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IIOt imprallicable. We fhall therefore only give a fpeci. which fets a )'ouog bcauly in a ruore adl'3ntageous
men of what may be reckoned overllraioed hyperboles. thao thc whole of Ihis mu,h laboured poen! :
ligho
No fault is more common ámoog wrilCrl of inferior rank ; Up rofe the Cun, and up rafe Emelie.
and innances are Cound even· among thoCe of the 6nefl
tafle; \VitneCs tbe following hy¡erbole, toO bold eveo for
3n Hot(pur.
Hotrpur, talking of Monimer :
In fiogle oppofitioo hand to hand,
He did confound tbe befl pan of 30 houy
In chaoging hardiment wilh great Glendower.
Three times they brcath'd, and three timn did Ihey
drink,
Upoo 3greement, of fwift Severn', /lood ;
Who then atfrighted with tbeir bloody looks,
Ran fearfully among the uembliog reeds,
And hid his crirp'd head in the hollow bank,
Blood·¡bioed with theCe valiant combatants.
FirJI PRrl Hw} IV. "O I·ft. 4·
Speakiog of Heory V.
England ne'er bad a Kiog until bis time :
Virrue he had, deferving 10 commaod :
His brandi(h'd fword did bliod men with it! beaml:
His arms (pread wider than a dragon's wingl :
His fparkling eyes, replete witb awful 6re,
More dazzled. aod drove back his eoemies,
Thao mid·rlay fuo 6erce bent againll their faces.
What fbould 1 Cay? bis deeds exceed all fpeech :
He oever lifted up his hand, but cooquer'd.
FirJI Parl Hwy VI. ROI.P. l.
Lanly, An hyper!>ole. after it is introduced witlull
advantagcs, ought to be comprehended within the fewafl
1/ords poffible: as il cannot be rclifhed bu! io the hurry
and fwelliog of the mind. a leifurely view dilfolm the
charm, and difcovers the deCcription tO be extra,agRnt
at lealt, and p~rhaps alfo ridiculous. This fault is pal·
pable io a fonoet wbich paITeth for one of the mofl como
plete in tbe French language: Phillis. in a long and Borid
deCcription, is made as far to outlhioe tbe fun as he 0111·
lhines tbe flan :
Le filence regnoit fur la terre et fur l'onde,
L'air devenoit fmio et J'OJimp vermeiJ.
Et J'amoureu': Z'ephir atfranchi du fomeiJ,.
Re¡rufcitoit les /leurs d'une haleioe fecoode.
L'Aurore depJoyoit I'or de fa treITe b1onde,
Et femoit de rubi, le chemin du foleil ;
Enlio ce Dieu 'enoit au plus graod appareil
~il foit jamais 'enu pour eclairer le moode :
9!:and la j,une Phili. au virage riant,
Sonant de fOD palais plus e1air qoe I'orient.
Fit 'oir une lumiere et plus vive et plus belle.
Sacre Aambeau do jour. o'eo foiez paint jalou",
Vous paru!es alor! au/li peu devant elle,
~e les reo" de la ouit noieot fait dennt voos.
Mal/tvillt•
Tbue is iQChaaccr a thought exprclJ"ed iD a /ingle lille,
HYPERCATALECTlC, in the Greek and Lalin poe.
u y, is applied to a verfe, which has one or two
fyllabl es too mucho or beyond the regular aod jufl
meafore: as,
Mufll [orom ¡unl MimrvlI.
AICo,
Mufll [oroTfJ Palladh ¡flgml .
HYPERICUM, SI JOHS'S won. a genu! of (he
polyadelphia polyandria daCs. The cali" confills of 6ve
fegments, and the corolla of 6ve petals : and' the 61a.
megtsare oumerous, and bound in 6ve bundles. There
are tweoty.nine fptcies. eigbt oE them oalives of Bri–
tain.
HYPERSARCOSIS, iD medK:ine and furgery, ao ex–
cefs of flefh, or ratber a Be!hy execrefcence, fuc~ as
thoCe geoerally ariGng upon the JipI of wounds, &c.
H~PHEN. ao acceot or cbara~r. in grammar, imply–
IOg tbat two words are to be Jomed. Or coooe{\ed iOlo
one compound word. and markcd thus·; as, pre efla.
hlithed, 6vc·leaved. &c.
Hyphens alfo ferve to cooneé! the fyllables oE fucb
words as are divided by the end of the lioe.
HYPNOTIC, in tbe materia medica, {ueh medicine! as
any way produce lIeep, whether callcd. oarcotics
hypnotic!. opiatn, or foporifics. ~
HYPNUM, io botany. ageous of the cryptogamia mufd
c1afs. There are forty.two fpeciel. all oalive. oí
Brítairr.
HYPOCAUSTUM, among the GreekHnd RomaD' a
fubterraneous place, wherein Wll a furoace to bta~;he
baths.
Aoolhe~ fort orhypocanum wa. a ~iod cf kilrr t~
heat their winter.parlours. '
Among the moderos,. it is that place where the bit
is krpt that warrus a flo,e or no!.houfe.
. in. ~olaoy a genu. of the fynge.
nwa pol~gamla zqualrs claf,. Tho receptacle il pa–
leaceous; the calix is imbrica.ted ; and the pappus il
plumllre. There are faur fp.ecles, two of them natives
of Brinin, lIiz. the radicata, or loog-rooted hawk–
weed r and the maculm. or fponed hawkweed.
HYFOCHONDRlA, in anatomy.. See AHA.'I'OMT~
p. 256.
HYPOCHONDRIAC PAUION, See MEDleIN".
HY~OCYSTlS, in pbarmacy. ao infpilfated juiee, ob.
taroed from the fe/lile afarum"muchrefembJing'lhe truo
Egyptiao acacia.
They gather the fru it, while unripe; aod exprc/i
the juice, which they evaporate over a,ery gentk 6re,
to (he confillence of ano,¡¡trad,. and Iheo form ioto
cakes. and expofethem tothe fun 10 dry..
Hypocylt is an allringent. and that of confiderable
power! it is goed again!1 diarrh~s and bmmorrhages
of allkrods) aod may be ufed in repelleot gargarifms in
th., mann~r ~f the acacia; but it i, very rarely met
wuh genutne 10 our fhops. tbe german acacia being u.
fuaJly fold under its Dame.