& ovoμa, nomen; as, Abiit, exceffit, evafit, erupit; Cat. 2. Promitto, recipioque, fpondeoque; Cic. Philip. 4. Quicunque ubique funt, qui fuere, quique futuri funt pofthac, ftulti, ftolidi, fatui, fungi, bardi, blenni, buccones, folus ego omnes longè anteeo Stultitiâ & indoctis moribus; Mar. If Sentences are Synonymous, 'tis call'd EXERGASIA, or EPEXERGASIA, Elaborate Accuracy; as, Que tua mens, oculi, ardor animi? quid cupiebas? quid optabas? Cic. pro Lig. Quem fi fata virum fervant; fi vefcitur aura Etherea; nec adhuc crudelibus occubat umbris; Non metus-&c. Virg. Æn 1. See alfo Ifa. xix. 8. Pfalm xviii. 2. Prov. i. 20, 22. Prov. ii. 2. Prov. iv. 14, 15. Prov. xxx. 14. &c. Pfalm xxxv. 1, 2, 3. Jonah ii. 3, 4, 5, &c. N. Some Rhetoricians add these Turns or REPETITIONS of lefs Note. 1. ANTIMETABOLE, or ANTIMETATHESIS, that is, Commutation, from arti, contra, & μerabáλλw, mutó; which is often a kind of Epanados; as, Poema eft pictura loquens; mutum pictura poema; Hor. Inter viros femina, inter fæminas vir.-Verè dici poteft, MagiStratum effe Legem loquentem, Legem autem mutum Magiftratum; Cic. de Leg. See 2 Cor. xii. 14. John xv. 16. Rom. vii. 19. 1 Cor xi. 8, 9. &c. 2. PARADIASTOLE, a Contra-Diftinction, from mapa, & diasinnw, diftinguo, which is often a kind of Paronomafia; as, Premitur Virtus non opprimitur.-Non formofus erat, fed erat facundus Ulyffes; Ovid. Non enim furem fed direptorem; non adulterum fed expugnatorem pudicitiæ; Cic. in Vir. Non fapiens fed aftutus. See 2 Cor. iv. 8, 9. 1 Cor. vii. 10. 1 Cor. iv. 19. &c. 3. PARECHESIS, Sounding alike, from mapa, juxta, & xéw, fono, a kind of Paronomafia repeating the fame Syllable over again; as, O fortunatam natam me confule Romam; Cic. Palla Pallorem in 3 cutit; cutit; Plaut. 'Tis alfo call'd PAROMOION, Likeness of Sound. - N. PARATHESIS is a Grammatical Figure, putting one Word to explain another; as, Lupum [Pifcem] non vidit Italia. 4. EPIMONE, Perfifting in the fame Words, from pivo, permaneo; as, This of Virgil, Ecl. 8. Incipe Menalios mecum mea Tibia Verfus. Ducite ab Urbe domum mea Carmina ducite Daphnim repeated eight times. And this of Theocritus, Idyl. 1. repeated fourteen times "Apxels Boxoλικᾶς Μῶσαι φίλαι, άρχετ' αοιδάς. See Gen. xviii. 24, &c. John xxi. 15, &c. Matth. xii. 31, 32. Mark vii. 21, 22, 23: &c. 5. MESARCHIA, Middle and Beginning alike, from pir, medius, & apxe principium; as, Scelus eft Jason genitor, & majus Scelus Medea mater; Sen. Utere lactucis, & mollibus utere malvis; Hor. 6. MESOTELEUTON, Middle and End alike, from μéo, medius, & TEXEUTH, finis; as, Hæc navis onufta prædâ, cum ipfa quoque effet præda; Cic. Virgini placeat pu dor, paterque placeat; Sen. Med. 7. MESODIPLOSIS, Doubling a Word in the Middle of two Sentences, from μio, medius, & dλów, duplico; call'd alfo MESOPHONIA, founding alike in the Middle, from μic, & Qwvéw, fono; as, Quem dies vidit veniens fuperbum; Hunc dies vidit fugiens jacentem. 8. TAUTOTES, frequent Repetition of the fame Word, from 'aura, eadem ; as, Qui cavet ne decipiatur, vix cavet, cùm etiam cavet; etiam cum caviffe ratus eft, fæpe is Cautor captus eft, &c. U. In THE USE OF REPETITIONS or Turns, obferve that All TURNS should give a Luftre to Difcourfe, Muft raife new Thoughts, or grace with Mufic's Force. PART PART IV. SECT. I. Of PRONUNCIATION, or, The Ornaments of Utterance and Action. What is Pronunciation? What are the Parts of Pronunciation? In the Delivery of an Oration, what is to be obferv'd as to Voice? What is to be obferv'd as to Action? Upon the Whole, What must be done to make ourselves acceptable Orators? §. 2. Perufe, conftrue, or tranflate (if you please) the following Precepts and Hints concerning Pronunciation, Voice, and Action. §. 3. Make Trial in gracefully and properly delivering fome or all of the annex'd Sentences, Orations, &c. W. RONUNCIATION, or, Moving Delivery, which is the P very Soul of all Rhetoric, con fifts in a due Management of the Voice and Countenance, as well as the proper Gesture of the Body and Hands, according to the Nature of the Paffion or Thing spoken of. Hence the Parts of Pronunciation are VOICE and ACTION. X. IN the Delivery therefore of an Oration, Vary your Tone just as your Subjects go, OBS. I. ANNOTATION S. ΤΗ HE QUALIFICATIONS OF AN ORATOR. Pronunciation, confifting of Voice and Action, is fo far from being reckon'd the meanest Qualification of an Orator, that, Huic primas dediffe DEMOSTHENES dicitur, cum rogaretur, quid in dicendo fet primum; huic fecundas, buic tertias; Cic. de Orat. 3. 56. Tho' indeed 'tis furprifing, as the A. B. of CAMBRAY obferves, to confider how much Knowledge, and how many Qualities are requir'd. An Orator, fays Cicero, ought to have the Acutenefs of Logicians, the Knowledge of Philofophers, the Stile almoft of Poets, the Memory of Counfellors, the Elocution and Gefture of the finest Actors; Cambray's Dial. Eloq. Stev. p. 59: your your Arguments, or would render yourselves acceptable Orators Adorn with TROPES and FIGURES your Oration, By VOICE and ACTION grace Pronunciation. Now fince Practice is much more prevalent, efficacious, and inftructive than bare Precepts, I have annex'd the following Examples of Sentences, Orations, Declamations, Themes, &c. from Scripture and the Claffics, for the fedulous Student to exer-, cife himself in this laft Part of Rhetoric, after having just caft his Eye upon the following Precepts and Hints. ANNOTATION S. quo Loco Verfum diftinguere, faltem leviter, imbuantur. Illinc |