Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... 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 .
... 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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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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... kind , it will readily occur to the reader , that when the re- fembling fubject or circumftance is once pro- perly introduced in a fimile , the mind paffes eafily to the new objects , and is tranfitorily amused with them , without ...
... kind , it will readily occur to the reader , that when the re- fembling fubject or circumftance is once pro- perly introduced in a fimile , the mind paffes eafily to the new objects , and is tranfitorily amused with them , without ...
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... kind put one in mind of a ludicrous French fong : " Je croyois Janneten Auffi douce que belle : Je croyois Janneton Plus douce qu'un mouton ; Helas ! helas ! Elle est cent fois , mille fois , plus cruelle Que n'eft le tigre aux bois ...
... kind put one in mind of a ludicrous French fong : " Je croyois Janneten Auffi douce que belle : Je croyois Janneton Plus douce qu'un mouton ; Helas ! helas ! Elle est cent fois , mille fois , plus cruelle Que n'eft le tigre aux bois ...
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... kind is , where the earth , as a common mother , is animated to give refuge against a father's unkindness . man . Almeria . O Earth , behold , I kneel upon thy bofom , And bend my flowing eyes to ftream upon Thy face , imploring thee ...
... kind is , where the earth , as a common mother , is animated to give refuge against a father's unkindness . man . Almeria . O Earth , behold , I kneel upon thy bofom , And bend my flowing eyes to ftream upon Thy face , imploring thee ...
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