ELEMENTS O F CRITICIS M. VOLUME III. EDINBURGH: Printed for A. MILLAR, London; AND A. KINCAID & J. BELL, Edinburgh. MDCCLXII ELEMENTS O F CRITICISM. CHA P. XIX. COMPARISONS. C OMPARISONS, as obferved above*; ferve two different purposes: When addreffed to the understanding, their purpofe is to inftruct; when to the heart, their purpose is to give pleasure. With refpect to the latter, a comparifon may be employ'd to produce various pleasures by different: means. First, by fuggefting fome unusual * Chap. 8. A 2 resemblance |