...some of its properties or qualities. " I saw their chief, tall as a rock of ice ; his spear, the fir ; his shield, the rising moon : he sat on the shore, like a cloud of mist on the hill." — Ossian. " A lover may bestride the Gossamer, That idles in the wanton summer air, And yet...

...to describe the enemy thus : " I saw their chief tall as a rock of ice; his. spear the blasted fir; his shield the rising moon; he sat on the shore, like a cloud of mist on the hill." Satan's despair is portrayed in the famous passage, " Me miserable," &c. Flattery and Adulation...

...thing oeyond the truth. EXAMPLE. I saw their chief, tall as a rock of ice ; his spear the blasted fir ; his shield the rising moon ; he sat on the shore like a cloud of mist 011 the hill. 9. SYNECDOCHE is putting the name of the whole of any thing for a part, or a part for...

...RHETORIC. FIGURE VI. HYPERBOLE. I saw their chief, tall as a rock of ice ; his spear, the blasted fir ; his shield, the rising moon ; he sat on the shore, like a aloud of mist on the hill. — Ossian. At which the universal host up sent A shout that tore Hell's...

...received a guest Parnell. viii. I saw their chief, tall as a rock of ice ; his spear, the blasted fir ; his shield, the rising moon ; he sat on the shore like a cloud of mist on the hill. — Ossian. ix. Oh sacred Truth ! thy triumph ceased awhile, And Hope, thy sister, ceased with...

...r\gh. " I beheld their chief," says Moran, "tall as a glittering rock. His spear is a blasted pine ; his shield the rising moon ! He sat on the shore,...chief of heroes ! I said, many are our hands of war. Well art thou named the Mighty Man : but many mighty men are seen from Tura's windy walls." He spoke,...

...some of its properties or qualities. "I saw their chief, tall as a rock of ice; his spear, the fir; his shield, the rising moon: he sat on the shore, like a cloud of mist on the hill." — Ossian. " A lover may bestride the Gossamer, That idles in the wanton summer air, And yet...

...young people are liable to fall. I saw their chief, tall as a rock of ice ; his spear, a blasted fir ; his shield, the rising moon ; he sat on the shore like a cloud of mist on a hill. — Ossian. That star at your birth shone out so bright, It stained the duller sun's meridian...

...into the dusk of evening. 6. I saw their chief4 tall as a rock of ice ; his spear the blasted fir; his shield the rising moon; he sat on the shore like a cloud of mist upon the hill. 7. There was such silence through the host, as when An earthquake trampling on some...

...a hostile chief: "I saw their chief, tall as a rock of ice; his spear, the blasted fir; his Bhield, the rising moon; he sat on the shore, like a cloud of mist on the hill." The Hyperbole (exaggeration), therefore, consists in representing objects either greater or...