Kames, Henry Home: Elements Of Criticism (Vol. 3) (Basil: Printed and sold by J. J. Tourneisen, 1795) [VD18 9078460X]

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FIGURES.

Ch. XX.

g. A part for the whole.
The Pole for the earth. The head for the per-
son :

Triginta minas pro capite tuo dedi.

Phzzz/ws.

Ter gum for the man :

Fugiens tergum.

Ovid-

Vultus for the man:

Horal.

Horat.

Dumque virent genua ?

Horat,

ix. 616,

The silent heart with grief assails. .

Parnell.

hairs.
Iliad

-‘— Forthwith from the pool he
His mighty Jlature.

Thy growing virtues juftify’d my cares
And promis’d comfort to my Jllver

rears
Paradise Lojt.

Jam fulgor arm arum fugaces
Terret equos, equitumque vultus.
Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus
Tam chari capitis?

The peculiar beauty of this figure consisls in mark-
ing that part which makes the greatest figure.
io. The name of the container, employed figu-
ratively to lignify what is contained.