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  1. Sep 2018
    1. cobwebs

      The visual image of a cathedral made of cobwebs seems ambivalent: cathedrals are impressive buildings, while cobwebs are abandoned arachnid nets.

    1. to speak metaphorically, a speaking picture

      An example of Sidney's wit (a term Joseph Addison defined as the "resemblance of ideas"): he repeats the root word "speak" twice here with different but related meanings at work. I'd love someone to break this down for me: source of humor?