1. "The ploughman homeward plods his weary way."
—Gray's Elegy, l. 3.
2. "Or drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds."
—Ibidem, l. 8.
3. "Imbitter'd more and more from peevish day to day."
—Thomson.
4. "All thin and naked, to the numb cold night."
—Shakspeare.
IX. They use concrete terms to express abstract qualities; (i. e., adjectives for nouns;) as,
1. "Earth's meanest son, all trembling, prostrate falls,
And on the boundless of thy goodness calls."
—Young.
2. "Meanwhile, whate'er of beautiful or new,
Sublime or dreadful, in earth, sea, or sky,
By chance or search, was offer'd to his view,
He scann'd with curious and romantic eye."
—Beattie.
3. "Won from the void and formless infinite."
—Milton.
4. "To thy large heart give utterance due; thy heart
Contains of good, wise, just, the perfect shape."
—Id., P. R., B. iii, l. 10.
X. They often substitute quality for manner; (i. e., adjectives for adverbs;) as,