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Sect. III. FIGURES. $5
Speaking of Polyphemus ,
*———- —-— Ipse arduus 3 altaque pulsat
Sidera.
£neid. in. 6ig.
-- When he speaks ,
The air, a charter’d libertine, isstill.
Henry V. aft. i.fc. i.
Now snield with Ihield, with helmet helmet clos’d,
To armour armour, lance to lance oppos’d.
Holt against host with siiadowy squadrons drew ,
The sounding darts in iron tempehs flew ,
Vidors and vanquilh’d join promilcuous cries.
And thrilling Ihouts and dying groans arise ;
With flreaming blood the ssipp’ry fields are dy’d,
And {laughter’d heroes {well the dreadful tide.
Iliad iv- 5o8.
The following may also pass /though far stretched.
E congiungendo a temerario ardire
Estremaiorza. ed infaticabil lena
Vien che si impetuoso il ferro gire.
Che ne trema la terra , e’l ciel balena.
Gierufalem. cant. 6. JI. 46.
Quintilian 3 is senfible that this figure is natu-
ral: “For,” says he, “ not contented with truth,
“ we naturally incline to augment or diminilh be-
“ yondit ; and for that reason the hyperbole is
3 L. 8. cap. 6. in fin.
C 2
Speaking of Polyphemus ,
*———- —-— Ipse arduus 3 altaque pulsat
Sidera.
£neid. in. 6ig.
-- When he speaks ,
The air, a charter’d libertine, isstill.
Henry V. aft. i.fc. i.
Now snield with Ihield, with helmet helmet clos’d,
To armour armour, lance to lance oppos’d.
Holt against host with siiadowy squadrons drew ,
The sounding darts in iron tempehs flew ,
Vidors and vanquilh’d join promilcuous cries.
And thrilling Ihouts and dying groans arise ;
With flreaming blood the ssipp’ry fields are dy’d,
And {laughter’d heroes {well the dreadful tide.
Iliad iv- 5o8.
The following may also pass /though far stretched.
E congiungendo a temerario ardire
Estremaiorza. ed infaticabil lena
Vien che si impetuoso il ferro gire.
Che ne trema la terra , e’l ciel balena.
Gierufalem. cant. 6. JI. 46.
Quintilian 3 is senfible that this figure is natu-
ral: “For,” says he, “ not contented with truth,
“ we naturally incline to augment or diminilh be-
“ yondit ; and for that reason the hyperbole is
3 L. 8. cap. 6. in fin.
C 2