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Page 142
... merit of a piece of mufic , it is not enough , it is indeed no- thing , to calculate the proportion of founds as a mathematician , but we must have an ear and a foul for mufic ‡ . • The MORALISTS . Characteristics , vol . ii . pag . 253 ...
... merit of a piece of mufic , it is not enough , it is indeed no- thing , to calculate the proportion of founds as a mathematician , but we must have an ear and a foul for mufic ‡ . • The MORALISTS . Characteristics , vol . ii . pag . 253 ...
Page 176
... merit Petronius fhould be placed among useful critics , I could never difcern . There are not above two or three pages , containing critical remarks , in his work : the chief merit of which is that of telling a story with grace and cafe ...
... merit Petronius fhould be placed among useful critics , I could never difcern . There are not above two or three pages , containing critical remarks , in his work : the chief merit of which is that of telling a story with grace and cafe ...
Page 385
... merit the prize and preference , by the fole merit of their intrinfic magnificence and grandeur . " This juft and forcible sen- timent of Longinus , in his 33d Section , is a fufficient answer to an outrageous paradox lately advanced by ...
... merit the prize and preference , by the fole merit of their intrinfic magnificence and grandeur . " This juft and forcible sen- timent of Longinus , in his 33d Section , is a fufficient answer to an outrageous paradox lately advanced by ...
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