Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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Page 123
... same sentence , or the begin- ning with one metaphor and ending with another , is commonly called a mixt me- taphor . Quintilian bears teftimony a- gainst it in the bittereft terms : " Nam id quoque in primis eft cuftodiendum , ut quo ...
... same sentence , or the begin- ning with one metaphor and ending with another , is commonly called a mixt me- taphor . Quintilian bears teftimony a- gainst it in the bittereft terms : " Nam id quoque in primis eft cuftodiendum , ut quo ...
Page 182
... same time prove my observation to be just . Why should a man , whose blood is warm within , Sit like his grandfire cut in alabafter ? Sleep when he wakes , and creep into the jaundice , By being peevish ? I tell that what , Anthonio ...
... same time prove my observation to be just . Why should a man , whose blood is warm within , Sit like his grandfire cut in alabafter ? Sleep when he wakes , and creep into the jaundice , By being peevish ? I tell that what , Anthonio ...
Page 197
... et l'armée , et les vents , et Neptune , " And he adds , " The English poet may pleafe at London , but ❝ the French every where else , " make C make the same obfervation upon our coun- tryman Swift Ch . XXI . 197 DESCRIPTION .
... et l'armée , et les vents , et Neptune , " And he adds , " The English poet may pleafe at London , but ❝ the French every where else , " make C make the same obfervation upon our coun- tryman Swift Ch . XXI . 197 DESCRIPTION .
Page 198
Lord Henry Home Kames. C make the same obfervation upon our coun- tryman Swift . From this happy talent a- rifes that energy of ftyle which is peculiar to him : he cannot always avoid narration ; but the pencil is his choice , by which ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. C make the same obfervation upon our coun- tryman Swift . From this happy talent a- rifes that energy of ftyle which is peculiar to him : he cannot always avoid narration ; but the pencil is his choice , by which ...
Page 253
... same objection touches not the double plot of the Careless Hufband : the different fubjects are sweetly connected ; and have only so much variety as to resemble fhades of colours harmoniously mixed . But this is not all . The under plot ...
... same objection touches not the double plot of the Careless Hufband : the different fubjects are sweetly connected ; and have only so much variety as to resemble fhades of colours harmoniously mixed . But this is not all . The under plot ...
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