from pleas drawn from my various connexions in life, and, above all, from the great and incessant demands the discharge of my facred Function makes upon my time and labour ; but I shall decline any further enlargements, and directing myself to Students and young Gentlemen, to whom these papers may be peculiarly ferviceable, conclude with the words of DIONYSIUS HALICARNASSENSIS to his friend Rukus. “ You will « receive my prefent, which will turn to good account, « provided you are willing industriously to peruse, and “ daily exercise yourself in it, as a matter that may “ greatly promote your improvement; for the precepts « of art can by no means form eloquent fpeakers with< out attention and practice; and your future applica« tion and laborious studies are absolutely needful to 66 crown my

directions with success *.

* Τεθ' εξεις δωρον ημετερον, ω Ρεφε, πολλων ανταξιον αλλων, ει βεληθειης εν ταις χερσι το αυτα συνεχως, ωσπερ τι και αλλα των σανυ χρησιμων, εχειν, και συνασκειν αυθαις καθ'

ημέραν γυμνασιαις. Ου γαρ αυλαρκη τα παραβγελματα των τεχνων εςι δεινους ανταγωνισας ποιησαι τας βουλομενους διχα μελετης τε και γυμνασιας αλλ' επι τοις σονειν και κακοπαθειν κειται η σπε. δαια ειναι τα παραβγελματα και λογα αξια, η φαυλα και axensac. DIONYSIUS HALICARNASSENS. de Compofit. Verb. vol. ii. p. 60. edit. Hudson.

LONDON, 08. 22, 1767

Τ Η Ε

CO N T E N T S.

With a Mark upon the several Tropes and Figures,
to direct the Reader on what fyllable

the accent Thould be laid.

84---97

PART 1,

CHAP. I. The general Nature of the Tropes,

Page 1 ---20

Chap.2. The Métaphor,

21---53

Chap.3. The Aʻllegory,

54---65

Chap.4. The Métonymy,

66---70

Chap.5. The Synécdoche,

71---76

Chap.6. The I'rony,

77---83

Chap.7. The Hypérbole,

Chap.8. The Catachrésis,

98---103

VIDA's Account of the Nature of Tropes,

&c.

104---III

The various kinds of Tropes versified,

with suitable examples under each

112---115

PART II.

Chap.1. The general Nature of Figures, 119---127

Chap.2. An Ecphonésis, or Exclamation,

128---133

Chap.3. An Aporía, or Doubting, 134---140

Chap.4. An Epanorthosis, or Correction,

Chap

of them,

141---148

Chap. 5. An Aposiopésis, or

Suppresion, Page 149---156

Chap. 6. An Apophasis, or Denial, 157---162

Chap. 7. An Anacoenosis, or Commu-

nication,

163---167

* Chap. 8. An Anástrophe, or Inversion, 168---175

Chap. 9. An Erotésis, or Interrogation, 176---190

Chap.10. A Prolépsis, or Prevention, 191---200

Chap. 11. A Synchorésis, or Concession, 200---207

* Chap. 12. An Epanaphora, or Repeti-

tion,

207--213

Chap.13. An Apostrophe, or Address, 213---223

Chap.14. A Periphrasis, ar Circumlo-

cution,

224---232

Chap. 15. The Asýndeton and Polysýn-

deton, or the Omision, and

the Redundance of Copula-

tives,

233---239

Chap. 16. An Oxymoron, or seeming

Contradi Elion,

240---247

Chap. 17. An Enantiosis, or Opposition, 247---264

Chap.18. A Clímax, or Gradation, 264---275

Chap. 19. An Hypotypósis, or lively

Description,

276---328

Chap 20. A Prosopopéia, or Fiction

of a person,

329---398

Chap.21. A Parábole, or Comparison, 399---462

Chap.22. An Epiphonéma, or infruc-

tive Remark,

462---467

The various kinds of Figures versified,

with suitable examples under sach of

them,

468---478

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Τ Η Ε

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CONSIDER E D.

CORRECTIONS.

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