"Here a deformed monster joy'd to won,
Which on fell rancour ever was ybent."—Lloyd.
"Withouten trump was proclamation made."—Thomson.
"The gentle knight, who saw their rueful case,
Let fall adown his silver beard some tears.
'Certes,' quoth he, 'it is not e'en in grace,
T' undo the past and eke your broken years."—Id.
"Vain tamp'ring has but foster'd his disease;
'Tis desp'rate, and he sleeps the sleep of death."—Cowper.
"'I have a pain upon my forehead here'—
'Why that's with watching; 'twill away again.'"—Shakspeare.
"I'll to the woods, among the happier brutes;
Come, let's away; hark! the shrill horn resounds."—Smith.
"What prayer and supplication soever be made."—Bible. "By the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you ward."—Ib.
LESSON III.—FIGURES OF SYNTAX.
FIGURE I.—ELLIPSIS.
"And now he faintly kens the bounding fawn,
And [—] villager [—] abroad at early toil."—Beattie.