mar. The same word may be both an adjective and an epithet. In prose composition, the epithet is frequently put after the noun, as-Henry the Fowler, Charles the Simple, &c. In the first of these examples, the word "fowler" is, grammatically, a noun; rhetorically, an epithet; in the second, the word "simple" is both an adjective and an epithet. An epithet qualifies distinctively, an adjective qualifies generally. Much of the merit of style depends upon the choice of epithets. [Moth. Once to behold with your sun-beamed eyes, -with your sun-beamed eyes. Boyet. They will not answer to that epithet. Remove their swelling epithets, thick laid Exercise. Love's Labour's Lost, v. 2. P. R., iv. 343.] "All the versification of Claudian is included within the compass of four or five lines; perpetually closing his sense at the end of a verse, and that verse commonly which they call golden, or two substantives and twowith a verb between them to keep the peace." "From these principles, it will be easy to illustrate a remark of the Stagyrite on the rosy-fingered, which Homer has given to Aurora. This, says the critic, is better than if he had said purple-fingered, and far better than if he had said red-fingered." "This consideration may further serve to answer for the constant use of the same to his gods and heroes; such as the far-darting Phoebus, the blue-eyed Pallas, the swift-footed Achilles, &c." "A word added to a noun, to signify the addition or separation of some quality, or manner of being, such as good, bad, &c., is an "I affirm phlegmatically, leaving the lanous, to the author." false, scandalous, and vil Answer-Reply. Every reply is an answer, though every answer is not a reply. An answer is given to a question; a reply is made to an accusation or an objection. The former simply informs, the latter confutes or disproves. When we seek to do more than inform-to bring others to the conviction that the opinions they have expressed are mistaken or unjust, we reply to their arguments. Witnesses who are examined on a trial do not reply to, but answer the questions put to them by the counsel, because, in such a case, information alone is required. The counsel for the defendant, in a trial, does not answer, but replies to the arguments used by the other party, because he seeks to prove that these arguments are false, and do not criminate his client. During the night, the sentinel, hearing a rustling noise at some distance from him, demanded in a loud voice, "Who goes there?" and receiving immediately fired in that direction. no Sir,--In must observe, &c. to the statements made in your letter of this morning, I As I cannot proceed in this affair, without obtaining information on these points, I shall feel obliged by your venience. The advocate, in his my letter at your earliest con to the charges brought against the prisoners, fully established their innocence; and they consequently were immediately discharged from custody. How can we think of appearing at that tribunal, without being able to give a ready- to the questions which shall then be put to us? Bravery-Courage. Bravery is constitutional; courage is acquired. The one is born with us, the other is the result of reflection. There is no merit in being brave, but much in being courageous. Brave men are naturally careless of danger; the courageous man is aware of danger, and yet faces it calmly. Bravery is apt to degenerate into temerity. Courage is always cool and collected. It may be, perhaps, said with justice, that the French are the braver, and the English the more courageous people. King Alfred was conspicuous during the early part of his reign, for the with which he resisted the attacks of his enemies, the Danes. The first check which Xerxes received in his invasion of Greece was from the of Leonidas and his three hundred Spartans, who disputed with him the pass of Thermopyla. Richard I. of England distinguished himself, during his campaigns in the Holy Land, by acts of the most impetuous It requires quite as much in a minister to guide the state in safety, through all the political storms by which she is beset, as in a general, to insure victory to his country, amidst the difficulties and dangers by which he may be surrounded. is impetuous; A proper is intrepid. is not confined to objects of personal danger, but is pre pared to meet poverty and disgrace. Bonds-Fetters. Bonds, from the Anglo-Saxon bindan, to bind, means whatever takes away our freedom of action beyond a certain circle. Fetters, from the Saxon fæter, is strictly what binds the feet; what hinders us from moving or walking. Bonds is the generic Fetters are species of bonds. term. [Mar. What tributaries follow him to Rome To grace in captive bonds his chariot-wheels. Julius Cæsar, i. 1. we will fetters put upon this fear Which now goes too free-footed. King. Hamlet, iii. 3. "Let any one send his contemplation to the extremities of the universe, and see what conceivable hopes, what mass of matter in so close a pressure together." "Doctrine unto fools is as hand." The he can imagine to hold this on the feet, and manacles on the right of affection which exists between parent and child can never be broken except by the most unnatural and detestable wickedness. In this case, I am by circumstances, and, however unwillingly, must remain an inactive spectator of the course of affairs. I gained my freedom." asunder, His legs were so inflamed by the weight of his, and the length of time he had worn them, that when they were' knocked off his feet, he was too weak to stand, and it was with some difficulty that he was prevented from fainting. And Paul said: “I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these Booty-Prey. Booty and prey are both objects of plunder: but there is this distinction, that booty may be applied to various purposes, whilst prey is always for consumption. Soldiers carry off their booty. Birds carry off their prey. Avarice or covetousness incites men to take booty. A ravenous appetite urges animals to search for prey. In a secondary sense, things are said to be a prey to whatever consumes them, either physically or morally. Thus :-a house falls a prey to the devouring flames. The heart is a prey to melancholy. Misfortunes prey on the mind. [York. So triumph thieves upon their conquered booty. WORDSWORTH. Song at the Feast of Brougham Castle."] Exercise. The brigands having packed all the ― on mules which they had brought with them, set fire to the premises, and quitted the spot. There are men of -, as well as beasts and birds of live upon and delight in human blood. that The next day, the town was taken by assault; the ferocious assailants vented their rage upon the defenceless inhabitants by massacring them by thousands, and pillaging the churches and treasuries of the place, in which they found an immense "A garrison supported itself by the hood of Aylesbury." it took from the neighbour |