...observations are exemplified in the following quotation from the same performance : " He can bribe, |j but he cannot seduce. He can " buy, || but he cannot gain. He can lie, || but he Of vivacitv as depending on the arrangement of the words. " cannot deceive." There is likewise in each...

...Custom is the plague of wise men, and the idol of fools." — ^He can bribe, but he cannot seduce j) he can buy, but he cannot gain ; he can lie, but he...— A man, a hero, almost a God. " The cloud-capt tow'rs, the gorgeous palaces, " The solemn temples, the great globe itself, '' Yea, all that it inhabit,...

...other. If they receive reproaches which are not due, they likewise receive praises that are not due. He can bribe, but he cannot seduce. He can buy, but he cannot gain. He can lie, but he cannot deceive. He embraced the cause of liberty faintly, and pursued it irresolutely ; he grew tired of it, when he...

...imprudent, rash, presumptuous, ungracious, insolent, and profligate in speculation as well as practice. He can bribe, but he cannot seduce : he can buy, but he cannot gain : he can lye, but he cannot deceive. From whence then has such a man his strength ? from the general corruption...

...imprudent, rash, presumptuous, ungracious, insolent, and profligate in speculation as well as practice. He can bribe, but he cannot seduce : he can buy, but he cannot gain : be can lye, but he cannot deceive. From whence then has such a man his strength ? from the general...

...sword. By antitheses or contrast, as, " Custom is the plague of wise men, and the idol of fools."—" He can bribe, but he cannot seduce ; he can buy, but...— A man, a hero, almost a God. " The cloud-capt tow'rs, the gorgeous palaces, " The solemn temples, the great globe itself, " Yea, all that it inhabit,...

...him. Y .. He embraced the cailse of liberty faintly, and likewise receive that are not due. praises He can bribe, but he cannot seduce. He can buy, but he cannot gain. He can lie, but he .cannot deceive. He embraced tlie cause of liberty faintly, aixl pursued it without resol.:- pursued: it irresolutely^...

...other. If they receive reproaches which are not due, they likewise receive praises that are not due. He can bribe, but he cannot seduce. He can buy, but he cannot gain. He can lie, but he cannot deceive. He embraced the cause of liberty faintly, and pursued \t irresolutely ; he grew tired of it, when he...

...overgrown with moss and ivy ; all furnishing a melancholy memento of that rapidly approaching period, when The cloudcapt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all that it inherit, shall dissolve ; And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind. JAMES...

...contrast. Example 2. This species of merit is discernible in other quotations from the same author. " He can bribe, but he cannot seduce ; he can buy, but...cannot gain ; he can lie, but he cannot deceive." Example 3. Speaking of the materials of his Letters on Patriotism: " The anecdotes here related were...