Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... any other fenfe . It has no good effect to compare things by way of fimile that are of the fame kind , nor to contraft things of different kinds . The The reason is given in the chapter cited a bove 4 Ch . XIX . COMPARISONS .
... any other fenfe . It has no good effect to compare things by way of fimile that are of the fame kind , nor to contraft things of different kinds . The The reason is given in the chapter cited a bove 4 Ch . XIX . COMPARISONS .
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... fame view , Homer , I think , may defended , in comparing the fhouts of the Trojans in battle , to the noife of cranes * , and to the bleating of a flock of sheep + : and it is no objection , that these are low mages ; for by oppofing ...
... fame view , Homer , I think , may defended , in comparing the fhouts of the Trojans in battle , to the noife of cranes * , and to the bleating of a flock of sheep + : and it is no objection , that these are low mages ; for by oppofing ...
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... fame impropriety in another fimile of his : Hero . Good Margaret , run thee into the par- Jour ; There fhalt thou find my coufin Beatrice ; Whisper her ear , and tell her , I and Urfula Walk in the orchard , and our whole discourse Is ...
... fame impropriety in another fimile of his : Hero . Good Margaret , run thee into the par- Jour ; There fhalt thou find my coufin Beatrice ; Whisper her ear , and tell her , I and Urfula Walk in the orchard , and our whole discourse Is ...
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... fame tragedy , make its appearance with a much better grace ; the fituation there represented , being too difpiriting for a fimile . A fimile is improper for one who dreads the discovery of a fecret machina- tion . Zara . The mute not ...
... fame tragedy , make its appearance with a much better grace ; the fituation there represented , being too difpiriting for a fimile . A fimile is improper for one who dreads the discovery of a fecret machina- tion . Zara . The mute not ...
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... fame ruling or master paffion . Nature its mother , Habit is its nurse ; Wit , fpirit , faculties , but make it worse ; Reason itself but gives it edge and pow'r ; As heav'n's bleft beam turns vinegar more fowr . Ibid . l . 145 . Lord ...
... fame ruling or master paffion . Nature its mother , Habit is its nurse ; Wit , fpirit , faculties , but make it worse ; Reason itself but gives it edge and pow'r ; As heav'n's bleft beam turns vinegar more fowr . Ibid . l . 145 . Lord ...
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