Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... begin with those inftances that are agreeable by fuggesting fome unusual resemblance or contraft : Sweet are the uses of Adversity , Which , like the toad , ugly and venomous , Wears yet a precious jewel in her head , As you like it ...
... begin with those inftances that are agreeable by fuggesting fome unusual resemblance or contraft : Sweet are the uses of Adversity , Which , like the toad , ugly and venomous , Wears yet a precious jewel in her head , As you like it ...
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... begin with obferving , that nothing can be more erroneous than to inftitute a comparison too faint a diftant resemblance or contraft , fatigues the mind with its obfcurity instead of amusing it , and tends not to fulfil any one end of a ...
... begin with obferving , that nothing can be more erroneous than to inftitute a comparison too faint a diftant resemblance or contraft , fatigues the mind with its obfcurity instead of amusing it , and tends not to fulfil any one end of a ...
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... figures that an- fwer this purpose , I am luckily freed from much trash ; without dropping , so far as I remember , any figure that merits a proper Con- name . name . And I begin with Profopopia or perfonification , ·54 ...
... figures that an- fwer this purpose , I am luckily freed from much trash ; without dropping , so far as I remember , any figure that merits a proper Con- name . name . And I begin with Profopopia or perfonification , ·54 ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames. name . And I begin with Profopopia or perfonification , which is jufty intitled to the first place . SECT . I. PERSONIFICATION . THis figure , which gives life to things in- animate , is fo bold a delufion as to re ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. name . And I begin with Profopopia or perfonification , which is jufty intitled to the first place . SECT . I. PERSONIFICATION . THis figure , which gives life to things in- animate , is fo bold a delufion as to re ...
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... begin with obferving , upon paffionate perfonification , that this figure is not promoted by every paffion indifferently . All difpiriting paffions are averse to it . Remorfe , in particular , is too ferious and fevere , to be gratified ...
... begin with obferving , upon paffionate perfonification , that this figure is not promoted by every paffion indifferently . All difpiriting paffions are averse to it . Remorfe , in particular , is too ferious and fevere , to be gratified ...
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