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by this last — the correspondence of sense, whether it consist in equivalency 

 or opposition, is almost always attended by correspondence of construction : 

 the latter is often found without the former, while the converse seldom 

 takes place. It pervades their poetry universally, forms its chief charac- 

 teristic feature, and is the source of a great deal of its artificial beauty. 

 In nearly every specimen produced in the course of this treatise, it may be 

 observed to exist in a more or less marked degree, and unless for the sake 

 of regularity, it would seem almost superfluous to adduce particular 

 examples here. In the romance called Haoukewchuen, or the " Fortunate 

 Union," the first of the two following quatrains is introduced, in applica- 

 tion to the hero, who is distinguished at once by his bravery and his 

 abilities — in the second example, it will be observed that the words are 

 very nicely balanced. 



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2. - ^ f ip n Ik ^J 



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1^ Fytl ^ ^ ^ II A f: 



^ - ^ m ^ di ;fr M. 



Koo king puh wet, fseuen pimj tan, 

 Leng Ken keaou jin, yaou yew tsae ; 

 Tan, sze Tsze-loong choong chu she, 

 Tsae, joo Le-pih tsae setig lae. 



Pih, tsecn, wan sze, ying nan leaou, 

 JVoo, lew, sM neen, yoong e lae : 

 Te ifth je hcen, keen y\h je, 

 Yu san pei yin, gin san pei. 

 3 li 2 



