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An Essay on the Power and Harmony of Prosaic Numbers; Being a Sequel to One on the Power of Numbers and the Principles of Harmony in Poetic Compositions

An Essay on the Power and Harmony of Prosaic Numbers; Being a Sequel to One on the Power of Numbers and the Principles of Harmony in Poetic Compositions


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1749 Excerpt: ... the Antients called Rhytbmus: The Harmony of which every good Ear perceives, but the Principles from whence it flows, the Rules on which it depends, and the Way to acquire it, very few have any Knowledge of or Concern about. And it is really somewhat surprising that our modern Rhetoricians should lay so little Stress upon a Thing which the antient Orators considered as so important. The true Reason os which I believe is this, it is generally looked upon as one of those Minutenesses of Stile which are below the Notice of an elevated Genius, or at least would be too dull and dry a Study to be relished by Persons of a refined Taste; and so the whole Business is left to the Ear, by which the Writer is led, and the Reader judges, at Random. But to this Case is applicable that well known and just Observation, Ea parva non ducenda funt, fine quibus magna confjiere non pojfunt. Those Things are not to be counted little or unnecessary, without which great Things can never be attained. Otherwise the Elements of all Languages and the Rudiments of all Sciences may be counted low and trifling.. fr2b.jr&' It Mi It is the Connection which these Things have with greater, that gives them their Importance, and a Claim to our Attention. Which is all the Apology I shall make for any Thing which may be thought minute or dry in the following Essay. But however dull or difficult such a Study may appear to the Reader at first, I am well satisfied, that as soon as he comes to make a little Progress in it, he will be fully convinced that the Pleasure and Importance of it are more than equal to all the Pains he took to attain it. And of this let one who is very well versed in this Subject be Judge. "Many Writers (sais "he) both in Verse and Prose, have been "very exact in their Choic...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781151414960
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 22
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151414964
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 59 gr


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