and a half , so must the Metre begin ...
... Metre confifts of three Syllables , which is the least Metre , because the least Con- cord ; and as this Concord , or Tierce Minor , begins with half a Tone , for this Concord con- fifts of a Tone and a half , so must the Metre begin ...
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... Metre confifts of five half Feet , which is as the fourth , which confifts of five half Tones , or of two Tones and a half ; this Metre may therefore begin or end in half a Foot , as the musical Concord may begin , or end , in half a ...
... Metre confifts of five half Feet , which is as the fourth , which confifts of five half Tones , or of two Tones and a half ; this Metre may therefore begin or end in half a Foot , as the musical Concord may begin , or end , in half a ...
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... Metre and Verfe : And as our Verfe originally flows from the Greek and Latin Iambics , I have applied these Princi- ples to our Poetry , and the Application appears to be juft . Should any one fufpect this Re- duction let him read the ...
... Metre and Verfe : And as our Verfe originally flows from the Greek and Latin Iambics , I have applied these Princi- ples to our Poetry , and the Application appears to be juft . Should any one fufpect this Re- duction let him read the ...
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3d Pæon Application is fo Ariftotle Bacchic becauſe beft begins and ends bers beſt Cæfural Choriambic Cicero Claufe confifts conftant Friend Cretic Dactyl Diapente Diatonic Scale Divifion end in half English Compofition English POETRY Ephorus Epitrite fame fee Merfennus feven firſt five half Feet Flow fo very evident fourth fuch full Foot full Tones Globe in Pater-nofter greatest Impediment half a Foot half Foot half Tone I N LATIN Iambic infinite Flow laft letting me fee lifh Verfe Ligarius long Syllable Member Metre modern Mufic falls moft mony moſt Mufic falls infinitely mufical Concords muſical Numbers in Profe O F HARMONY obferved Oratory Paon Pater-nofter Row Paufe Peon PEPUSCH Profe Compofitions Pyrrhic Quintilian Reduction of ancient Reduction of Eng Reverend EDWARD MANWARING Rhythms ſhall ſhort of ancient Spondee TH HE following thefe Numbers Tierce Minor Trochee Tubero Verfe is owing vers of Learning Verſe whofe wou'd they fucceed
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33 ページ - Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest...
14 ページ - I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
34 ページ - As through unquiet rest: he, on his side Leaning, half raised, with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamour'd, and beheld Beauty, which, whether waking or asleep, Shot forth peculiar graces; then with voice Mild, as when Zephyrus on Flora breathes, Her hand soft touching, whisper'd thus: ' Awake My fairest, my espoused, my latest found, Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight! Awake...
37 ページ - Nature her th' inferior, in the mind And inward Faculties, which most excel, In outward also her resembling less His Image who made both, and less expressing The character of that Dominion...
33 ページ - To the nuptial bower I led her, blushing like the morn : all heaven, And happy constellations, on that hour Shed their selectest influence : the earth Gave signs of gratulation, and each hill ; Joyous the birds; fresh gales and gentle airs Whisper'd it to the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odours from the spicy shrub, Disporting, till the amorous bird of night Sung spousal, and bid haste the evening star, On his hill-top, to light the bridal lamp.
38 ページ - Greatnefs of mind, and noblenefs their feat Build in her lovelieft, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic plac'd.
16 ページ - He is liable to many evils and miseries which he can neither prevent nor redress. He is full of wants which he cannot supply, and compassed about with infirmities which he cannot remove, and obnoxious to dangers which he can never sufficiently provide against.
18 ページ - Lordfhips at laft acquitted. Yet I cannot reflect without comfort (the greateft of comforts next to that of a good caufe and a good confcience) that I anfwer for myfelf this day before the moft illuftrious Aflembly in the world, the whole body of the Nobility of Great Britain ; whofc princely extraction and high quality, whofe magnificent titles and fplendid fortunes, whofe hereditary candour and generofity, inherent in.
17 ページ - I not think that in fuch a cauie.as this (wherein the doctrine of our church, the dignity of that holy order to which I belong, and even the common intereft of Chriilianity itfelf, are fo nearly concerned) it becomes me not to be altogether filent.