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Ch. XIX. C O M P ARISON S. 363
that is diminutive, however delicate the resem-
blance may be : for it is the peculiar character os
a grand objed to six the attention, and swell the
mind ; in which state , to contract it to a minute
objed, isunpieasant. The resembling an object to
one that is greater, has, on the contrary, a good
essed, by railing or swelling the mind: sor one
passes with satisfadion srom a sinal 1 to a great ob-
jed ; but cannot be drawn down , without rcluc-
tance, srom great to small. Hence the sollowing
similes are faulty.
Meanwhile the troops beneath Patroclus’ care.
Invade the Trojans, and commence the war.
As wasps, provok’d by children in their play ,
Pour srom their mansions by the broad highway,
Infwarms the guiltless traveller engage ,
Whet all their Rings , and call forth all their rage $
All rise in arms, and with a general cry
AtTert their waxen domes , and buzzing progeny :
Thus'from the tents the servent legion swarms,
So loud their clamours , and so keen their arms.
Iliad xvi. 313*
So burns the vengeful hornet (soulallo’ e r)
Repuls’d in vain, and thirsty still of gore ;
(Bold ton of air and heat) on angry wings ,
Untam’d, untir’d, he turns, attacks and flings.
Fir’d with like ardour fierce Atridcs ssew ,
And seat his soul with ev’ry lance he threw.
Iliad. xvii. 642*
that is diminutive, however delicate the resem-
blance may be : for it is the peculiar character os
a grand objed to six the attention, and swell the
mind ; in which state , to contract it to a minute
objed, isunpieasant. The resembling an object to
one that is greater, has, on the contrary, a good
essed, by railing or swelling the mind: sor one
passes with satisfadion srom a sinal 1 to a great ob-
jed ; but cannot be drawn down , without rcluc-
tance, srom great to small. Hence the sollowing
similes are faulty.
Meanwhile the troops beneath Patroclus’ care.
Invade the Trojans, and commence the war.
As wasps, provok’d by children in their play ,
Pour srom their mansions by the broad highway,
Infwarms the guiltless traveller engage ,
Whet all their Rings , and call forth all their rage $
All rise in arms, and with a general cry
AtTert their waxen domes , and buzzing progeny :
Thus'from the tents the servent legion swarms,
So loud their clamours , and so keen their arms.
Iliad xvi. 313*
So burns the vengeful hornet (soulallo’ e r)
Repuls’d in vain, and thirsty still of gore ;
(Bold ton of air and heat) on angry wings ,
Untam’d, untir’d, he turns, attacks and flings.
Fir’d with like ardour fierce Atridcs ssew ,
And seat his soul with ev’ry lance he threw.
Iliad. xvii. 642*