8. DACTYLUS, a long and two short: carmina, evident, excellence, eftimate, wonderful, altitude, burdened, minister, tenement.

9. BACCHIUS, a fhort and two long: dolores.

10. HYPPOBACCHIUS or ANTIBACCHIUS, two long and a fhort: pelluntur,

II. CRETICUS, or AMPHIMACER, a fhort fyllable between two long: infito, afternoon.

12. AMPHIBRACHYS, a long fyllable between two fhort: bonore, confider, imprudent, procedure, attended, propofed, refpondent, concurrence, apprentice, respective, revenue.

13. PROCELEUSMATICUS, four fhort fyllables: bominibus, neceffary.

14. DISPONDEUS, four long fyllables: infinitis.

15. DIIAMBUS, Composed of two Iambi: feveri

tas.

16. DITROCHAEUS, of two Trochæi: permanere,

procurator.

17. IONICUS,

17. IONICUS, two fhort fyllables and two long: properabant.

18. Another foot paffes under the fame name, compofed of two long fyllables and two fhort: calcaribus, poffeffory.

19. CHORIAM BUS, two fhort fyllables between two long: nobilitas,

20. ANTISPASTUS, two long fyllables between two fhort: Alexander.

21. PAEON Ift, one long fyllable and three short: temporibus, ordinary, inventory, temperament.

22. PAEON 2d, the fecond fyllable long, and the other three short: rapidity, folemnity, minority, confidered, imprudently, extravagant, respectfully, accordingly.

23. PAEON 3d, the third fyllable long and the other three fhort: animatus, independent, condefcendence, facerdotal, reimbursement, manufacture.

24. PAEON 4th, the last fyllable long and the other three short: celeritas.

25. EPITRITUS

25. EPITRITUS 1ft, the firft fyllable fhort and the other three long: voluptates.

26. EPITRITUS 2d, the fecond fyllable fhort and the other three long: pænitentes.

27. EPITRITUS 3d, the third fyllable fhort and the other three long: difcordias.

28. EPITRITUS 4th, the laft fyllable fhort and the other three long: fortunatus.

29. A word of five fyllables composed of a Pyrrhichius and Dactylus: minifterial.

30. A word of five fyllables composed of a Trochæus and Dactylus: fingularity.

31. A word of five fyllables compofed of a Dactylus and Trochæus: precipitation, exami

nation.

32. A word of five fyllables, the second only long: fignificancy.

33. A word of fix fyllables compofed of two Dactyles: impetuofity.

34. A word of fix fyllables composed of a Tribrachys and Dactyle: pufillanimity.

N. B.

N. B. Every word may be confidered as a profe foot, because every word is distinguished by a pause; and every foot in verse may be confidered as a verse word, compofed of fyllables pronounced at once without a pause.

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CHAP. XIX.

COMPARISON S.

OMPARISONS, as obferved above*, ferve

COMP

two purposes: when addreffed to the understanding, their purpofe is to inftruct; when to the heart, their purpose is to please. Various means contribute to the latter; firft, the fuggefting fome unusual refemblance or contraft; fecond, the fetting an object in the strongest light; third, the affociating an object with others that are agreeable; fourth, the elevating an object; and, fifth, the depreffing it. And that And that comparifons may give pleasure by these various means, appears from what is faid in the chapter above cited; and will be made ftill more evident by examples, which shall be given after premising fome general observations.

Objects of different fenfes cannot be compared together; for fuch objects, being entirely separated from each other, have no circumstance in common to admit either refemblance or contraft. Objects of hearing may be compared together, as alfo of taste, of smell, and of touch: but the chief fund

* Chap. 8.

of