Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Might and Mirth of Literature: A Treatise on Figurative Language; In Which Upwards of Six Hundred Writers Are Referred to and Two Hundred and Twenty Figures Illustrated
Fie objec'? Of inis volume is z'o create ana' fully equip a new oranclc of slucly to discuss figures of S pecca far more t/zorp oug/zly inan ever lzas oeen clone; to urge upon pleaa'ers, preac/z ers, and all w/zo wric'e or speak Englisn, many verj imporfant prac'lical aa'vices z'o comment specially on Snakespeare, Mllon, demosz/zenes, ana' z'lze Bible lo present a wide review of Ameri can ancl Englislz Lileraiure; ana' lo make z'lze waole suojec'l as amusing and lauglz ter-excitin g as it is instrul'c'ive. Also, we nave availecl ourselves of our familiarily wif/c Lalin, Greek, ancl ffeorew ancl wick four cy tne modern languages, Frenc/z, Ger. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
