Page images
PDF
EPUB
[blocks in formation]

+

1421.d.4

41826. dd 30. ELEMENTS

OF

CRITICISM.

VOLUME III.

EDINBURGH:

Printed for A. MILLAR, London;

AND

A. KINCAID & J. BELL, Edinburgh.

MDCCLXII.

[ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][ocr errors]
[blocks in formation]

C

OMPARISONS, as observed a bove *, serve two different purposes: When addressed to the un

derstanding, their purpose is to instruct; when to the heart, their purpose is to give pleasure. With respect to the latter, a comparison may be employ'd to produce various pleasures by different means. First, by suggesting some unusual

* Chap. 8.

:

A 2

resemblance

« PreviousContinue »