From, on account of. In Coriolanus, Act III. "Com. I have been conful, and can fhew from "Rome "Her enemies marks upon me." From Rome, on account of Rome, in her fervice. Not, for not only. In Coriolanus, A& III. "Sic. As now at last "Giv'n hoftile ftroaks, and that not in the "presence "Of dreaded justice, but on the ministers "That do diftribute it." not in the prefence, i. e. not only in the prefence, &c. Fairfax, B. VII. ft. 116. "The tempefts rend the oakes, and cedars "brake, "And make not trees, but rocks and moun"tains shake." In the first part of K. Henry IV. A& IV. "Come let me take my horse, "Who is to bear me, like a thunder-bolt Against the bofom of the prince of Wales, "Harry to Harry shall (not horse to horse) "Meet and neer part, till one drop down a "coarse." So So the Latins ufe non, for non modo: and the Τυφλὸς δ' ΟΥΚ αὐτὸς ὁ Πλᾶτο, ̓Αλλὰ καὶ ὠφρόνιος Ork i. e. & μόνοι. So Longinus τῶν θεῶν δ' Οὐ τὴν φύσιν, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἀτυχίαν· ἐποίησεν αἰώνιον. Homer bas poetically feigned not only the nature of the Gods, but likewife their misfortunes eternal. And thus ought to be interpreted St. John VII, 22. Διὰ τᾶτο Μωσῆς δέδωκεν ὑμῖν τὴν περίλομὴν, ΟΥΧ ὅτι τῇ Μωσέως ἐςὶν, ἀλλ ̓ ἐκ τῶν πατέρων. where ex is for ἐ μόνον, and it fould thus be tranflated, Not that it is of Mofes only, but likewife of the fathers. In Julius Caefar, Act III. "Brut. There is no harm intended to your σε perfon, "Nor to no Roman elfe." In Macbeth, A& II. « Nor tongue, nor heart, cannot conceive nor 66 name thee." There are three negatives in one verse of Ariftophanes. Plut. *. 521. Αλλ' ΟΥΔ ̓ ἔσαι πρῶτον ἁπάντων ΟΥΔΕΙΣ ΟΥΔ ̓ ἀνδραποδισης, Κατὰ τὸν λόγον ὃν σὺ λέξεις. 1 See ποιεῖν above, p. 154. Virgil, Virgil, imitating the Greeks, has two negatives, Ecl. V, 25. NULLA NEQUE amnem Libavit quadrupes. And before him Terence, Andr. Act II. RULE X. He uses the abstract for the concrete, viz. companies, for companions: youth, for young perfons: reports, for people who made the reports. In Antony and Cleopatra, Act II. "Ant. And have my learning from fome true 66 I reports "That drew their fwords with me." In Cymbeline, A&t IV. "Guid. Or receive us "For barbarous and unnatural revolts "During their ufe, and flay us after." i. e. Revolters. In K. Lear, A& II. "Lear. They durft not do it. "They could not, would not do it; 'tis worse "than murther, "To do upon respect fuch violent outrage.' Some read, reporters: and presently after revolters. N. B. Most of the readings, which are brought as examples, have been altered in fome editions or other, of our poet. A a Respect. Refpelt. i. e. upon a perfon claiming refpect: a messenger from the King. In King Richard II. Act I. "Mowb. O let my foveraign turn away his "And bid his ears à little while be deaf, bic laudat. Fraus for fraudulentus. Heaut. Ac V. Gerro, iner's FRAUS, helluo, &c. In the Merchant of Venice, A& I. "Ant. ô what a goodly outfide falfhood hath! i. e. that false person, Shylock. dels. In K. Henry VIII. A& III. "Sur. Thy ambition, ftract is highly elegant; and alludes to a paf fage in the Revelation. And Virgil has this figure in a feeming intricate paffage. Aen. V, 451. "Nec bonus Eurytio prælato invidit honori. Nor Nor did the good Eurytio envy him the pre-eminence of honour. So 'twill be conftrued: but bonori, is, the honorable perfon, prælato, which was prefer'd before him. As Milton, III, 664. "But chiefly man 2 "His chief delight and favour." i. e. his favourite. In Othello, A&I, perfection, i. e. one so perfect. It is a judgment maim'd, and most imperfect, That will confefs 3 perfection so could err Against all rules of nature. i. e. one so perfect as Defdemona. RULE XI. To compleat the con&ruction, there is, in the latter part of the sentence sometimes to be fup, plied fome word, 02 phrafe from the former part, either expreffed, oz tacitly fignified. In Homer, Il. '. 579. Εἰ δ ̓ ἄγ ̓ ἐγὼν αὐτὸς ΔΙΚΑΣΩ, καὶ μ' ἔτινα φημὶ *Αλλον ἐπιπλήξειν Δαναῶν· ΙΘΕΙΑ γὰρ ἔσαι. he 2 "Man his chief favour is not English. To be fure "His chief delight and favorite." Dr. Bentley. 3 They have corrected, affection. |