Letters on Several Subjects, Band 2Nichols, 1781 |
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... fudden as thofe mentioned by the poet to have paffed in the breaft of Alexan- der . Let him then recollect the cha- racter of the Prince ; it was the boiling , impetuous impetuous fon of Philip ; the fituation ; a feast [ 86 ]
... fudden as thofe mentioned by the poet to have paffed in the breaft of Alexan- der . Let him then recollect the cha- racter of the Prince ; it was the boiling , impetuous impetuous fon of Philip ; the fituation ; a feast [ 86 ]
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... racter of the Mufic of Italy is tender and voluptuous ? Is it not certain that the people of that country are the loofeft and most enervated of Europe ? And has not Shakspeare , who , if I mistake- not , was as great a philofopher as ...
... racter of the Mufic of Italy is tender and voluptuous ? Is it not certain that the people of that country are the loofeft and most enervated of Europe ? And has not Shakspeare , who , if I mistake- not , was as great a philofopher as ...
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... it is , and that Mufic has the power of foftening a harfh nature ; how infinitely ftronger muft the proba- bility be of it's changing a mild cha racter into a voluptuous one ! Thus Thus much for the Italians . Let us . now [ 92 ]
... it is , and that Mufic has the power of foftening a harfh nature ; how infinitely ftronger muft the proba- bility be of it's changing a mild cha racter into a voluptuous one ! Thus Thus much for the Italians . Let us . now [ 92 ]
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... racter , and if the manners of that nation correfpond with the general character of it's Mufic . If upon enquiry we find that fuch a people does exift , that their national harmony is the direct oppofite of Italian harmony , and that ...
... racter , and if the manners of that nation correfpond with the general character of it's Mufic . If upon enquiry we find that fuch a people does exift , that their national harmony is the direct oppofite of Italian harmony , and that ...
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... racter at once determined , expreffion given to the ftatue , all the parts dif- pofed of with decency and propriety ; and , to render his production perfect , the whole conveying a refined and ele- gant moral , that Love can only be ...
... racter at once determined , expreffion given to the ftatue , all the parts dif- pofed of with decency and propriety ; and , to render his production perfect , the whole conveying a refined and ele- gant moral , that Love can only be ...
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