AS, Res ipfa hortari videtur de Civitate paucis differere; Salluft. And ANACHORESIS, a Regreffion; AS, Illuc unde abii redeo; Hor. 1. Sed ut eò revertatur, unde hæc declinavit Oratio; Cic. Alfo EPANACLESIS, Revocation; AS, Sed nimis hâc de re multa, quare in gyrum contraham Orationem. And APODIOXIS, Rejection; AS, Sed de Lucullo dicam alio loco; Cic. See Heb. xi. 32. XII. PERIPHRASIS, Пgigaris, Circumlocution, from weggaZoua, circumloquor; AS, Et jam fumma procul Villarum culmina fumant, Majorefque cadunt altis de montibus umbræ ; Virg. Ecl. 1. for, 'Tis near Sun-fet. Chironis Alumnus for Achilles. Trojani Belli Scriptor for Homerus; Hor. Vir fapientiæ ftudiofus for Philofophus. Cubito fe emungens for Salfamentarius. Ars Cogitandi for Logica. Legum & civium Libertatis Oppreffor for a Tyrant. &c. THUS, Fecerunt Servi Milonis, neque fciente neque præfente Domino, id quod Juos quifque Servos in tali Re facere voluiffet, fays Cicero to fcreen his Client, inftead of faying downright Interfecerunt Clodium. See 2 Pet. i. 14 Josh. xxiii. 14. Rom. iv. 11. 1 Tim. ii. 7. John xxi. 20. Mark xiv. 23. Job xviii. 14. &c. XIII. CLIMAX, Kλíμ a§, `Gradation or Amplification by Steps, from xxipat, Scala, a Ladder; AS, Africano induftria virtutem, virtus Gloriam, gloria æmulos comparavit; Cornific. Mars videt hanc, vifamque cupit, potiturque cupità; Ovid. Quæ reliqua Spes Libertatis manet, fi illis, & quod libet, licet; & quod licet, poffunt; & quod poffunt, audent; & quod audent, faciunt? Cic. Torva leæna lupum fequitur, lupus ipfe capellam; Florentem cityfum fequitur lafciva capella; Virg. Ecl. 2. In urbe luxuries creatur; ex luxuria exiftat avaritia neceffe eft; ex avaritia erumpat audacia: inde omnia fcelera ac maleficia nafcuntur; Cic. pro Rofc. H 2 See See also Rom. v. 3, 4, 5. Matth. x. 40. 2 Pet. i. 5, 6, 7. 1 Cor. xi. 3. 1 Cor. iii. 21. &c. Rom. x. 14, 15. &c. Note, AMPLIFICATIO, or an INCREMENTUM, is often made without a strict Climax; AS, Nihil agis, nihil moliris, nihil cogitas, quod ego non modò audiam, fed etiam videam, planéque fentiam; Cic. in Cat. Juftum & tenacem propofiti virum, Non ardor civium pravą jubentium, Non vultus inftantis Tyranni Mente quatit folidâ, &c. Hor. When it rifes, 'tis call'd ANABASIS, Afcenfion; AS, Facinus eft vincire civem Romanum, fcelus verberare, prope parricidium necare, quid dicam in crucem tollere? Cic. pro Rabir, See Rom. viii. 29, 30. When it falls, tis call'd CATABASIS, Defcenfion, or DECREMENTUM; AS, Nulla Crux ibi fuit, nulla Nex, nulla Verberatio, imo ne Cuftodia quidem. See Matth. v. 18. XIV. ASYNDETON, 'Arúvdelov, Omiffion of a Copulative, from a privat. & ruudew, conjungo; AS, Ferte citi flammas, date vela, impellite Remos; Virg. Æn. 4. Tum Spectaculum horribile in campis patentibus: Sequi, fugere, occidi, capi; Salluft. Jug. Tot res repentè circumvallunt, unde emergi non poteft; Vis, Egeftas, Injuftitia, Solitudo, Infamia. See alfo 1 Cor. xiii. 4, 5. 