362 DISQUISITIONS on the 



Taking lickg, then, as denoting fimply higher in refpeB of we 

 fliall find all its different ufes fatisfaclorily explained. 



1. Over or above, in place : 



Irri h % vveg xiQuXfig. HOMER. 



" He flood over his head," — " he flood, — higher in refpect of 

 " his head, — higher than his head." 'Yvtg rm Kn^uv Zgos xarai, 

 (Herodot.), " the keeper lies above the gardens," — " the keep- 

 " er lies, — higher in refped of the gardens." 



2. Superior to, in point of operation. T« vvtg rip^s 3>w ngo<; 

 ii/Aoic, (Proverb), " the things beyond or above us are no- 

 " thing to us," — '* the things, — higher in regard to their effects 

 " than us, are nothing to us." 



vmg yucigav. HOMER. 



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Superior to fate, — controlling fate," — " higher in refpecl to 

 " operation than fate." 



3. Beyond, from the ufual analogy, by which the fpeaker con- 

 fiders himfelf as the centre of obfervation, and confequently ex- 

 prefTes himfelf as if the more remote a place was from him it be- 

 came as it were higher in the circle in refpecfl to him. AiOioxiug 

 rr\s Wig A'tyvxru, (Thucyd.), " ^Ethiopia which is beyond E- 

 " gypt," — " ./Ethiopia, which is farther from the centre of ob- 

 " fervation, confequently higher in the circle, in refpect to E« 

 "gypt." 



4. In defence of, becaufe a thing which defends another co- 

 vers it from afTault, and what covers is naturally accounted 

 higher. "Tvig <r* (Au%oy.cti, " I fight in defence of you," — M I 

 " fight to cover you, confequently in fighting am higher than 

 « you." 



5. In room of. In this application of Wg, I fufpect there is an 

 cllipfis of fome fuch word as roV», place j wig here implying as 



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