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 are engraved on marble; benefits [are engraved] on sand."&mdash;Art of Thinking, p. 41. "To whom thus Eve, yet sinless" [spoke].&mdash;Milton. Of the —"That [being] o'er, they part."&mdash;"Animals of various natures, some adapted to the wood, and some [adapted] to the wave."&mdash;Melmoth, on Scripture, p. 13.

Of the —"He can do this independently of me, if not [independently] of you."

Of the —"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, [and] joy, [and] peace, [and] long suffering, [and] gentleness, [and] goodness, [and] faith, [and] meekness, [and] temperance."&mdash;Gal., v, 22. The repetition of the conjunction is called Polysyndeton; and the omission of it, Asyndeton. Of the —"It shall be done [on] this very day."&mdash;"We shall set off [at] some time [in] next month."&mdash;"He departed [from] this life."&mdash;"He gave [to] me a book."&mdash;"We walked [through] a mile."&mdash;"He was banished [from] the kingdom."&mdash;W. Allen. "He lived like [to] a prince."&mdash;Wells. Of the —"Oh! the frailty, [oh!] the wickedness of men."&mdash;"Alas for Mexico! and [alas] for many of her invaders!" Of or —"The active commonly do more than they are bound to do; the indolent [commonly do] less" [than they are bound to do].&mdash;"Young men, angry, mean less than they say; old men, [angry, mean] more" [than they say].&mdash;"It is the duty of justice, not to injure men; [it is the duty] of modesty, not to offend them."&mdash;W. Allen.

OBSERVATIONS.

is the introduction of superfluous words; as, "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it."&mdash;Gen., ii, 17. This figure is allowable only, when, in animated discourse, it abruptly introduces an emphatic word, or repeats an idea to impress it more strongly; as, "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."&mdash;Bible. "All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth."&mdash;Id. "There shall not be left one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down."&mdash;Id. "I know thee who thou art."&mdash;Id. A Pleonasm, as perhaps in these