cor. “Aristotle, in his Poetics, uses metaphor in this extended sense, for any figurative meaning imposed upon a word; as the whole put for a part, or a part for the whole; a species for the genus, or the genus for a species.”—­Id. “It shows what kind of apple it is of which we are speaking.”—­Kirkham cor. “Cleon was an other sort of man.”—­Goldsmith cor. “To keep off his right wing, as a kind of reserved body.”—­Id. “This part of speech is called the verb.”—­Mack cor. “What sort of thing is it?”—­Hiley cor. “What sort of charm do they possess?”—­Bullions cor.

   “Dear Welsted, mark, in dirty hole,
    That painful animal, the mole.”—­Dunciad cor.

UNDER NOTE XI.—­ARTICLES NOT REQUISITE.

“Either thou or the boys were in fault.”—­Comly cor. “It may, at first view, appear to be too general.”—­Murray et al. cor. “When the verb has reference to future time.”—­Iidem.  “No; they are the language of imagination, rather than of passion.”—­Blair cor. “The dislike of English Grammar, which has so generally prevailed, can be attributed only to the intricacy of [our] syntax.”—­Russell cor. “Is that ornament in good taste?”—­Kames cor. “There are not many fountains in good taste.”  Or:  “Not many fountains are [ornamented] in good taste.”—­Id. “And I persecuted this way unto death.”—­Bible cor. “The sense of feeling can, indeed, give us a notion of extension.”—­Addison, Spect., No. 411.  “The distributive adjectives, each, every, either, agree with nouns, pronouns, or verbs, of the singular number only.”—­Murray cor. “Expressing by one word, what might, by a circumlocution, be resolved into two or more words belonging to other parts of speech.”—­Blair cor. “By certain muscles which operate [in harmony, and] all at the same time.”—­Murray cor. “It is sufficient here to have observed thus much in general concerning them.”—­Campbell cor. “Nothing disgusts us sooner than empty pomp of language.”—­Murray cor.

UNDER NOTE XII.—­TITLES AND NAMES.

“He is entitled to the appellation of gentleman.”—­G.  Brown.  “Cromwell assumed the title of Protector”—­Id. “Her father is honoured with the title of Earl.”—­Id. “The chief magistrate is styled President.”—­ Id. “The highest title in the state is that of Governor.”—­Id. “That boy is known by the name of Idler.”—­Murray cor. “The one styled Mufti, is the head of the ministers of law and religion.”—­Balbi cor. “Ranging all that possessed them under one class, he called that whole class tree.”—­Blair cor. “For oak, pine, and ash,