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Page 51
... Resemblance or contrariety . * Under these heads may be correctly classed , the various causes of that fanciful agreement which produce risible emotions . I. Under that of contiguity we may arrange , Ist . Bodily singularities ...
... Resemblance or contrariety . * Under these heads may be correctly classed , the various causes of that fanciful agreement which produce risible emotions . I. Under that of contiguity we may arrange , Ist . Bodily singularities ...
Page 53
... resemblance , the greater in general will be the effect . Thus Butler describes the " And as that beast would kneel and stoop ". horse of his hero : - " The beast was sturdy , large , and tall , " With mouth of meal and eyes of wali ...
... resemblance , the greater in general will be the effect . Thus Butler describes the " And as that beast would kneel and stoop ". horse of his hero : - " The beast was sturdy , large , and tall , " With mouth of meal and eyes of wali ...
Page 54
... resemblance , and of the witty application of this we have a fine instance in the four last lines which I have just quoted ; and in the fol- lowing from Swift's verses on his death . 1 " My female friends , whose tender hearts " Have ...
... resemblance , and of the witty application of this we have a fine instance in the four last lines which I have just quoted ; and in the fol- lowing from Swift's verses on his death . 1 " My female friends , whose tender hearts " Have ...
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... resemble in their metre those of Lord Bolingbroke , but with this difference , that the style of the former abounds more in short syllables , and is there- fore less grave and sonorous . Swift had no ear , and his prose is therefore ...
... resemble in their metre those of Lord Bolingbroke , but with this difference , that the style of the former abounds more in short syllables , and is there- fore less grave and sonorous . Swift had no ear , and his prose is therefore ...
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... resemblance ; the latter is the most fertile in the production of tropes and figures . That fancy which is most excursive , and which is the best stored with various knowledge , will be the most active in forming the combinations ...
... resemblance ; the latter is the most fertile in the production of tropes and figures . That fancy which is most excursive , and which is the best stored with various knowledge , will be the most active in forming the combinations ...
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