1 Tim, iii, 2, 3. Rom. i. 29. Rom iii. 11, 12. 1 Thef. v. 16. &c. This Figure is alfo call'd DIALYTON, Diffolution, from dianów, diffolvo; AS, Cæteros ruerem, agerem, raperem, tunderem, profternerem; Ter. Veni, vidi, vici; Cæfar. It's oppofite Figure is POLYSYNDETON, Many Copulatives; AS, Fataque fortunafque virûm morefque manufque, Me præ cæteris & colit, & obfervat, & diligit; Cic. in Epift. Et fomnus, & vinum, & epulæ, & fcorta, & balneæ, Corpora atque Animos enervant Liv. See alfo Arts i. 13. Gal. iv. 10, Rom, viii. 38, 39. Pfalm xviii. 2. &c. XV. OXY XV. OXYMORON, 'Ovμwpov, (a Sharp Blunt, that is) feeming Contradiction, from us, acutus, & μwgos, ftultus; AS, Cum tacent, clamant; Cic. Id aliquid nihil eft; Ter. Andr. Ut cum Ratione infanias; Ter. Eun. Tu pol, fi fapis, quod fcis, nefcias; Ter. Heaut. Innumeri Numeri. Concordia difcors. Tu non inventa reperta es; Ovid. Met. I. Ne fit fcelerata facit Scelus; Met. 7. Injuftaque jufta peregit; Met. 11. See also Job xxii. 6. Jer. xxii. 19. 1 Tim. v. 6. Ifa. lviii. 10.N. To this Figure may be refer'd SYNCECEIOSIS, an Uniting, from con, fimul habitans, where Contraries are affirm'd of the fame Subject; AS, Tum quod adeft defit, quam quod non adfit Avaro. Cum eo nimirum Hofte res eft, qui nec bonam nec malam Fortunam ferre poteft; Liv. See alfo Ecclef. ix. 2. Job xxi. 23. &c. Pfalm cxxxix, 12. Rom. xiv. 5. Prov. xi. 24. Eternity! thou pleafing, dreadful Thought! Addifon. And this beautiful one in Mr. Pope's Effay on Man- Ep. 1. All Nature is but Art, unknown to thee; All Chance, Direction which thou canst not fee: All Difcord, Harmony not understood; All Partial Evil, Univerfal Good: And Spite of Pride, in erring Reafon's Spite, XVI. ENANTIOSIS, 'Evavríwors, Oppofition, from vali, contrarius; AS, Alba liguftra cadunt, vaccinia nigra leguntur; Virg. Obfequium Amicos, Veritas Odium parit; Ter. Flectere fi nequeo Superos, Acheronta movebo; Virg. Odit Populus Romanus privatam Luxuriam, publicam Munificentiam diligit; Cic. See Romans ii. 21, 22, 23. James iii. 10, 11, 12.-N. This Figure is also call'd ANTITHESIS, or ANTITHETON, i. e. Oppofition; AS, Egentes in locupletes, perditi in bonos, fervi in dominos, armabantur; Cic. See a beau a beautiful Contraft or Oppofition in Virgil's Defcription of the Court and Country, 1 Geor. ver. 461, &c. ver.467.&c. See also Prov.xiv. 11.34. Ifa.lix.9. Lam. i. 1. Prov. xxix. 2, 7. Prov. iii. 35. Ifa. v. 20. &c. XVII. PARABOLE, Пagabonn, Comparison, from Tagalaw, confero; AS, Os humerofque Deo fimilis; Virg. Repentè enim te, tanquam Serpens è latibulis, oculis eminentibus, inflato collo, tumidis cervicibus, intulifti; Cic. in Vatin. See Pfalm i. 3This Figure is usually call'd a SIMILE, whofe Signs are Ut, velut, tanquam, inftar, quafi, ficut enim, nam veluti, quemadmodum, &c. It's Parts are PROTASIS, Propofition, from wgorsívw, propono, and A PODOSIS, a Return, from añodíJw, reddo; AS, Prot. Ut Pueri, cum nuces fparguntur, currunt & rixantur: Apod. Sic ifti qui Arces diripiunt.