Chapter 16

The Greek tragedy accompanied with musical notesto ascertain the pronunciation ii.350.Tragedy ch. 22. iii. 218.in what respect it differs from an epic poem iii. 218.distinguished into pathetic and moral iii. 221.its good effects iii. 223.compared with the epic as to the subjects proper for each iii. 225. 226.how far it may borrow from history iii. 234.rule for dividing it into acts iii. 236.double plot in it iii. 251.admits not supernatural events iii. 254.its origin iii. 270.Ancient tragedy a continued representation without interruption iii. 271.Constitution of the modern drama iii. 273.Trees) the best manner of placing them iii. 307.Triangle) equilateral, its beauty i. 253.Tribrachys ii.459.Trochæus ii.459.Tropes ch. 20. iii. 53.Ugliness) proper and figurative iii. 388.Unbounded prospect) disagreeable i. 366. Note.Uniformity) apt to disgust by excess i. 253.Uniformity and variety ch. 9. i. 380.The melody ought to be uniform where the thingsdescribed are uniform ii.411.Uniformity defined iii. 390.Unity) the three unities ch. 23. iii. 259.of action iii. 260.of time and of place ii.267.Unities of time and place not required in an epic poem iii. 268.Strictly observed in the Greek tragedy iii. 272.Unity of place in the ancient drama iii. 285.Unities of place and time ought to be strictly observedin each act of a modern play iii. 291.Wherein the unity of a garden consists. iii. 304._Unumquodque eodem modo dissolvitur quo colligatum est_ i. 368.Vanity) a disagreeable passion i. 134.always appears mean ii.34.Variety) distinguished from novelty i. 329.Variety ch. 9. i. 380.Verbal antithesis) defined ii.73.268.Versailles) gardens of iii. 310.Verse) distinguished from prose ii. 353Sapphic verse extremely melodious ii.358.Iambic less so ii.358.Structure of an hexameter line ii.364.Structure of English heroic verse ii.382.384.English monosyllables arbitrary as to quantity ii.383.English heroic lines distinguished into four sorts ii.421.Latin hexameter compared with English rhyme ii.441.compared with blank verse ii.442.French heroic verse compared with hexameter and rhyme ii.443.The English language incapable of the melody of hexameter verse ii.446.For what subjects is rhyme proper ii.447. &c.Melody of rhyme ii.449.Melody of verse is so inchanting as to draw a veilover gross imperfections ii.457.Verses composed in the shape of an axe or an egg iii. 310.Violent action) ought to be excluded from the stage iii. 254.Virgil) censured for want of connection i. 36. &c.his verse extremely melodious ii.357.his versification criticised ii.376.censured iii. 179. 194. 246._Virgil travestie_) characterized ii.41.Voltaire) censured iii. 178. 236. 243.Vowels ii.238.Walk) in a garden, whether it ought to be straight or waving iii. 311.artificial walk elevated above the plain iii. 313.Wall) that is not perpendicular occasions an uneasy feeling i. 218.Water-fall i. 314.Water-god) statue of, pouring out water iii. 350.Way of the World) censured iii. 266.the unities of place and time strictly observed in it iii. 293.Will) how far our train of perceptions can be regulated by it i. 23. 381. 388.determined by desire i. 222Windows) their proportions iii. 323.Wish) distinguished from desire i. 55.Wit) defined i. 28. seldom united with judgementi. 28. but generally with memory i. 28.not concordant with grandeur i. 377.Wit ch. 13. ii.58.Wonder) instantaneous i. 143.Wonders and prodigies find ready credit with the vulgar i. 198.Wonder i. 320.studied in Chinese gardens iii. 319.Words) play of ii.228. &c.jingle of ii.231.what are their best arrangement in a period ii.251.A conjunction or disjunction in the members ofthe thought ought to be imitated in the expression ii.260.265.Words expressing things connected ought to beplaced as near together as possible ii.307. &c.In what part of a sentence doth a word make the greatest figure ii.318.Words acquire a beauty from their meaning iii. 139.The words ought to accord with the sentiment iii. 188.A word is often redoubled to add force to the expression iii. 201.Writing) a subject intended for amusement may be highly ornamented ii.9.A grand subject appears best in a plain dress ii.10.


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