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Hcrmogenes quotes thcfe lines as an example of ihc figure 

 now dcfcnbed, wliich he calls by a Greek name, najjixniri;, pa- 

 reelielis.aud defines to be beauty in iiniilar words, which imucr 

 .1 different lij^nitication found the fame. Ariftotle called this 

 fiijure Ta,o(jt/uo-i;, paromoiolis ; and the Latin rhetoriciano 

 lliled it Annominatio. Oiraldus Cambrcnfis informs us, 

 that in the time of Henry 11. tlie En^lilh and the Welch 

 were fo attached to this verbal ornameii: in every highly 

 fniilhcd compofition, that nothing was Ijy them cileemed 

 ele>'a;'.tly delivered, nu diction coiihdered but as rude and 

 rultic, if it were not tirll aaiply refined with the poHfliing 

 art of tliis figure. From this national talle may probably 

 be derived fome of our proverbial fimiles, which, indepen- 

 dently of tlie found, have no otlier merit. 



Spenfer and Shalcfpcare adopted this praftice. Spenfer 

 fays — 



" I'or not to have been dipt in Leihe lah 

 Could /live tkc Son of Thd'is from to die ; 

 But tliat Html bard did him immortal make 

 With verfes, dipt in diiu of Cailalie." 



Tims Shakfpeare : — 



" Hod my fweet Harry had but half their numbers, 

 This day might I, hanging on Holfpur's neck, 

 Have talked." Hen. IV. part 2. aft 2. 



Milton alfo followed them : — 



" For eloquence, \.\\e foul ; fong charms the fenfe." 



P. L. li. S5^' 

 Again : — 



" Behemoth, biggefl lorn of earth, iipheav'd 



His vaftnefs " P. L. vii. 471. 



Dryden employed this figure frequently, and, like Virgil, 

 with fingular fimplicity and llrength. E. G. 



" Better to hunt in fields for health unbought. 

 Than fee the doctor for a naufeous draught. 

 The wife for cure on exercife depend ; 

 God never made his work for man to mend." Fables. 



Pope adopted the fame figure, as in the following cou- 

 plet : — 



" Eternal beauties grace the Jhlning fene ; 

 fields ever fre/h, and groves for ever green." 



Gray, who profeffed to have learnt his verfification from 

 Dr)-dcn, fecnis alfo to have paid particular attention to this 

 ornament, as in the following inftances : — 



" Ruin feize thee, rwthlefs king!" 



'• To /jighborn HoeVs Ziarp, or foft /,/ewelyn's /ay." 



" /Keavc the warp, and weave the woof." 



" Stamp we our vengeance </eep, and ratify his (Zoom." 



" Regardlefs of th^; yit'ccping wliirlwind's fway." 



" Eyes that g\o\v, and fangs that ^^riu." 



" Thouglits that ireathe, and words that Zurn." 



" //auberk crafh, and Aelmet ring." &c. &c. 



J. Jov. Pontani Aftiu«-Dialogus, torn. ii. p. 104. ed.Vcnet. 

 apud Aid. 15 19. Harris's Philological Inquiries, p. 94 — 

 102. 



ALLIUM, probably from a-Xiu.-, to avoid, becaufe fome 

 perfons avoid the plant on account of its very difagreeable 

 Imell, or from uW-oIm, exilire, from the quickncfs of its 

 growth, or from ay?ii9!i.:, which fignifies a head of garlic, 



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Gar I.I f, in Ijo/miy, a genus of the hrx,indrta monogpiia 

 clafa and order, of the natural order oi fpathactit and afpho- 

 drli of Jnilieu : its charaders are, the calyx is a common 

 fpatha or (heath, roundilli, flirlvcUing, and many-flowered ; 

