 | 1787 - 512 sider
...liippoie may be considered as accomplilhed to the highest degree of excellence in the recitative of the Opera, as we may conjecture it was in the chorus that attended the antient Drama. And though the moil violent pah'ions, the higheft diilrefs, even death itfelf, is exprefled... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 450 sider
...Let this measure be what it may, whether hexameter or any other metre used in Latin or Greek, — or Rhyme, or blank Verse varied with pauses and accents,...recitative, I would not admit as sound criticism the condemnation of such exhibitions on account of their being .unnatural. If it is natural for our senses,... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 452 sider
...in man ; and it must be gratified. Therefore having once adopted a style and a measure not found ih common discourse, it is required that the sentiments...recitative, I would not admit as sound criticism the condemnation of such exhibitions on account of their being unnatural. If it is natural for our senses,... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1809 - 442 sider
...more artificial, ,carries it still further from common nature, and deviates only to render it mpre perfect. That principle is the sense of congruity,...recitative, I would not admit as sound criticism the condemnation of such exhibitions on account of their being unnatural. If it is natural for our senses,... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 440 sider
...real existing principle in man ; and it must be gratified. Therefore having onceadopted a styleand a measure not found in common discourse, it is required...recitative, I would not admit as sound criticism the condemnation of such exhibitions on account of their being unnatural. If it is natural for our senses,... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 446 sider
...there being an agreement of the parts among themselves, that one uniform whole may be produced. ation, as the words of which that Poetry is composed. This...recitative, I would not admit as sound criticism the condemnation of such exhibitions on account of their being unnatural. If it is natural for our senses,... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 324 sider
...render it more perfect. That principle is y ' Ae sense of congruity, coherence, and consistency, f \ which is a real existing principle in man ; and it...expressed in singing or recitative, I would not admit a& sound criticism the condemnation of such exhibitions on account of their being unnatural. If it... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1835 - 514 sider
...Let this measure be what it may, whether hexameter or any other metre used in Latin or Greek, — or Rhyme, or Blank Verse varied with pauses and accents,...recitative, I would not admit as sound criticism the F 2 condemnation of such exhibitions on account of their being unnatural. If it is natural for our... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1835 - 536 sider
...metre used in Latin or Greek, — or Rhyme, or Blank Verse varied with pauses and accents, in modem languages, — they are all equally removed from nature,...recitative, I would not admit as sound criticism the F 2 condemnation of such exhibitions on account of their being unnatural. If it is natural for our... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 318 sider
...Let this measure be what it may, whether hexameter or any other metre used in Latin or Greek, — or rhyme, or blank verse varied with pauses and accents,...recitative, I would not admit as sound criticism the condemnation of such exhibitions on account of their being unnatural. If it is natural for our senses... | |
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Therefore, having once adopted a style and a measure not found in common discourse, it is required that the sentiments also should be in the same proportion elevated above common nature, from the necessity of there being an agreement of the parts among... 
