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Par. 524-526.] A BPIDUHE NTS.28

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52 Neither " is omitted preceding ",1nor"(1) "1-Jeim nor hauberk's twisted mail."
(2) " Sigh, nor word, nor struggling breath."
525 Poetry dispenses, as far as possible, with dependent 1 Conjunctional sentences and Relative Pronouns, avoiding them by means of (a) Apposition,
(b) Adjectives and Participles, (c) Parentheses, or
co-ordinate sentences:(a) " Next Chemos (who was) t1h' obscene dread of
Moab's sons." -Paradise Lost, i. 406.
(a) "The fiend,
Mere serpent in appearance,..where hie might
find
Trhe whole included race, his purposed preq."
lb. viii. 416.
(a) "1(lie) each perturbation smooth'd with outward
Calm
Artificer (i.e., since hie was an a.) of fraud."
lb). i v. 12 1.
526 (b)) "See that your polieh'd arms be primed with
care," that is, "be polished and primted." -
CO WPER.
(b Lely on animiated canvas stole
The sleepy eye which spoke the melting sonl."
Popp'.
That is, "tie canvas that assumed animation unuder his
pencil."
(b) "And reck'nest thoui thyself with spirits of
Ileav'n,
Hell-dlooin'd? Paradise Lost, ii. 167.
That is, " wvhereas, or though, thou. art hell-doomed."
1 This is in,accordance with Milton's dictum that Poetry must
be "1simple."
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