Thy growing virtues justify’d my cares,
And promis’d comfort to my silver hairs.
Iliad ix. 616.
——Forthwith from the pool he rears
His mighty stature.
Paradise Lost.
The silent heart which grief assails.
Parnell.
The peculiar beauty of this figure consists in marking out that part which makes the greatest figure.
10. The name of the container employ’d figuratively to signify what is contained.
Grove for the birds in it: Vocal grove. Ships for the seamen: Agonizing ships. Mountains for the sheep pasturing upon them: Bleating mountains. Zacynthus, Ithaca, &c. for the inhabitants. Ex mœstis domibus. Livy.
11. The name of the sustainer employ’d figuratively to signify what is sustained.
Altar for the sacrifice. Field for the battle fought upon it: Well-fought field.
12. The name of the materials employ’d figuratively to signify the things made of them.
Ferrum for gladius.