Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... never be the fubject of com- parison , otherwise than by being perfonified . Shakespear Shakespear compares adverfity to a toad , and flander to 6 Ch . XIX , COMPARISONS , Forerun the royal camp to trench a field ...
... never be the fubject of com- parison , otherwise than by being perfonified . Shakespear Shakespear compares adverfity to a toad , and flander to 6 Ch . XIX , COMPARISONS , Forerun the royal camp to trench a field ...
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... never knew . Waller . None of the foregoing fimiles , as it ap- pears to me , have the effect to add any luftre to the principal fubject ; and there- fore the pleasure they afford , must arife from fuggefting resemblances that are not ...
... never knew . Waller . None of the foregoing fimiles , as it ap- pears to me , have the effect to add any luftre to the principal fubject ; and there- fore the pleasure they afford , must arife from fuggefting resemblances that are not ...
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... bleffed foul doth in Elyfium . Two Gentlemen of Verona , at 2. fc . 10 . * Dunciad , b . 4. 1. 405 . B 2 She 1 She never told her love , But let concealment , Ch . XIX . It COMPARISONS . The imitation of this beautiful fimile by A- ...
... bleffed foul doth in Elyfium . Two Gentlemen of Verona , at 2. fc . 10 . * Dunciad , b . 4. 1. 405 . B 2 She 1 She never told her love , But let concealment , Ch . XIX . It COMPARISONS . The imitation of this beautiful fimile by A- ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames. She never told her love , But let concealment , like a worm i ' th ' bud , Feed on her damask cheek : fhe pin'd in thought ; And with a green and yellow melancholy , She fat like Patience on a monument , Smiling at ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. She never told her love , But let concealment , like a worm i ' th ' bud , Feed on her damask cheek : fhe pin'd in thought ; And with a green and yellow melancholy , She fat like Patience on a monument , Smiling at ...
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... never lion rag'd more fierce ; In peace , was never gentle lamb more mild ; Than was that young and princely gentleman . His face thou haft ; for even so look'd he , Accomplish'd with the number of thy hours , But when he frown'd , it ...
... never lion rag'd more fierce ; In peace , was never gentle lamb more mild ; Than was that young and princely gentleman . His face thou haft ; for even so look'd he , Accomplish'd with the number of thy hours , But when he frown'd , it ...
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