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Kames, Henry Home
Elements Of Criticism (Vol. 3) — Basil: Printed and sold by J. J. Tourneisen, 1795 [VD18 9078460X]

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vi. figures.
there is scarce any resemblance between lust and a
cistern, or betwixt enormous lust and a large ci-
stern.
Again :
He cannot buckle his distemper’d cause
Within the belt of rule.
Macbeth, act 5. fc. s.
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There is no resemblance between a distempered
cause and anv body that can be confined within a
belt.
Again :
Steep’d me in poverty to the very lips.
Othello, act 4. _/c. js.
Poverty here must be conceived a ssuid, which it
resembies not in any manner.
Speaking to Bolingbroke baniflied for six years :
The sullen passage of thy weary Heps
Esteem a foil, wherein thou art to set
The precious jewel of thy home-return.
Richard II. ali 1. sc. 3.
Again :
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Here is a letter, lady,
And every word in it a gaping wound,
Issuing life-blood.
Merchant of Venice, act 3-fc- 2-
 
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