ABSTRACT
The invention of the sublime style is considered as the greatest effort of the human mind, and it is consequently to be preferred to the beautiful and ornamental when regarded separately. For the value and rank of every style bears a correspondent proportion to the mental labour employed in its formation and the mental attention required for the enjoyment of its performance. To the ears of those, however, who were accustomed to the examination not only of every phrase of melody, but of every note of each phrase throughout a whole piece, a difference between what was sacred and secular might have been clear, which to people is become imperceptible. The next movement is a semichorus or trio, or at least is generally performed as such, and is ushered in by a most elegant symphony with a bass accompaniment in quavers.
