The extensive province of Imitation is very sterile—It produces nothing. The inhabitants are extremely poor, and are obliged to glean in the richer fields of the neighbouring provinces; and some even make fortunes by this beggarly occupation. The Empire of Poetry is very cold towards the north; and, consequently, this quarter is the most populous. There are the cities of Anagram and Acrostic, with several others of a similar description. Finally, in that sea which bounds the States of Poetry, there is the Island of Satire, surrounded with bitter waves. The salt from the water is very strong and dark coloured. The greater part of the brooks of this island resemble the Nile in this, that their sources are unknown; but it is particularly remarkable that there is not one of them whose waters are fresh. A part of the same sea is called the Archipelago of Trifles.-The French term it L'Archipel des Bagatelles; and their voyagers are well acquainted with those islands. Nature seems to have thrown them up in sport, as she did those of the Ægean Sea. The principal islands are the Madrigal, the Song, and the Impromptu. No lands can be lighter than those islands, for they float upon the waters. 337 INDEX. ABLE, etymology and explanation of.. Accents distinguished from Emphases PAGE. 17 6 178 86-88 its place supplied by a phrase.... ...96-97 Acrostics, explained and exemplified ADDISON, Example on Punctuation from.. Address, by L. Murray, analyzed ..... .270 .81 why his Cato is not a Stock-play ..........................314 115-117 AKENSIDE'S Pleasures of Imagination, characterized 322 Alexandrines, origin and description of Allegory, explanation and use of examples of..... .... Alliteration, explanation and usages of. Allusion, explanation and examples of... ... ..215 155-159 .155, 332 .200-205 Antibacchius, that species of feet explained..........183 Anticlimax, explanation and examples of.. Q ..172 Antithesis, etymology and examples of....... Antithetical clauses, concerning... ..... Antonomasia, explanation of that figure ....235 ...170 ..107 ..132 Auxiliary Verbs, explained and exemplied........9-25 Authors, why they use the plural pronoun we. ...137 Conjunction of Words..... Construction, distinguished from Syntax.... Example of from Goldsmith Johnson..... ..70 .......3 .109 ..4 of Milton compared with that of Voltaire 108 of the German and French Languages, Remarks on...... Continuous Action, vulgar error in expressing. Could, Usage of the Word 110 ..12 .19 Cunning, Etymology and present use of the Word ....19 Cypher-writing, Remarks on DACTYLS, that species of Feet explained DANIEL, Extracts from ..... Dare, Etymology and usage of. DARWIN, his scientific Similes .165 ...183 .225, 264 ..22 ..167 .330 ...77 . 92, 93 ....83 Dative, Remarks on that Case Deeds (Legal) why not punctuated.......... Descriptive and Didactic Poetry, Observations on ...327 Diminution, Explanation and use of that figure......137 |