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e, nor the son of man, that he should repeat. Hath he said it? and shall he not do it? Hath he spoken it? and shall he not make it good?" "Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?" 12. EXCLAMATIONS are the effect of strong emotions, such a surprise, admiration, joy, grief, and the like. "O that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of way-faring men!" "O that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest!" 13. IRONY is expressing ourselves in a manner contrary to our thoughts; not with a view to deceive, but to add force to our remarks. We can reprove one for his negligence, by saying, "You have taken great care, indeed." The prophet Elijah adopted this figure, when he challenged the priests of Baal to prove the truth of their deity. "He mocked them, and said. Cry aloud for he is a god: either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or, peradventure, he sleepeth, and must be waked." 14. AMPLIFICATION or CLIMAX consists in heightening all the circumstances of an object or action, which we desire to place in a strong light. Cicero gives a lively instance of this figure, when he says, "It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in bonds: it is the height of guilt to scourge him; little less than parricide to put him to death: what name, then, shall I give to the act of crucifying him?" KEY. _Corrections of the False Syntax arranged under the Rules and Notes_. RULE 4. Frequent commission of sin _hardens_ men in it. Great pains _have_ been taken, &c.--_is_ seldom found. The sincere _are_, &c.--_is_ happy. What _avail_, &c.--Disappointments _sink_--the renewal of hope _gives_, &c.--_is_ without limit, _has_ been conferred upon us.--Thou _canst_ not heal--but thou _mayst_ do, &c.--_consists_ the happiness, &c.--Who _touchedst_, or _didst touch_ Isaiah's hallowed lips with fire. _Note 1._ And _wilt thou_ never be to Heaven resigned?--And _who_ had great abilities, &c. _Note 2._ Are peace and honor.--_was_ controversy. RULE 7. _Them_ that you visited.--_him_ that was mentioned.--_he_ who preached repentance, &c.--_they_ who died.--_he_ who succeeded. RULE 8. Time and tide _wait,_ &c.--_remove_ mountains.--_are_ both uncertain.--_dwell_ with, &c.--_affect_ the mind, &c.--What _signify_ the counsel and care, &c.--_are_ now perished.--Why _are_ whiteness and coldness, &c.--bind _them_ continually, &c.--render _their_ possesso
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