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An Essay on Criticism

by Mr. Oldmixon

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Mixed metaphors, strained images, and a speaker who always wins his own argument give Mr. Oldmixon plenty to question. This essay considers criticism through design, thought, and expression in prose and verse. Instead of relying chiefly on abstract rules, Oldmixon sets examples of good and faulty writing before the reader, asking how an image holds together and whether a passage earns the effect it seeks.

His discussion of Collier takes aim at arguments arranged to favor their author's representative, while his remarks on proverbs and puns test the habits that pass for wit. The accompanying introduction places these judgments within Augustan criticism and Oldmixon's Whig commitments.

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