is when one thing is illustrated or heightened by comparing it to another.”—­Adam’s Gram., p. 250; Gould’s, 240.  “Antithesis, or Opposition, is when things contrary or different are contrasted, to make them appear in the more striking light.”—­Iid., ib. “Description, or Imagery, [is] when any thing is painted in a lively manner, as if done before our eyes.”—­Adam’s Gram., p. 250.  “Emphasis is when a particular stress is laid on some word in a sentence.”—­Ib. “Epanorthosis, or Correction, is when the speaker either recalls or corrects what he had last said.”—­Ib. “Paralepsis, or Omission, is when one pretends to omit or pass by, what he at the same time declares.”—­Ib. “Incrementum, or Climax in sense, is when one member rises above another to the highest.”—­Ib., p. 251.  “A Metonymy is where the cause is put for the effect, or the effect for the cause; the container for the thing contained; or the sign for the thing signified.”—­Kirkham’s Gram., p. 223.  “Agreement is when one word is like another in number, case, gender, or person.”—­Frost’s Gram., p. 43; Greenleaf’s, 32.  “Government is when one word causes another to be in some particular number, person, or case.”—­Webster’s Imp.  Gram., p. 89; Greenleaf’s, 32; Frost’s, 43.  “Fusion is while some solid substance is converted into a fluid by heat.”—­B. “A Proper Diphthong is where both the Vowels are sounded together; as, oi in Voice, ou in House.”—­ Fisher’s Gram., p. 10.  “An Improper Diphthong is where the Sound of but one of the two Vowels is heard; as e in People.”—­Ib., p. 11.

UNDER NOTE VII.—­THE ADVERB NO FOR NOT.

“An adverb is joined to a verb to show how, or whether or no, or when, or where one is, does, or suffers.”—­Buchanan’s Syntax, p. 62.  “We must be immortal, whether we will or no.”—­Maturin’s Sermons, p. 33.  “He cares not whether the world was made for Caesar or no.”—­American Quarterly Review.  “I do not know whether they are out or no.”—­Byron’s Letters.  “Whether it can be proved or no, is not the thing.”—­Butler’s Analogy, p. 84.  “Whether or no he makes use of the means commanded by God.”—­Ib.,, p. 164.  “Whether it pleases the world or no, the care is taken.”—­ L’Estrange’s Seneca, p. 5.  “How comes this to be never heard of nor in the least questioned, whether the Law was undoubtedly of Moses’s writing or no?”—­Bp.  Tomline’s Evidences, p. 44.  “Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not.”—­John, ix, 25.  “Can I make men live, whether they will or no?”—­Shak.

   “Can hearts, not free, be try’d whether they serve
    Willing or no, who will but what they must?”—­Milton, P. L.

UNDER NOTE VIII.—­OF DOUBLE NEGATIVES.