THE WORKS

OF

JAMES BEATTIE, LL. D.

VOLUME VI.

0

ESSAYS

On the Nature and Immu

tability of Truth, in op-
position to Sophistry and

Scepticism.
On Poetry and Musick, as

they affect the Mind.
On Laughter, and Ludicrous

Composition.
On the Utility of Classical

Learning

BY JAMES BEATTIE, LL. D. Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logick in the Marischal

College and University of Aberdeen.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY HOPKINS AND EARLE.
Fry and Kammerer, Printers.

1809.

CONTENTS.

AN ESSAY ON POETRY AND MUSICK.

PART II.

OF THE LANGUAGE OF POETRY.

CHAPTER I.

Of Poetical Language, considered as Significant.

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SECTION I.

An Idea of Natural Language. .

SECTION II.

Natural Language is improved in Poetry, by the Use of

Poetical Words.

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SECTION III.

Natural Language is improved in Poetry, by Means of

Tropes and Figures. ...

50

CHAPTER II.

Of Poetical Language, considered with re-

spect to its Sound. ..

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