. The cyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature. Encyclopedias and dictionaries. CON CON ; And Quintilian, «' Malorum caufa bellum eft, etit t-ki are thofe, one of wliich affirms, and the other denies emendatio ; Drances argues thus in Virgil ; the fame thing of the fame fubject. " Nulla falus bello: pacem te pofcimus ; Contrary motion, in Mufie, is when one part afeends . ..... _ ,. while another defcends, and -vice verfd, oppofed to mot» Privatises are habits, and their privations. ContraiWo- vett0, anfJ moto eUigtio, which fee
. The cyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature. Encyclopedias and dictionaries. CON CON ; And Quintilian, «' Malorum caufa bellum eft, etit t-ki are thofe, one of wliich affirms, and the other denies emendatio ; Drances argues thus in Virgil ; the fame thing of the fame fubject. " Nulla falus bello: pacem te pofcimus ; Contrary motion, in Mufie, is when one part afeends . ..... _ ,. while another defcends, and -vice verfd, oppofed to mot» Privatises are habits, and their privations. ContraiWo- vett0, anfJ moto eUigtio, which fee. d^¥§ srz-eP iHI§Pl m *• w — a * :* ^i^^iPS^^. See PI. Contrary motion of the parts, in compofnion, and of the hands in thorough-bafe, has a pleafing eii'eft, and precludes the fucceffion of jths and 8ths. Contrary propofitions, in Logic, univerfal propofitions, one of which affirms, and the other denies, the fame predi- cate of the fame fubjeft; as " every fquare is a parallelo- gram," and " no fquare is a ; Thefe propo- rtions differ in quality, but not in quantity, and therefore are diftinguifhed from contradictory propolit'ons, which dif- fer in quantity and quality. Contrary propofitions cannot be both true, but may both be falfe : whereas, in contradiftory proportions, one U ne- ftffarily true, and the other falfe. Contrary point of flexure. See Point. CONTRA-SOGGETTO, in Mufic, a 2d fubjeft in a fugue or canon, or a new fubjeft, in motion to the firft. CONTRA-TONES, in the German Mufual Writings, are fuch as lie btlow the great oftave of their tablature or literal notation, for the notes of the gamut. All notes on an organ, or other inflrument which lie, more than two oc- taves below the tenor cliff note, or w, and flow to quick ; Irom a limplc to an elaborate accompaniment, and e contra ; from low to high, and high to low j and when the harmony N full and thin alternately. Contrast, in Painting or Drawing. The proper
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