Essays on Philosophical SubjectsT. Cadell jun. and W. Davies, 1795 - 244 стор. |
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Сторінка 149
... dance ; the time or measure of the dance correspond- ing always exactly with that of the fong or tune which accom- panies and directs it * . The human voice , as it is always the beft , fo it would naturally be the first and earliest of ...
... dance ; the time or measure of the dance correspond- ing always exactly with that of the fong or tune which accom- panies and directs it * . The human voice , as it is always the beft , fo it would naturally be the first and earliest of ...
Сторінка 151
... dance may frequently anfwer the fame purpose , and , by representing fome adventure in love or war , may seem to give sense and meaning to a Music which might not otherwise appear to have any . It is more natural to mimic , by geftures ...
... dance may frequently anfwer the fame purpose , and , by representing fome adventure in love or war , may seem to give sense and meaning to a Music which might not otherwise appear to have any . It is more natural to mimic , by geftures ...
Сторінка 172
... dance , by demanding an attention which we have not to fpare , would disturb , instead of heightening , the effect of the Mufic ; they may may often very properly fucceed , but they cannot accompany 172 OF THE IMITATIVE ARTS .
... dance , by demanding an attention which we have not to fpare , would disturb , instead of heightening , the effect of the Mufic ; they may may often very properly fucceed , but they cannot accompany 172 OF THE IMITATIVE ARTS .
Сторінка 175
... dance , which emblematically reprefented the paffion of love . Many of my readers may have frequently danced this dance , and , in the opinion of all who faw them , with great grace and 6 of OF THE IMITATIVE ARTS . 175.
... dance , which emblematically reprefented the paffion of love . Many of my readers may have frequently danced this dance , and , in the opinion of all who faw them , with great grace and 6 of OF THE IMITATIVE ARTS . 175.
Сторінка 176
... dance from every other fort of motion . When the dancer , moving with a step of this kind , and obferving this time and measure , imitates either the ordinary or the more im- portant actions of human life , he shapes and fashions , as ...
... dance from every other fort of motion . When the dancer , moving with a step of this kind , and obferving this time and measure , imitates either the ordinary or the more im- portant actions of human life , he shapes and fashions , as ...
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