strong: it should thunder in _anger_, soften in
_sorrow_, tremble in _fear_, and melt in _love_."--_Hiley's Gram._, p. 121.

OBS.--Walker observes, in his remarks on the nature of Accent and Quantity,
"As to the tones of the passions, which are so many and various, these, in
the opinion of one of the best judges in the kingdom, are _qualities_ of
sound, occasioned by certain vibrations of the organs of speech,
independent _on_ [say _of_] high, low, loud, soft, quick, slow, forcible,
or feeble: which last may not improperly be called different _quantities_
of sound."--_Walker's Key_, p. 305.

CHAPTER III.--FIGURES.

A Figure, in grammar, is an intentional deviation from the ordinary
spelling, formation, construction, or application, of words. There are,
accordingly, figures of Orthography, figures of Etymology, figures of
Syntax, and figures of Rhetoric. When figures are judiciously employed,
they both strengthen and adorn expression. They occur more frequently in
poetry than in prose; and several of them are merely poetic licenses.

SECTION I.--FIGURES OF ORTHOGRAPHY.

A Figure of Orthography is an intentional deviation from the ordinary or
true spelling of a word. The principal figures of Orthography are two;
namely, _Mi-me'-sis_ and _Ar'-cha-ism_.

EXPLANATIONS.

I. _Mimesis_ is a ludicrous imitation of some mistake or mispronunciation
of a word, in which the error is mimicked by a false spelling, or the
taking of one word for another; as, "_Maister_, says he, have you any
_wery_ good _weal_ in you _vallet?_"--_Columbian Orator_, p. 292. "Ay, he
was _porn_ at Monmouth, captain Gower."--_Shak._ "I will _description_ the
matter to you, if you be _capacity_ of it."--_Id._

"_Perdigious!_ I can hardly stand."
--LLOYD: _Brit. Poets_, Vol. viii, p. 184.

II. An _Archaism_ is a word or phrase expressed according to ancient usage,
and not according to our modern orthography; as, "_Newe grene chese of
smalle clammynes comfortethe a hotte stomake._"--T. PAYNEL: _Tooke's
Diversions_, ii, 132. "He _hath holpen_ his servant Israel."--_Luke_, i,
54.

"With him was rev'rend Contemplation _pight_,
Bow-bent with _eld_, his beard of snowy hue."--_Beattie_.

OBS.--Among the figures of this section, perhaps we might include the
foreign words or phrases which individual authors now and then adopt in
writing English; namely, the _Scotticisms_, the _Gallicisms_, the
_Latinisms_, the _Grecisms_, and t