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PG-P.729.009
13 Mar 1729:11 (12)
[In discussion of the word "Accent":] The difference between
the two [accent and quantity] may be conceiv'd from that
which we observe between the beat of a drum, and the sound
of a trumpet: the former expresses every thing belonging to
loud and soft, and long and short; but so long as there is a
Monotonia, in the sound, (which is a want of variation of
the voice,) there is nothing like accent. . . [13 lines]
The spurious accents answer to the characters of time in
musick; as crotchets, quavers, &c. The genuine accents
answer to the musical notes, sol, fa, &c. . .
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