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" ... on the other side, in separating carefully one from another Ideas wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being misled by similitude and by affinity to take one thing for another. This is a way of proceeding quite contrary to metaphor... "
Epitome of English literature; or, A concentration of the matter of standard ... - Page 40
by English literature - 1831
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The British Essayists: The Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 366 pages
...another. This is a way of proceeding quite contrary to metaphor and allusion; wherein, for the most part, lies that entertainment and pleasantry of wit, which strikes so lively on the fancy, and is therefore so acceptable to all people.' This is, I think, the best and -most philosophical account...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 7

British essayists - 1802 - 342 pages
...another. This is a way of proceeding quite contrary to metaphor and allusion; wherein, for the most part, lies that entertainment and pleasantry of wit, which strikes so lively on the fancy, and is therefore so acceptable to all people.' This is, I think, the best and most philosophical account that...
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Select British Classics, Volume 11

1803 - 434 pages
...This is away of proceeding quite contrary to meta' phor and allusion ; therein, for the most part, lies that •entertainment and pleasantry of wit which strikes so ' lively on the fancy, and is therefore so acceptable to * all people.' This is, I think, the best and most philosophical account...
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The Spectator: In Eight Volumes. : Vol. I[-VIII].

1803 - 420 pages
...way of proceeding quite contrary to meta' phor and allusion ; therein, for the most part, lies tl»at 'entertainment and pleasantry of wit which strikes so ' lively on the fancy, and is therefore so acceptable to ' all people.' This is, I think, the best and most philosophical account...
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1804 - 676 pages
...This is a way of proceeding quite Contrary to metaphor and allusion ; T\ herein, for the most part, lies that entertainment and pleasantry of wit, which strikes so lively on the fancy, and is therefore so acceptable to all people.' This is, I think, the best and most philosophical account that...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 1

John Locke - 1805 - 562 pages
...another. This is a way of proceeding quite contrary to metaphor and allusion, wherein for the most part lies that entertainment and pleasantry of wit, which strikes so lively on the fancy, and therefore is so acceptable to all people ; because its beaijty appears at first sight, and there is...
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An Analytical Abridgment of Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding

John Locke - 1808 - 346 pages
...another. This is a way of proceeding quite contrary to Metaphor and Allusion, wherein for the mos part lies that entertainment and pleasantry of Wit, which strikes so lively on the fancy, and therefore so acceptable to a)l people ; because its beauty appears D 3 57 at first * sight, and there...
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Four Discourses on Subjects Relating to the Amusement of the Stage: Preached ...

James Plumptre - 1809 - 318 pages
...another. This is a way of proceeding quite contrary to metaphor and allusion, wherein, for ,the most part, lies that entertainment and pleasantry of wit, which strikes so lively on the fancy, and therefore is so acceptable to all people, because its beauty appears at first sight, and there is required...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 3

Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 pages
...another. This is a way of proceeding quite contrary to metaphor and allusion ; wherein, for the most part, lies that entertainment and pleasantry of wit which strikes so lively on the fancy, and is therefore so acceptable .to all people.' This is, I think, the best and most philosophical account...
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The Spectator

Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...another. This is a way of proceeding quite contrary to metaphor and allusion ; wherein, for the most part, lies that entertainment and pleasantry of wit which strikes so lively on the fancy, and is therefore so acceptable to all people.' This is, I think, the best and most philosophical account that...
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