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CONTENTS.
Offences against this Rule by obscure Writers, Pag. 106.
Conciseness considered, 108.
Copiousness and Diffusiveness, 109.
The third Thing required, Decoration and Ornament, 111.
Whence they arise, 112.
The principal Ornarnents, 113.
Images, 114.
Similitudes, 115.
Fault of the Similitude, 116.
Wherein a perfect Mastery doth consist, 117.
Metaphors defined and stated, 118.
Their Beauty, 119.
Their Use, 120.
Epithets, 121.
Allegories, 123.
The fourth Thing required, Regard to the Nature and Dignity of the Subject, 124.
Of the Sublime. Instances in Divine Subjects, 125.
The Heathen Eloquence deficient, 127.
In Divine Subjects the Scripture only the true Sublime, 128.
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