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On the other hand, when
the transposition makes no alteration in the sense, and
merely produces a variation in the structure, it is rather
to be called a verbal figure, as indeed many authorities
have held. Of the faults resulting from long or confused hyperbata have spoken in the appropriate place.1
I have kept hyperbole to the last, on the ground of
its boldness. It means an elegant straining of the
truth, and may be employed indifferently for exaggeration or attenuation. It can be used in various
ways.
1 VIII. ii. 14.
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