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284 POETICAL CONSTRUCTIONS. [Par. 510-513.

into question and answer. In Pope it is perhaps
an imitation of Latin usage:"To help who want, to forward who excel."
"In who (i.e. those that) obtain defence, or who
defend."
510 The Relative, in Milton, often precedes the Antecedent, according to Latin usage:"Whom they hit, none on their feet might stand."Paradise Lost, vi. 592.
511 The old demonstrative use of "he" combines
archaism and "sensuousness," i.e. picturesqueness,
in -
"He of Tusculum" for Cicero; "Ilie of Marengo's
field " for Napoleon I., &c.
"The demonstrative character of this Pronoun is seen in such
expressions as ' He of the bottomless pit.' "- MoRtIs.
512 "Or " is used for " either ":"But they or underground, or circuit wide
With serpent error wandering."Paradise Lost, vii. 301.
II. Poetical Irregularities.
5I3 The Subject is sometimes put first, because it is
uppermost in the Poet's mind; then, after a pause,
a Pronoun is introduced, as the legitimate subject
of the Verb. It is as though the Poet were half in