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... figures of speech are com- monly founded . This lift I divide into two tables ; one of subjects expreffed figurative- ly , and one of attributes . FIRST TABLE . Subjects expressed figuratively . 1. A word FIRST 144 Ch . XX . FIGURES .
... figures of speech are com- monly founded . This lift I divide into two tables ; one of subjects expreffed figurative- ly , and one of attributes . FIRST TABLE . Subjects expressed figuratively . 1. A word FIRST 144 Ch . XX . FIGURES .
Page 145
Lord Henry Home Kames. FIRST TABLE . Subjects expressed figuratively . 1. A word proper to one fubject employ- ed figuratively to exprefs a refembling fub- ject . There is no figure of speech fo frequent , as what is derived from the ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. FIRST TABLE . Subjects expressed figuratively . 1. A word proper to one fubject employ- ed figuratively to exprefs a refembling fub- ject . There is no figure of speech fo frequent , as what is derived from the ...
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... expressed : a fubject that is serious and important , ought to be cloathed in plain nervous language : a defcription , on the other hand , addreffed to the imagination , is fufceptible of the high- eft ornaments that founding words ...
... expressed : a fubject that is serious and important , ought to be cloathed in plain nervous language : a defcription , on the other hand , addreffed to the imagination , is fufceptible of the high- eft ornaments that founding words ...
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abſtract action Æneid againſt agreeable allegory alſo appears arts beauty becauſe beſt betwixt caufe cauſe cenfured chap circumſtances compariſon compofition confidered connected courſe deſcription difagreeable diſtinguiſhed effect emotions employ'd Eneid epic poem epic poetry Euripides expreffed expreffion fame fenfe fenfible fhall fignify figure fimile firſt fize fome ftill fubject fuch garden grandeur hath himſelf hiſtory houſe Iliad imagination impreffion inftances inſtead itſelf ject language laſt leaſt lefs leſs meaſure metaphor mind moſt Mozambic mufic muſt nature neceffary obfcure obferved objects occafion ornament paffage paffion Paradife Loft pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure preſent principal proper proportion purpoſe raiſed reaſon regularity reliſhed repreſentation repreſented reſemblance reſpect Richard II ſay ſcarce ſcene ſeen ſenſe Shakeſpear ſhall ſhould ſmall ſome ſpectator ſpeech ſtage ſtandard ſtate ſtill ſuch tafte taſte termed thee thefe theſe thing thoſe thou tion tragedy uſe word