2. [Literal and figurative blended.] Washington was the father of his
country and a surveyor of ability.
3. When the last awful moment came, the star of liberty went down with all
on board.
4. The glorious work will never be accomplished until the good ship
"Temperance" shall sail from one end of the land to the other, and with a
cry of "Victory!" at each step she takes, shall plant her banner in every
city, town, and village in the United States.
5. All along the untrodden paths of the future we see the hidden
footprints of an unseen hand.
6. The British lion, whether it is roaming the deserts of India, or
climbing the forests of Canada, will never draw in its horns nor retire
into its shell.
7. Young man, if you have the spark of genius in you, water it.
EXERCISES
Are the images which you form made more vivid by
the use of the figures in the following selections?
1. She began to screech as wild as ocean birds.
2. And when its force expended,
The harmless storm was ended;
And as the sunrise splendid
Came blushing o'er the sea--
3. As a demon is hurled by an angel's spear,
Heels over head, to his proper sphere--
Heels over head and head over heels,--
Dizzily down the abyss he wheels,--
So fell Darius.
--J.T. Trowbridge.
4. In this republican country, amid the fluctuating waves of our social
life, somebody is always at the drowning point.
--Hawthorne.
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