turneth to dust;" that is, his body." This roof [house] shall be his protection."

9. Personification, or Prosopopeia, is a figure, by which we attribute life and action to inanimate objects; or ascribe to irrational animals and objects without life the actions and qualities of rational beings; as,

"See, Winter comes to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all his rising train."

Thomson.

"Vice is a monster of such frightful mien
That, to be hated, needs but to be seen:
But- -seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure-then pity-then embrace."

Pope.

10. Apostrophe is a figure, by which a speaker or writer turns from the party, to which his discourse is mainly directed, and addresses himself to some person or thing, present or absent; as, "Death is swallowed up in victory. O Death! where is thy sting? O Grave! where is thy victory?"—1 Cor. xv. 54, 55.

"O gentle sleep,

Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee,
That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down,
And steep my senses in forgetfulness ?"

In modern usage, the term Apostrophe is applied to any address made to an inanimate object, an irrational animal, or an absent person; as,

"Hail, holy Light, offspring of Heaven, first-born!

Milton.

"Sail on, thou lone, imperial bird,

Of quenchless eye, and tireless wing."

Mellen.

Alas! my
noble boy! that thou shouldst die!
Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair!
That death should settle in thy glorious eye,

And leave his stillness in this clustering hair!
How could he mark thee for the silent tomb!
My proud boy, Absalom!"-Willis.

11. Interrogation is a figure, by which a question is asked for the purpose of expressing an assertion more strongly; as, "Do we mean to submit to this measure? Do we mean to submit, and consent that we ourselves, our country and its rights, shall be trampled on? I know we do not mean to submit. We never will submit."-Webster.

12. Exclamation is a figure employed to express some strong emotion; as,

"O wretched state! O bosom, black as death!"

Shakspere.

"Ah! how unjust to nature and himself,

Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man!"

Young.

"O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of GOD! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!"

13. Vision, or Imagery, is a figure, by which past or future events are represented as passing before our eyes; as,

"I see the dagger-crest of Mar!

I see the Moray's silver star

Wave o'er the cloud of Saxon war,

That up the lake comes winding far!"-Scott. 14. Climax is a figure, in which the ideas rise or sink in regular gradation; as, "Giving all diligence, add to your faith, virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, charity."-2 Pet. i. 5, 7. "What a piece of work is man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculties ! in form and moving, how express and admirable! in action, how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god!"-Shakspere. "What is every year of a wise man's life but a criticism on the past! Those, whose life is the shortest, live long enough to laugh at one half of it: the boy despises the infant, the man the boy, the sage both, and the Christian all."

EXPLANATION OF LATIN WORDS AND PHRASES OF FREQUENT OCCURRENCE.

Ab initio from the beginning.

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Ad captandum vulgus: to catch the rabble.
Ad infinitum: to infinity, without end.
Ad libitum at pleasure.

Ad referendum: for further consideration.
Ad valorem: in proportion to the value.
Equo animo: with an unruffled mind.
A fortiori: with stronger reason.

Alias: otherwise; as, "Jones alias Brown."

Alibi: elsewhere.

Alma mater: a benign mother; applied generally to

the University.

A mensa et thoro: divorced from bed and board.
Amor patriae: the love of our country.

Anglice in English.

Anno Domini: [A.D.] in the year of our Lord.

Anno Mundi: [A.M.] in the year of the world.
Annus Mirabilis: the year of wonders.-A Poem of
Dryden's, so called in commemoration of the
great fire of London.

A posteriori: from the effect to the cause.

A priori: from the cause to the effect.

Arcanum: a secret.

Arcana imperii: state secrets.

Argumentum ad hominem: an appeal to the professed principles or practices of the adversary.

Argumentum ad judicium: an appeal to the common

sense of mankind.

Argumentum ad fidem: an appeal to our faith.

Argumentum ad populum: an appeal to the people.
Argumentum ad passiones: an appeal to the passions.
Audi alteram partem: hear the other party.
Bona fide: in good faith in reality.

Contra: against.

Cacoëthes scribendi, loquendi: an itch for writing, for talking.

Capias a writ to authorize the seizure of the defendant's person.

Caput mortuum : the worthless remains.

Certiorari: to be made more certain.

Ceteris paribus: other circumstances being equal.
Commune bonum: a common good.

Compos mentis: in one's senses: a man of sane mind.
Contra bonos mores: against good morals or manners.
Cui bono? Cui malo? to what good-to what evil,
will it tend?

Cum privilegio: with privilege, with peculiar privilege. Currente calamo: with a running pen: with great rapidity.

Custos rotulorum: the keeper of the rolls and records Data: things given or granted.

De facto: in fact, in reality.

De jure in right, in law.

Dei gratia: by the grace or favour of GOD.

De mortuis nil nisi bonum: let nothing be said of the dead but what is favourable.

Deo favente-juvante-volente: with GOD's favour

help-will.