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When therefore the scholar has selected those words, which are appropriate in their meaning to the sense of the subject, the next thing will be to consider whether they have been used by the best writers of antiquity. But let it be premised that no word can be elegant or beautiful in itself, in its disjoined state, but merely as far as it strengthens, connects, or illustrates the subject; or at least as far as the Latin word conveys in its true meaning the full force of the English expression. It would be absurd, therefore, Eleg. A to use at random the first word which presents itself, without considering whether it is appropriate to the sense as in saying that "the good man is cheerful and resigned at the hour of death;" though traditus signifies resigned, that is, delivered up, it does by no means express the English meaning; and therefore it would be necessary to search till a proper word offers itself for resigned, in the sense it bears in this sentence, which is, tranquil or contented. In investigating then the true and proper signification of words, it will be necessary to understand each different sense, in which they are used; and if the scholar acquaints himself as much as he can with their etymology and original meaning, he will be enabled to write purer Latin, and to avoid many Grecisms, obsolete and barbarous words, and those which have too great an affinity to the English, introduced into use by several modern and inelegant writers, as recommendare to recommend, &c. Should the Latin however not furnish a word sufficiently elegant, or fully expressive of the English idea, or if the force or dignity of the subject requires it, it may be necessary to vary an expression by means of a short periphrasis, or of a phrase, instead of a simple word. But in the choice of phrases care must be taken that they do not convey more meaning than we wish to express. Thus in saying that mothers embrace their infants, though ruere in amplexum is sometimes a very good phrase for amplecti, yet who would say, matres solent in amplexum infantium ruere, when the simple word |