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749 index [The volumes are denoted by numeral letters, the pages by figures.] Abstraction) power of ii. 532. Its use ii. 533. Abstract terms) ought to be avoided in poetry i. 238. ii. 352. Cannot be compared but by being personified ii. 186. Personified ii. 236. Defined ii. 532. The use of abstract terms ii. 533. Accent) defined ii. 104. The musical accents that are necessary in an hexameter line ii. 116. A low word must not be accented ii. 146. Rules for accenting English heroic verse ii. 145, 146. How far affected by the pause ii. 150. Accent and pause have a mutual influence ii. 153. Action) what feelings are raised by human actions i. 37, 38. 222. 353. We are impelled to action by desire i. 43. Some actions are instinctive, some intended as means to a certain end i. 46. Actions great and elevated, low and groveling i. 223. Slowness and quickness in acting, to what causes owing i. 306. 318. Emotions occasioned by propriety of action i. 341. Occasioned by impropriety of action i. 342. Human actions considered with respect to dignity and meanness i. 359. Actions the interpreters of the heart i. 436. Action is the fundamental part of epic and dramatic compositions ii. 385. Unity of action ii. 405. We are conscious of internal action as in the head ii. 507. Internal action may proceed without our being conscious of it ii. 507. Action and reaction betwixt a passion and its object i. 121. Actor) bombast actor i. 247. The chief talents of an actor i. 431. An actor should feel the passion he represents i. 454. Difference as to pronunciation betwixt the French and English actors i. 460. note. Admiration i. 120. 258. Aeneid. See Virgil. Affectation i. 340. Affection) to children accounted for i. 71. To blood-rela-tions i. 72. Affection for what belongs to us i. 72. Social affections more refined than selfish i. 112. Affection in what manner inflamed into a passion i. 119. Opposed to propensity i. 123. Affection to children endures longer than any other affection i. 124. Opinion and belief influenced by affection i. 164. Affection defined i. 405. ii. 525. 750 original index Agamemnon) of Seneca censured i. 486. Agreeable emotions and passions i. 105, &c. Things neither agreeable nor disagreeable. See Object. Alcestes) of Euripides censured i. 508. ii. 424. 425. Alexandre) of Racine censured i. 473. Alexandrine line ii. 120. Allegory) defined ii. 278. More difficult in painting than in poetry ii. 293. In an historical poem ii. 393, 394. All for Love) of Dryden censured i. 493. Alto relievo ii. 473. Ambiguity) occasioned by a wrong choice of words ii. 19. occasioned by a wrong arrangement ii. 54. Amynta) of Tasso censured i. 465. Amor patriae) accounted for i. 176. Amphibrachys ii. 179. Amphimacer ii. 179. Analytic) and synthetic methods of reasoning compared i. 24. Anapestus ii. 178. Anger) explained i. 81, &c. Frequently comes to its height instantaneously i. 119. Decays suddenly i. 122. Sometimes exerted against the innocent i. 158. and even against things inanimate i. 159. Not infectious i. 181. Has no dignity in it i. 357. Angle) largest and smallest angle of vision i. 174. Animals) distributed by nature into classes ii. 491. Antibacchius ii. 179. Anticlimax ii. 92. Antispastus ii. 180. Antithesis ii. 29. Verbal antithesis i. 390. ii. 29. Apostrophe ii. 255, &c. Appearance) things ought to be described in poetry, as they appear, not as they are in reality ii. 328. Appetite) defined i. 44. Appetites of hunger, thirst, animal love, arise without an object i. 63. Appetite for fame or esteem i. 192. Apprehension) dullness and quickness of apprehension, to what causes owing i. 307. Architecture ch. 24. Grandeur of manner in architecture i. 232. The situation of a great house ought to be lofty i. 337. A playhouse or a music-room susceptible of much ornament i. 338. What emotions can be raised by architecture ii. 432. Its emotions compared with those of gardening ii. 433. Every building ought to have an expression suited to its destination ii. 433. 467. Simplicity ought to be the governing taste ii. 434. Regularity to be studied ii. 438. 460. External form of dwelling-houses ii. 457. 458. Divisions within ii. 457. 470. 471. A palace ought to be regular, but in a small house convenience ought to be preferred ii. 455. 458. A dwellinghouse ought to be suited to the climate ii. 459. Congruity ought to be studied ii...

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