Both Uses
hyperbole
in
Don Quixote
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- In what words shall I describe this dread exploit, by what language shall I make it credible to ages to come, what eulogies are there unmeet for thee, though they be hyperboles piled on hyperboles!†
Chpt 2.17-18 *
- In what words shall I describe this dread exploit, by what language shall I make it credible to ages to come, what eulogies are there unmeet for thee, though they be hyperboles piled on hyperboles!†
Chpt 2.17-18
Definitions:
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(1)
(hyperbole) extravagant exaggeration
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)