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... give examples where com- parisons are improperly introduced . I have had already occafion to obferve , that fimiles are not the language of a man in his ordinary ftate of mind , going about the common affairs of life . For that reafon ...
... give examples where com- parisons are improperly introduced . I have had already occafion to obferve , that fimiles are not the language of a man in his ordinary ftate of mind , going about the common affairs of life . For that reafon ...
Page 54
... gives life to things in- animate , is fo bold a delufion as to re- quire , one should imagine , very peculiar cir ... give , for example , the following expreffions . Thirsty ground , hungry church - yard , furious dart , angry ocean ...
... gives life to things in- animate , is fo bold a delufion as to re- quire , one should imagine , very peculiar cir ... give , for example , the following expreffions . Thirsty ground , hungry church - yard , furious dart , angry ocean ...
Page 102
... give a complete view of the fubject , is to exhibit exhibit a table of the different connections that may give 102 Ch . XX . FIGURES .
... give a complete view of the fubject , is to exhibit exhibit a table of the different connections that may give 102 Ch . XX . FIGURES .
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abſtract action Æneid againſt agreeable allegory alſo appears arts beauty becauſe beſt betwixt caufe cauſe cenfured chap circumſtances compariſon compofition confidered connected courſe deſcription difagreeable diſtinguiſhed effect emotions employ'd Eneid epic poem epic poetry Euripides expreffed expreffion fame fenfe fenfible fhall fignify figure fimile firſt fize fome ftill fubject fuch garden grandeur hath himſelf hiſtory houſe Iliad imagination impreffion inftances inſtead itſelf ject language laſt leaſt lefs leſs meaſure metaphor mind moſt Mozambic mufic muſt nature neceffary obfcure obferved objects occafion ornament paffage paffion Paradife Loft pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure preſent principal proper proportion purpoſe raiſed reaſon regularity reliſhed repreſentation repreſented reſemblance reſpect Richard II ſay ſcarce ſcene ſeen ſenſe Shakeſpear ſhall ſhould ſmall ſome ſpectator ſpeech ſtage ſtandard ſtate ſtill ſuch tafte taſte termed thee thefe theſe thing thoſe thou tion tragedy uſe word