OF CRITICISM. VOLUME III. EDINBURGH: Printed for A. MILLAR, London; AND A. KINCAID & J. BELL, Edinburgh. MDCCLXII. 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 |