Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... funders him from thence , Saying , he'll lave it dry to have his way : So do I wish , the crown being so far off , And fo I chide the means that keep me from it , And And fo ( I fay ) I'll cut the caufes Ch.XIX . 73 COMPARISONS .
... funders him from thence , Saying , he'll lave it dry to have his way : So do I wish , the crown being so far off , And fo I chide the means that keep me from it , And And fo ( I fay ) I'll cut the caufes Ch.XIX . 73 COMPARISONS .
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... say , for - ever ? Lucia . Have I not fworn ? If , Portius , thy fuc- cefs Must throw thy brother on his fate , farewell : Oh , how shall I repeat the word for - ever ! Portius . Thus , o'er the dying lamp th ' unsteady flame Hangs ...
... say , for - ever ? Lucia . Have I not fworn ? If , Portius , thy fuc- cefs Must throw thy brother on his fate , farewell : Oh , how shall I repeat the word for - ever ! Portius . Thus , o'er the dying lamp th ' unsteady flame Hangs ...
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... says pleasantly , Quanquam tu levior cortice . And Shakespear , L. 3. ode 9 . In breaking oaths he's stronger than Hercules . And this leads me to obferve , that be- fide the foregoing comparisons , which are all ferious , there is a ...
... says pleasantly , Quanquam tu levior cortice . And Shakespear , L. 3. ode 9 . In breaking oaths he's stronger than Hercules . And this leads me to obferve , that be- fide the foregoing comparisons , which are all ferious , there is a ...
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... say what fort of perfonification it is . Such expreffions evidently raise not the slightest conviction of fenfibility . Nor do I think they amount to defcriptive personifi- cation in the expreffions mentioned , we do not so much as ...
... say what fort of perfonification it is . Such expreffions evidently raise not the slightest conviction of fenfibility . Nor do I think they amount to defcriptive personifi- cation in the expreffions mentioned , we do not so much as ...
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... say their prayers , and address them Again to fleep . Lady . There are two lodg'd together . Macbeth . Macbeth . One cry'd , God bless us ! and 180 NARRATION AND Ch . XXI . dead, haftens to defcribe the lamentation ...
... say their prayers , and address them Again to fleep . Lady . There are two lodg'd together . Macbeth . Macbeth . One cry'd , God bless us ! and 180 NARRATION AND Ch . XXI . dead, haftens to defcribe the lamentation ...
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