THE

CHARACTERISTICS AND LAWS

OF

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.

BY

DAVID N. LORD.

Besigned for use in Bible Classes, Schools, and Colleges.

NIVERSITY OF

"Nam com sit ornatus orationis varius et multipex, conveniatque alius alii, nisi fuerit accommo-
datus rebus atque personi, non made on illustrabit eam, sed etiam destruet, et vim rerum in
contrarium vertet."-Quintilianus.

NEW YORK:

FRANKLIN

KNIGHT,

138 NASSAU STREET.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854,

By DAVID N. LORD,

In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

ATORIMMIN

R. CRAIG HEAD, Printer and Stereotyper, 53 Vesty Street, N. Y.