 the corolla conii''^s of fix oblong petals : the flamina have fix 

 filaments, fubulate, generally of the length of the corolla, 

 the anthers are oblong and upright : the pifliUum has a germ, 

 fuperior, ihort, bluntly three-cornered, the corners being 

 marked witli a grooved line, ftyle fimple, l\igma acute : the 

 peruarpium is a capfule, very firort, broad, threc-lobcd, three- 

 celled, and three-valved ; and the feds are many and round- 

 ifli. Profeflbr Martyn enumerates 4J, Gmelin and Willdenow 

 53 fpeeies, dillributed into feveral divifions. 1. Thofe with 

 item and leaves flat, and umbel capfule-bcaring. 1. A. ampe- 

 loprafum, great round-headed garlic ; has umbel globofe, ila- 

 niens three-cufped, and petals with a rough keel : its ftem 

 is a foot or more in height, having leaves at the bottom, 

 glaucous and fucculent : the fpathe is conical, one-leafed, 

 and deciduous ; it flowers in a clofe ball on peduncles which 

 are about an inch in length : the ftamens are fomewhat 

 lon-^er than the corolla, which is of a pale purpliflr colour ; 

 this is eaten along with other pot-herbs ; it communicates 

 its flavour to the milk and butter of cows that eat it : 

 it grows naturally in the Eail, in Switzerland, on tlic 

 Holms ifland in the mouth of the Severn, &c. is perennial, 

 and flowers with us in July. 2. A. porrum, porrum fativum 

 of Ray and Miller, common leek, has umbel globofe, fta- 

 mens three-cufped, petals with a rough keel, root coated : 

 it has a rather high ftem, leafy at bottom, Ipathe ihortly 

 conical, deciduous : flowers in clofe large balls on purple 

 peduncles in April or May : it is very like the former fpe- 

 eies, and probably only a variety : it has been generally fup- 

 pofed that there are two forts of leeks ; but Martyn has 

 made trial of both, and found that they were the fame ; the 

 difference being occafioned by faving the feeds from old 

 roots, and not from the feedling leeks, whereby they have 

 degenerated, and become fmaller and more narrow-leaved : 

 this fpeeies was cultivated by Gerard in 1597, and probably 

 at an earlier period ; but its native place is not afcertamed : 

 it is highly efteemed in fome places for culinary ufes. 

 3. A. lincare, linear-leaved G. with umbel globofe, itamens 

 three-cufped, twice as long as the corolla, grows naturally 

 in Siberia, and is called by Miller, wlio cultivated it in 1768, 

 porrum ampeloprafum. 4. A. fiavsolevs, with umbel ca- 

 pitated, and ilamcns avvl-fliaped, twice as long as the corolla ; 

 grows in Auilria. 5. A. deflesum, has three-cufped fta- 

 mens, of the length of the corolla, leaves narrow and linear, 

 and ftalk declined. 6. A. rotundum, great round-headed G. 

 with umbel fub-globofe, ftamens three-cufped, and fide- 

 flowers nodding, has the fruit and feeds of the fecond fpe- 

 eies or leek, and is a native of the fouthern part? of Europe. 

 7. A. viBorinle, long-rooted G. with umbel rounded, fta- 

 mens lanceolate, longer than the corolla, and leaves elliptic ; 

 grows on the mountains of Switzerland, Italy, Auilria, Si- 

 lefia, and Savoy ; cultivated in 1739 by Miller. 8. A. fu!>- 

 hirfutiim, hairy G. or Diofcorides's Moly, with itamens awl- 

 fhaped, and lower leaves hirlute, is a native of Italy, Spain, 

 Africa, and the Levant ; was cultivated by Gerard in 1596 ; 

 flowers in May. 9. A. magicum. Homer's G. or Moly, 

 with fimple ftamens and bulb-bearing branches, was culti- 

 vated in 1596 by Gerard, and is prefcrved in gardens for 

 the fake of variety; but it has a very ftrong iccnt. 10. 

 A. obliquum, obHque-leaved G. with filiform ftamens, thrice 

 as long as the flower, and oblique leaves, is a native of Si- 

 beria, and cultivated here before 1768 by Miller. II. A. 

 ramof/m, branched G. with globofe umbel, ftamens awl- 

 fliaped, longer, leaves linear and fub-convex, grows naturally 



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