"The metaphor is a shorter simile, <!--Page 362--> or rather a kind of magical coat, by which the same idea assumes a thousand different appearances."
Upon Taste [from The British Magazine]
Text from <u>The Works of Oliver Goldsmith</u>, 4 vols. (London: George Bell & Sons, 1892). Text retitled "On Metaphor."<br>
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See also <u>The British Magazine</u>, vol. III (London: Printed for J. Fletcher, 1762). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=uN0PAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;