THE

CHARACTERISTICS AND LAWS

OF

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.

BY

DAVID N. LORD.

Designed for use in Bible Classes, Schools, and Colleges.

"Nam cum sit ornatus orationis varius et multip.ex, conveniatque alius alii, nisi fuerit accommo-
datus rebus atque personis, non modo non illustrabit eam, sed etiam destruet, et vim rerum in
contrarium vertet."-Quintilianus.

NEW YORK:

FRANKLIN KNIGHT,

138 NASSAU STREET.

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY

47738

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854,

By DAVID N. LORD,

In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

R. CRAIGHEAD, Printer and Stereotyper,

53 Vesty Street, N. Y.

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ENUMERATION AND DEFINITION OF THE FIGURES

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THE COMPARISON

METAPHOR

"METONYMY

"SYNECDOCHE.

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HYPOCATASTASIS

APOSTROPHE

PERSONIFICATION

INTERPRETATION

RESULTS OF THE LAWS OF FIGURES IN THE

INTERPRETATION OF THE SCRIPTURES

"SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED

"SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED

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XVII. MUSICAL FEET, AND THE MODULATION OF VERSE

XVIII. THE IMPORTANCE OF A KNOWLEDGE OF THE

PRINCIPLES OF VERSIFICATION

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