The Four Ages; Together with Essays on Various SubjectsCadell and Davies, 1798 - 454 pàgines |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 5 de 44.
Pàgina 24
... mufic , and all that hear and follow them are carried to Hell , " I do not extract this as being more abfurd than Afiatic or Eu- ropean belief , but there is a whimsical turn in it which makes it original as well as ridiculous . To this ...
... mufic , and all that hear and follow them are carried to Hell , " I do not extract this as being more abfurd than Afiatic or Eu- ropean belief , but there is a whimsical turn in it which makes it original as well as ridiculous . To this ...
Pàgina 31
... mufic , existed ; but fo very imperfectly , as not to merit the appellation of elegant arts . The buildings in this period of society are as much inferior to thofe of the prefent times , as fu- perior to the wretched huts of the Iron ...
... mufic , existed ; but fo very imperfectly , as not to merit the appellation of elegant arts . The buildings in this period of society are as much inferior to thofe of the prefent times , as fu- perior to the wretched huts of the Iron ...
Pàgina 32
... mufic , if we are to judge from what has reached us , is perfectly without melody and har- mony , for furely an unmeaning fucceffion of notes and chords cannot be fo termed . Specimens of thefe arts are inconvenient to be given ; but ...
... mufic , if we are to judge from what has reached us , is perfectly without melody and har- mony , for furely an unmeaning fucceffion of notes and chords cannot be fo termed . Specimens of thefe arts are inconvenient to be given ; but ...
Pàgina 73
... mufic . The next advance is mufical founds joined to the measure , which by degrees produces melody , and together with the first imperfect attempts towards harmony , or putting parts together , mark the * " The negroes ( fpeaking of ...
... mufic . The next advance is mufical founds joined to the measure , which by degrees produces melody , and together with the first imperfect attempts towards harmony , or putting parts together , mark the * " The negroes ( fpeaking of ...
Pàgina 74
... mufic must be confidered un- der the heads of compofition and perfor- mance . * I will firft make a few obfer- vations on the present state of perfor- mance , because it has had a confiderable influence on our compofitions . About the ...
... mufic must be confidered un- der the heads of compofition and perfor- mance . * I will firft make a few obfer- vations on the present state of perfor- mance , because it has had a confiderable influence on our compofitions . About the ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
The Four Ages, Together with Essays on Various Subjects William Jackson Visualització de fragments - 1970 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
Æneid againſt alfo alſo artiſt becauſe beſt Brazen-Age cauſe circumſtances confequence confidered confift converfation courſe cuſtom effect Epitaph eſtabliſhed exifts exiſt expreffed faid fame fays feems fenfation fhall fhew firft firſt fociety fome fomething fometimes foon fource ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuperior fuppofe furely genius Gothic Gothic Architecture greateſt himſelf honour houſe idea increaſed inftances inftrument inſtead Iron-Age laft laſt leaſt lefs liberty meaſure ment modern moſt mufic muft muſical muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion ourſelves paffages painting perfection perfons perhaps philofopher pleaſe pleaſure poet poffeffion poffefs Pope preſent principle produced progrefs purpoſe reaſon refpect replied reſemblance ſay ſcarce Schâh ſcience ſeems ſhall ſhort ſhould Silver-Age ſmall ſome ſpeaking ſtate ſtill ſtyle ſuch ſuppoſe tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou Timur tion ture ufual uſe Voltaire wiſh worfe worſe Zadib