Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... because , in writing or speaking , things can only be compared in idea , and the ideas of vifible objects are by far more lively than thofe of any other fenfe . It has no good effect to compare things by way of fimile that are of the ...
... because , in writing or speaking , things can only be compared in idea , and the ideas of vifible objects are by far more lively than thofe of any other fenfe . It has no good effect to compare things by way of fimile that are of the ...
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... Because fhe's furpris'd ; that's a general rule ; you must ever make a fimile when you are furprised ; ' tis a new way of writing . A comparison is not always faultlefs , even where it is properly introduced . I have endeavoured above ...
... Because fhe's furpris'd ; that's a general rule ; you must ever make a fimile when you are furprised ; ' tis a new way of writing . A comparison is not always faultlefs , even where it is properly introduced . I have endeavoured above ...
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... because of the faintnefs of the re- femblance , produces no good effect , and crowds the narration with an useless image . The next error I fhall mention is a capi- tal one . In an epic poem , or in any ele- vated subject , a writer ...
... because of the faintnefs of the re- femblance , produces no good effect , and crowds the narration with an useless image . The next error I fhall mention is a capi- tal one . In an epic poem , or in any ele- vated subject , a writer ...
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... because they suggest not any image to the mind : I can readily form an image of Alexander or Achilles in wrath ; but I cannot form an image of wrath in the abstract , or of wrath inde- pendent of a perfon . Upon that account , in works ...
... because they suggest not any image to the mind : I can readily form an image of Alexander or Achilles in wrath ; but I cannot form an image of wrath in the abstract , or of wrath inde- pendent of a perfon . Upon that account , in works ...
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... because he hath more than o- thers the power of inflaming the mind . Homer appears not extravagant in anima- ting his darts and arrows : nor Thomson in animating the feasons , the winds , the rains , the dews . He even ventures to ...
... because he hath more than o- thers the power of inflaming the mind . Homer appears not extravagant in anima- ting his darts and arrows : nor Thomson in animating the feasons , the winds , the rains , the dews . He even ventures to ...
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