Pause) pauses necessary for three different purposes ii. 360. Musical pauses in an hexameter line ii. 368. Musical pauses ought to coincide with those in the sense ii. 371. 375. What musical pauses are essential in English heroic verse ii. 388. Rules concerning them ii. 390. &_c._ Pause and accent have a mutual influence ii. 428.
Pedestal) ought to be sparingly ornamented iii. 347.
Perceptions) succession of i. 380. Perception defined iii. 378. Original and secondary iii. 382. Simple and complex iii. 383.
Period) has a fine effect when its members proceed in the form of an increasing series ii. 252. In the periods of a discourse variety ought to be studied ii. 253. Different thoughts ought not to be crowded into one period ii. 263. The scene ought not to be changed in a period ii. 278. A period so arranged as to express the sense clearly, seems more musical than where the sense is left doubtful ii. 307. In what part of the period doth a word make the greatest figure ii. 318. A period ought to be closed with that word which makes the greatest figure ii. 320. When there is occasion to mention many particulars, in what order ought they to be placed ii. 321. A short period is lively and familiar, a long period grave and solemn ii. 328. A discourse ought not to commence with a long period ii. 329.
Personification iii. 54. &_c._ Passionate and descriptive iii. 64.
Perspicuity) a capital requisite in writing ii. 256.
Pilaster) less beautiful than a column iii. 345.
Pindar) defective in order and connection i. 35.
Pity) defined i. 55. apt to produce love i. 93. always painful, yet always agreeable i. 134. resembles its cause i. 211. What are the proper subjects for raising pity iii. 226.
Play) is a chain of connected facts, each scene making a link iii. 266.
Play of words) ii 71. 228 &_c._ Comparisons that resolve into a play of words iii. 42.
Pleasant emotions and passions i. 127. &_c._ Pleasant pain explained i. 155.
Pleasure) pleasures of seeing and hearing distinguished from those of the other senses i. 1. 2. &_c._ Pleasure of order i. 32. of connection i. 32. Pleasures of taste, touch, and smell, not termed _emotions_ or _passions_ i. 42. Pleasures refined and gross i. 137. Corporeal pleasure low and sometimes mean ii 32. Pleasures of the eye and ear never low or mean ii. 32. Pleasures of the understanding are high in point of dignity ii. 34. Some pleasures felt internally, some externally iii. 387.