-N. This Figure Parabole is call'd by fome SYMBOLE, Comparifon, from ovuláλaw, confero. See Prov. xxvi. 1,14. Prov.xxviii. 15. Prov. x. 25. Prov. xix. 10. 2 Tim. iii. 8. And alfo SYNCRISIS, Judging between, from cvv, fimul, & aglois, judicium. See Prov. xiv. 1. Prov. x. 1. Prov. iii. 33. Ifa. lxv. 13. Luke xxiii. 39, 40, 41. If the Comparison is made from Diffimilitude, 'tis call'd DISSIMILITUDO, or ANOMOIOSIS, from dvopotów, diffimile reddo; or DIAPHORA, Difference. See Ifa. i. 3. Fer. viii. 7. Luke ix. 58. See Allegory, and Ifa. v. 1. &c. Ezek. xvii. 2. &c. ανομοιόω, XVIII. HYPOTYPOSIS, 'TπOTÚTWσis, Lively Defcription, from volunów, delineo; AS, Obftupui, fleteruntque come, & vox faucibus hæfit; Virg. Conftitit in digitos extemplò arrectus uterque; Brachiaque ad fuperas interritus extulit auras, &c. Virg. En. 5. See Sir John Denham on the River ThamesO could I flow like thee, and make thy Stream→ My great Example, as it is my Theme! Tho' deep, yet clear; tho' gentle, yet not dull;-Strong without without Rage; without o'erflowing, full.-See also Ifaiah i. 5, 6. &c.-N. This Figure is likewise call'd DIATYPOSIS, perfect Description; as, This of a Drunken Bout-Videbar videre alios intrantes, alios verò exeuntes; quofdam ex vino vacillantes, quofdam hefternâ potatione ofcitantes : humus erat immunda, lutulenta vino, &c. Quintil. "Tis alfo often call'd CHARACTERISMUS, Characterizing, ENARGIA, Clear Expreffion, VISIO, Vision, EICON, Image, a Reprefentation of Things diftant and past as if feen and prefent; as, In this of a City befieged-Fufæ per domos ac templa flammæ; & ruentium tectorum fragor; & ex diverfis clamoribus unus quidem fonus aliorum fuga incerta; alii in extremo complexu fuorum cohærentes; & infantium fæminarumque ploratus; & malè ufque in illum diem fervati fato fenes: tum profanorum facrorumque direptio; efferentium prædas, repetentiumque difcurfus; & conata retinere infantem fuum mater; & ficubi majus lucrum eft, pugna inter victores; Quint. See alfo Pfalm cvii. 25, 26, &c. See likewile Virg. Æn. 11. 637. also Æn. 8. 689. Cum fexcentis aliis paffim inter Authores. See Mr. THOMSON's Seafons. See alfo Prov. xxiii. 29, &c. Pfalm xxxvii. 35, 36, 37. Lam. iv. 8, 9, 10, &c. Jer. iv. 19, 20, &c. Ifa. xxxiv. 11, &c. XIX. PROSOPOPOEΙΑ, Προσωποποιΐα, Fiction of a Perfon, from póσwov, Perfona, & molew, facio; AS, Dividit, & dictis morentia pectora muicer: O focii, neque enim ignari fumus ante malorum, O paffi graviora! dabit Deus his Patria tua tequoque finem, &c. Virg, Æn. 2. cum, Catilina, fic agit, & quodammodo tacita loquitur-Nullum jam tot annos facinus extitit, nifi per te; nullum Flagitium fine te, &c. Cic. And Ovid brings in the Earth thus complaining of Phaeton to Jupiter, Hofne mihi fructus, hunc fer tilitatis |