Part 263 (1/2)

1 ”Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Show'rs on her kings _barbaric_, pearl and gold”

--_Milton, P L_, B ii, l 2

2 ”Come, nymph _demure_, with mantle _blue_”

--_W Allen's Gram_, p 189

3 ”This truth _subliht”

--_Beattie's Minstrel_, p 14

VIII They ascribe qualities to things to which they do not literally belong; as,

1 ”The ploughy_, l 3

2 ”Or _drowsy tinklings_ lull the distant folds”

--_Ibidem_, l 8

3 ”Imbitter'd more and more from _peevish day_ to day”

--_Thoht_”

--_Shakspeare_

IX They use concrete terms to express abstract qualities; (i e, adjectives for nouns;) as,

1 ”Earth's , prostrate falls, And on the _boundless_ of thy goodness calls”

--_Young_

2 ”Meanwhile, whate'er of _beautiful_ or _new_, _Sublime_ or _dreadful_, in earth, sea, or sky, By chance or search, was offer'd to his view, He scann'd with curious and romantic eye”

--_Beattie_

3 ”Won from the void and fore heart give utterance due; thy heart Contains of _good, wise, just_, the perfect shape”

--_Id, P R_, B iii, l 10

X They often substitute quality for manner; (i e, adjectives for adverbs;) as,

1 ----”The stately-sailing swan Gives out his snowy plu _proud_ his neck, with oary feet, Bears forward _fierce_, and guards his osier isle”

--_Thorims crowded still”

--_Id, Cos of Ind_, i, 8

3 ”Level at beauty, and at wit; The fairest mark is _easiest_ hit”

--_Butler's Hudibras_