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292 POETICAL ABRIDGMENTS. [Par. 532.
(5) "'Gainst Pallas, Mars; ('gainst) Latona, Hermes
arms." - POPE.
532 Terseness is aided by the license of making (a)
Verbs out of Nouns, (b) Transitive Verbs out of
Intransitive:
(a) "And as they please
They Limb themselves." -P.L. vi. 352.
That is, "endow themselves with limbs."
(a) " Hell saw
Heav'n ruining from Heaven." - lb. vi. 868.
"Part, huge of bulk,
Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait,
Tempest the ocean." — Ib. vii. 412.
(b) " The terms we sent were terms of weight
And stumbled many." -Ib. vi. 624.
(b) " That be assured," i.e., " know that for certain."
Ib. ii. 685.