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Rh hyperbolâ, Non enim αδυνατον divitem introire in regnum cœlorum, sed admodum  ''difficile. Ibidem pro Elephante Camelus'' ''legitur. Nam ϰαμηλος est Camelus vel '' Syro interprete, qui גמל vertit, voce  minime ambiguâ: quæ animans, cum notior  sit vulgo in Judæa quam Elephas, libet  suspicari ideo in Elephanti loco positam  ''esse a Christo. Adagia Ebraica, p. 40.''

Many mischievous alterations of Shakespere have been proposed, in that spirit of criticism which would make all the parts of a metaphor fit in as if they were dove-tailed. It is of the very essence of passion to speak in hints and fragments, and they who censure a figurative expression as contrary to the principles of taste, because it may appear abrupt to their conception,.. may as well maintain that every rainbow must be a perfect arch, and that all broken ones violate the principle of optics. 