Capitolo 21
One thinks that was possible, to a duration when an author lived that
it was able to write the Phaedra and Hippolitus, for a people to be this way
stupidly affectionate of the work Italian, as scarce to give a third day
feeling to that admirable tragedy? Music is a lot certainly a
fun of accord: but if he/she took the whole possession
of our ears; if it did us incapable of sense of hearing; if it
it would exclude arts to which you/they have a greater tendency the
refinement of human nature; I have to confess me I would allow him/it no
best quarter that Plato has done what he banishes out it of his
republic.
Currently our notions of music are so very uncertain, that we do
doesn't know what is that we like; only, we am transported in general,
with anything that is not English: then it is of a foreign growth,
allow him of French or the Tall Dutch to be Italian, it is the same thing. In
short, our music English is rather rooted out, and nothing still
planted in his/her place.
When a royal building has burnt to the earth, every man is to the liberty
to introduce his/her plan for a new; and, although it is but
puts together indifferently, you/he/she can furnish many suggestions that can be
of use to a good architect. I will take the same liberty in a
following paper to give my opinion on the subject of music;
what I will place only down in a problematic way, to be
considered by those that are masters in the art.
SATIRES.
Atrox of Saevit Volscens, nec cloths conspicit usquam
Auctorem, nec quo if ardens immittere possit.
VIRG., AEn. ix. 420.
Volscens fierce foam with anger, and, looking at fixed circle,
Don't perceive him/it who gave the fatal wound;
Neither he/she knew to mend revenge. DRYDEN.
There is no anything that more it betrays a base, ungenerous spirit that
the to give of secret stabs to the reputation of a man. Satires and
satires that I/you/they are written with intelligence and spirit are as poisoned
darts that they not only inflict a wound but they do him/it incurable. For
this reason that I have shaken a lot of when I see the talents of