Paradeigmata rhomaikes poietikes

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OBSERVATION O MUSIC.

Stat sua cuique meS.' Virgil.

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for independetice have appeared a1nOngst inem, and whicli have been parti coimposed in Riga' time, in petrio of efirs revoli ition partalce so much of the heroicire of thei ancestors, .n have so strong a tincture os religious enthusiasin and national seeling, that we are persuadedi apolo oviliberequired se offering a collectionis both to the i lic. fise ivrathis Achilles varine the imaginationis Homer Homer's rhapsodies may have inspire many an Achilles Tho testico Brigam Song are entiret original, of a nationaliro vili,

and theresore require Some Xplanation. In various paris of Greece lives a race of Imen known under

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poseruiat ille superiorit in musicinius item ille fide of the moderns. Siniplicit uvas ille characteristic os ancient music. Plato in his Republic direct that everet onerihould be instructed in music. In ancient Greece notini the poets 13ut even thehoar sage, in hard Warrior, and the bus Statesman vere eaecellent musical performers Rhicli is aratrihin evidence of

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Vni PREFACE.

the simplicit of ancient in isic since inmur iniecit requiresino vholoclis os an individua to arrive at an moderate degre of perfectio in that art. The nature an Sige of the ancient stage vili furatisti additional strength to iste above axiom. The ancients troaled every ing in the fine arisin a grandscale. Ad uino exiliuited in architecture, Statuary, 111Sic, and even thei tragedies, vere i Ilia be allowed ille hise of suchan expression fresco aintings, leavin it to us to excet in

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PRE FACE. IX

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X PREFACE.

globe. Our passion is then generaliged an individualigo a thosa me time; and this dubious state, the wilisit of the lind, is the ource of the inexpressibi delight xv seel o suci oc