co N T E N T s.

AN ESSAY ON POETRY AND MUSIC,

AS THEY AFFECT THE MIND.

Pag

PART I.

POETRY

SPECT
JECT,

CONSIDERED WITH RE-
TO ITS MATTER OR SUB-

7

CH A P T E R I. Of the end of Poetical Composition,

8

Сн А Р.

II.
Of the Standard of Poetical invention,

29

CH A P. III.
Poetry exhibits a system of nature some-

what different from the reality of
things,

86

Сн А Р.

IV. The subject continued. Of Poetical characters,

70 CH A ?,

a 2

Pag.

V.

CH A P.

Further Illustrations. Of Poétical ar-

rangement,

95

C HA P.

VI.

Remarks on Music.

122

Sect. 1. Of Imitation. Is Music an Imi-

tative Art ?

Sect. 2. How are the pleasures we derive

from Music to be accounted

for ?

Sect. 3. Conjectures on some peculiarities

of National Music,

147

176

Сн А Р.

I.

Of Poetical Language, considered as sig-

nificant,

207

Sect. 1. An idea of Natural Language,

208

Sect. 2. Natural Language is improved in

Poetry, by the use of Poetical

Words,

229

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Sect.

Pag.

Sect. 3.

Natural Language is improved

in Poetry, by means of Tropes

and Figures,

251

CH A P.

II.

Of Poetical Language, considered with

respect to its Sound,

AN ESSAY ON LAUGHTER, AND

LUDICROUS COMPOSITION.

Сн А Р.

I.

Introduction. The subject proposed.

Opinions of Philosophers : -- 1. A-

ristotle II. Hobbes - III. Hut-

cheson IV. Akenside,

32 1

CH A P.

II.

Laughter feems to arise from the view

of things incongruous united in the

fame assemblage; I. by juxta-position;

II. as cause and effect; III. by com-

parison founded on similitude; or,

IV. united so as to exhibit an oppo-

sition of meanness and dignity, 344

Pag.

Сн А Р. III.

Limitations of the preceding doctrine.

Incongruity not Ludicrous, I. when

customary and common ; nor, II.

when it excites any powerful emotion

in the beholder, as, —

Moral Disap-

probation, — Indignation or Disgust,

- Pity, or — Fear; III. Influence of

Good-Breeding upon Laughter; IV.

Of Similitudes, as connected with this

subject; V. Recapitulation,

416

IV.

Сн А Р.

An attempt to account for the superio-

rity of the Moderns in Ludicrous Wri-

ting,

456

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REMARKS ON THE UTILITY

CLASSICAL LEARNING,

487