"Was nought around but images of rest." —Thomson.
XXXVI. They briefly compare actions by a kind of compound adverbs, ending in like; as,
"Who bid the stork, Columbus-like, explore
Heavens not his own, and worlds unknown before?"
—Pope.
XXXVII. They employ the CONJUNCTIONS, or—or, and nor—nor, as correspondents; as,
1. "Or by the lazy Scheldt or wandering Po."
—Goldsmith.
2. "Wealth heap'd on wealth, nor truth, nor safety buys."
—Johnson.
3. "Who by repentance is not satisfied,
Is nor of heaven, nor earth; for these are pleas'd."
—Shakspeare.
4. "Toss it, or to the fowls, or to the flames."
—Young, N. T., p. 157.
5. "Nor shall the pow'rs of hell, nor wastes of time,
Or vanquish, or destroy."
—Gibbon's Elegy on Davies.
XXXVIII. They oftener place PREPOSITIONS and their adjuncts, before the words on which they depend, than do prose writers; as,