ture of an hexameter line, ii. 94. Structure of English
heroic verse, ii. 96. note. 105. 141. English monosyl-
lables arbitrary as to quantity, ii. 107. English heroic
lines distinguished into four sorts, ii. 110. 132. they
have a due mixture of uniformity and variety, ii. 141.
English rhyme compared with blank verse, ii. 142.
Rules for composing each, ii. 143. Latin hexameter
compared with English rhyme, ii. 146. compared with
blank verse, ii. 147. French heroic verse compared
with hexameter and rhyme, ii. 147. The English lan-
guage incapable of the melody of hexameter verse, ii.
149. For what subject is rhyme proper, ii. 153. Me-
lody of rhyme, ii. 153. Rhyme necessary to French
verse, ii. 155. Melody of verse is so enchanting as to
draw a veil over gross imperfections, ii. 157.
composed in the shape of an axe or an egg, ii. 396.
Violent action ought to be excluded from the stage, ii.
Virgil censured for want of connexion, i. 25. his verse ex-
tremely melodious, ii. 89. his versification criticised, ii.
102. censured, ii. 157. 302. 309. 342.
Virgil travestie characterized, i. 330.
Virtue, the pleasures of virtue never decay, i. 375.
Vision, the largest and smallest angle of vision, i. 157.
Voltaire censured, ii. 295. 340. 346.
Voluntary signs of passion, i. 384.
Voluptuousness tends to vitiate our taste, ii. 447.
Vowels, ii. 4.
Walk in a garden, whether it ought to be straight or wav-
ing, ii. 397. Artificial walk elevated above the plain, ii.
Wall that is not perpendicular occasions an uneasy feeling,
i. 161.
Water-god, statue of, pouring out water, ii. 433.
Way of the World censured, ii. 364. the unities of place
and time strictly observed in it, ii. 382.
Will, how far our train of perceptions can be regulated by
it, i. 17. 275. 280. determined by desire, i. 164.
Windows, their proportion, ii. 407. double row, ii. 420.
Winter garden, ii. 400.
Wish distinguished from desire, i. 38.
Wit defined, i. 19. 342. seldom united with judgment, i.
19. but generally with memory, i. 19. not concordant
with grandeur, i. 272... Wit, ch. 13. Wit in sounds,
i. 358. Wit in architecture, ii. 431.
Wonder instantaneous, i. 107. decays suddenly, i. 110.
Wonders and prodigies find ready credit with the vulgar,
i. 148. Wonder defined, i. 233. studied in Chinese
gardens, ii. 403.
Words, rules for coining words, i. 44. note. Play of words,
i. 465. Jingle of words, i. 467. Words considered
with respect to their sound, ii. 6. Words of different
languages compared, ii. 9. What are their best ar-
rangement in a period, ii. 13. A conjunction or disjunc-
tion in the members of the thought ought to be imitated
in the expression, ii. 21. 28. Words expressing things
connected ought to be placed as near together as possi-
ble, ii. 54. In what part of a sentence doth a word
make the greatest figure, ii. 62. Words acquire a
beauty from their meaning, ii. 75. 266. Some words
make an impression resembling that of their meaning,
ii. 77. The words, ought to accord with the sentiment,
i. 406. 449. 452. ii. 20. 304. A word is often redoubled
to add force to the expression, i. 452. See Language.
Writing, a subject intended for amusement may be highly
ornamented, i. 304. A grand subject appears best in a
plain dress, i. 305.
Youth requires more variety of amusement than old age,
i. 276.
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