Figurative Language: Its Origin and Constitution

Æneid Æschylus ancient ancient Greeks Anglo-Saxon animal applied Aryan beautiful become bitter called charming CHAUNCEY GILES Cicero cloth Compare compound words constructed language convey correspondence Crown 8vo darkness delight denote derived digamma Divine Doctrine earth Emanuel Swedenborg emotions employed epithet etymology example expression eyes figurative flow flowers Foolscap 8vo French Greek harmony heart heaven Hebrew Hence Homer human idea Iliad illustrated intellectual language Latin language Latin word latter light literally Lord mankind manner meaning metaphor metonymy mind nature noble onomatopoetic origin origin of language Ovid permutation phrase physical Pindar poësy poetical poetry poets possess prefix preposition reference regard represented Romans root Sanscrit Scripture sense Septuagint Shakspere shine signifies simply soul sound speak speech spiritual spoken stand sweet symbol thee thence Theocritus things thou tion to-day tongues truth utterance verb verse Virgil vowels whence