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all the Figures they have invented, and those several Ornaments of Writing, whose Grace and Commendation lie in being used with judgment and Propriety. It were endless to pursue this Subject thro' all the Schemes and Illustrations of Speech: But there are some common Forms, which every Writer upon every Subject may use, to enliven and adorn his Work.
These, my Lord, are Metaphor, and Similitude, and those Images and Representations, that are drawn in the strongest, and most lively Colours, to imprint what the Writer would have his Readers
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