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Lord Henry Home Kames. SE CT VI . Metaphor and Allegory . A Metaphor differs from a fimile , in form only , not in fubftance . In a fi- mile the two different subjects are kept dis- tinct in the expreffion , as well as in the thought in ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. SE CT VI . Metaphor and Allegory . A Metaphor differs from a fimile , in form only , not in fubftance . In a fi- mile the two different subjects are kept dis- tinct in the expreffion , as well as in the thought in ...
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... metaphor ; and what I would chufe to call a figure of speech , dif- fers from both . I fhall proceed to explain thefe differences . A metaphor is defined a- bove to be an operation of the imagination , figuring one thing to be another ...
... metaphor ; and what I would chufe to call a figure of speech , dif- fers from both . I fhall proceed to explain thefe differences . A metaphor is defined a- bove to be an operation of the imagination , figuring one thing to be another ...
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... metaphor , as well as a fimile , are exclu- ded from common converfation , and from the description of ordinary incidents . In the next place , in any fevere paffion which totally occupies the mind , metaphor is unnatural . For that ...
... metaphor , as well as a fimile , are exclu- ded from common converfation , and from the description of ordinary incidents . In the next place , in any fevere paffion which totally occupies the mind , metaphor is unnatural . For that ...
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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