Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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Lord Henry Home Kames. order mentioned , is to place an object in a strong point of view ; which I think is done fenfibly in the following fimiles . As when two scales are charg'd with doubtful loads , From fide to fide the trembling ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. order mentioned , is to place an object in a strong point of view ; which I think is done fenfibly in the following fimiles . As when two scales are charg'd with doubtful loads , From fide to fide the trembling ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames. The imitation of this beautiful fimile by A- riofto , canto 1. ft . 42. falls fhort of the ori- ginal . It is alfo in part imitated by Pope * . Lucetta . I do not feek to quench your love's hot fire , But qualify ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. The imitation of this beautiful fimile by A- riofto , canto 1. ft . 42. falls fhort of the ori- ginal . It is alfo in part imitated by Pope * . Lucetta . I do not feek to quench your love's hot fire , But qualify ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames. Similes of the third end of a comparison . this kind have , befide , a feparate effect : they diverfify the narration by new images that are not strictly neceffary to the comparison : they are short episodes ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. Similes of the third end of a comparison . this kind have , befide , a feparate effect : they diverfify the narration by new images that are not strictly neceffary to the comparison : they are short episodes ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames. Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon In dim eclipfe , difaftrous twilight sheds On half the nations , and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs . As when a vulture on ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon In dim eclipfe , difaftrous twilight sheds On half the nations , and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs . As when a vulture on ...
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