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THE

MIGHT AND MIRTH

OF

LITERATURE.

A TREATISE ON FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.

IN WHICH UPWARDS OF SIX HUNDRED WRITERS ARE
REFERRED TO, AND TWO HUNDRED AND

TWENTY FIGURES ILLUSTRATED.

EMBRACING A COMPLETE SURVEY, ON AN ENTIRELY new plan, OF ENGLISH AND
AMERICAN LITERATURE, INTERSPERSED WITH HISTORICAL NOTICES OF THE
PROGRESS OF THE LANGUAGE, WITH ANECDOTES OF MANY OF THE
AUTHORS, AND WITH DISCUSSIONS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL
PRINCIPLES OF CRITICISM AND OF THE

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PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC, HISTORY, AND POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF

WEST VIRGINIA.

AANITAALA

NEW YORK:

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,

FRANKLIN SQUARE.

1876.

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