Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... human species , than is done by this comparison . I am fenfi- ble , at the fame time , that such a compa- rifon among Chriftians , who entertain juster notions of the Deity , would justly be rec- koned extravagant and abfurd . The laft ...
... human species , than is done by this comparison . I am fenfi- ble , at the fame time , that such a compa- rifon among Chriftians , who entertain juster notions of the Deity , would justly be rec- koned extravagant and abfurd . The laft ...
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... a comparison may contribute . A comparison , like other human productions , may fall fhort of its end ; and of this defect inftances are not E VOL . III . rare A rare even among good writers . To com- plete the Ch . XIX . 33 COMPARISONS .
... a comparison may contribute . A comparison , like other human productions , may fall fhort of its end ; and of this defect inftances are not E VOL . III . rare A rare even among good writers . To com- plete the Ch . XIX . 33 COMPARISONS .
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... human paffions . Take the follow- ing example . For Pleafure and Revenge Have ears more deaf than adders , to the voice Of any true decifion . Troilus and Creffida , a & t 2. sc . 4 . Virgil explains fame and its effects by a ftill ...
... human paffions . Take the follow- ing example . For Pleafure and Revenge Have ears more deaf than adders , to the voice Of any true decifion . Troilus and Creffida , a & t 2. sc . 4 . Virgil explains fame and its effects by a ftill ...
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... human body are too intimately con- nected with felf , to be perfonified by the power of any paffion ; and after converting fuch a part into a fenfible being , it is ftill worse to make it be conceived as rifing in rebellion against self ...
... human body are too intimately con- nected with felf , to be perfonified by the power of any paffion ; and after converting fuch a part into a fenfible being , it is ftill worse to make it be conceived as rifing in rebellion against self ...
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... mortal is afhamed : Then he great tamer of all human art , & c . Book i . 163 . The following inftance is ftretched beyond all refemblance . It is bold to take a part of or member of a living creature , and to be- 84 Ch . XX . FIGURES .
... mortal is afhamed : Then he great tamer of all human art , & c . Book i . 163 . The following inftance is ftretched beyond all refemblance . It is bold to take a part of or member of a living creature , and to be- 84 Ch . XX . FIGURES .
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