"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.
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