Part 185 (2/2)
”_He_ too is witness, noblest of the train That wait onhorse”--_Cowper_
FIGURE III--SYLLEPSIS
”'Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called _Cephas:' which_ is, by interpretation a stone”--_John_, i, 42 ”Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 'Behold, I will break the bow of _Elaht'”--_Jer_, xlix, 35 ”Behold, I lay in Sion a _stu-stone_ and _rock_ of offence: and whosoever believeth on _him_ shall not be ashamed”--_Rom_, ix, 33
”Thus _Conscience_ pleads _her_ cause within the breast, Though long rebell'd against, not yet suppressed”--_Cowper_
”_Knowledge_ is proud that _he_ has learn'd so much; _Wisdom_ is humble that _he_ knows no more”--_Id_
”For those the _race_ of Israel oft forsook _Their_ living _strength_, and unfrequented left _His_ righteous altar, bowing lowly down To bestial Gods”--_Milton, Paradise Lost_, B i, l 432
LESSON V--FIGURES OF SYNTAX
FIGURE IV--ENALLAGE
”Let me tell _you_, Cassius, _you_ yourself _Are_palold”--_Shakspeare_
”Coo, O'erturn his bow'rs, and lay his castle low”--_Thomson_
”Then palaces shall rise; the joyful son Shall finish what the short-liv'd sire _begun_”--_Pope_
”Such was that ten'd o'er Israel”--_Author_
”He spoke: with fatal eagerness we _burn_, And _quit_ the shores, undestin'd to return”--_Day_
”Still as he pass'd, the nations he _sublimes_”--_Thoay_”--_Id_
”'I've lost a day'--the prince who nobly cried, _Had been_ an e_
FIGURE V--HYPERBATON
”Such resting found _the sole_ of unblest feet”--_Milton_
”Yet, though successless, _will the toil_ delight”--_Thoeful scen'ry ever new, Fancy a thousand wondrous _forms_ descries”--_Beattie_
”Yet so lory, not their own, _Thelory will advance”--_Milton_
”No quick _reply_ to dubious questions make; Suspense and caution still prevent mistake”--_Denham_
LESSON VI--FIGURES OF RHETORIC
FIGURE I--SIMILE
”Hureatness is short and transitory, _as the odour of incense in the fire_”--_Dr Johnson_ ”Terrestrial happiness is of short continuance: _the brightness of the fla away in its own odours_”--_Id_ ”Thy nod is _as the earthquake that shakes the mountains_; and thy smile, _as the dawn of the vernal day_”--_Id_