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3. An Allegoryis a continua-
tion of one or more metaphors,
so connected in sense as to form
a kind of parabie or fable ; thus
the people of Israel are repre-
sented under the symbol of a
vine.
3. Is e Seach-labhairt seas-
amh aon no iomadh coslachd
co-naisgte 'an seadh air dòigh
's gu 'n dealbhar leò co-samh-
lachd, no ùr-sgeul ; mar so, tha
clànn Israeil riochdaichte fo
shàmhladh fionain.
Thug thu fìonan às an Èiphit ; thilg thu mach na cinnich agus
shuidhich thu ì, Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt, thou hast cast
out the heathen and planted it, &c. — Psalm lxxx. 8-10.
4. Metonymy, or change of
names, is a figure by which we
put the cause for the effect, or
the effect for the cause, the con-
tainer for the thina contained :
Tha è 'leughadh Shàluist e. i.
the book or works of Sallust.
kettle boils, i. e. tlie water.
5. Synecdochè is the naming
of a part for the whole, or the
whole for a part ; as,
An ceann, an àit na coluinn uile.
Na tùinn, an ait nafàirge.
6. Hyperholè is a figure,
whereby the imagination in-
dulges itself in representing ob-
jects as greater or less, better or
worse, than they realiy are;
as,
" Bu luaithe iad na iolairean,
bu trelse iad na leòmhain."
7. Personification or Pro-
so-po-paè-ia, is a figure, by
which we ascribe life and ac-
tion to inanimate objects, and
the use of reason to irrational
creatures^ speaking of them as
if they were intelligent beings ;
as,
Tha 'n ta/am/iagìarraidhanuisge.
Tha 'n tìr ri gàire le pailteas.
4. Is è Metonimi, no
dinmean, figear leis àn cuirear
an t-aobhar 'an àit a' ghnìomha,
no an gnìomh 'an àit an aobhair,
an soitheach an àit an nì 'ta
ànn ; mar,
leabhar Shàluist, he reads Sallust, i. e.
Tha an coire 'goil i. e. an t-uisge, the
5. Is è Sinecdochè, ainmeach-
adh pàirt', an àit an iomlain no
an t-iomlain an àit pàirte ; mar,
The head, for the whole body.
The waves, for the sea.
6. Is è Oslabhairt figear leis
àm beil an inntinn a' ceadach-
adh dhì-fèin nithe a 'riochdach-
adh na 's mò, no na 's lugha,
na 's fearr no na 's miosa, na
tha iad ; mar,
' e Theywereswifler than eagles,
they were stronger than lions."
7. Is è Pearsachadh, figear
leis àm beilear a' cur beatha
agus gluasaid as leth nithe neo-
bheò agus rèusan as leth chrèut-
airean mi-rèusanta, a' labhairt
ùmpa mar gu'm bu chrèut-
airean tuigseach ìad ; mar,
The ground thirsts for raiv.
Tìie earth smiles with pleuiy