l in Common Sense. This leads me on to speak of figures of
speech.

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In the use of the trope I find the one a reproduction of the other. The
metaphor comes before us in every conceivable beauty, and herein they
paint with an artist's skill, and the many delicate touches, as well as
bold strokes, show the same hand at the brush. There is never, for
example, a long and labored metaphor; never a company of them together;
never one that does not apply with admirable effect.

At the close of an article, a figure of speech is often used with a
master's skill, and leaves an impression on the mind of the reader not
easily effaced. In this they are alike. Junius, for example, closes
thirty-six of his Letters in this manner; and in Mr. Paine's three
works--Common Sense, The Crisis, and Rights of Man--he closes
twenty-three parts in this manner, which gives us about the same ratio.
They both abound in metaphor and comparison. Seldom do they use allegory
or hyperbole, but personification and exclamation are frequent. I will
now give a few parallels which I have selected from the many examples,
and I will begin the list with exclamations so common to both:

_Paine._

Alas!
I thank God!
For God's sake!
In the name of Heaven!
Good God!
Good Heavens!
I pray God!

_Junius._

But, alas!
I thank God!
Would to God!
In God's name!
May God protect me!
I appeal to God for my sincerity!
I pray God!

The expression, "I thank God!" is the most frequent with both. As this
is not common with writers, the parallel is a strong one. But to
continue:

_Paine._

"Every political physician will advise a different
medicine."--Common Sense.

_Junius._

"It is not the disorder, but the physician--it is
the pernicious hand of government."--Let. 1.

"Why is the nation sickly?"

"Infuse a portion of new health into the
constitution."--Let. 68.

"Like a prodigal lingering in habitual
consumption, you feel the relics of life, and
mistake them for recovery."--Address to English
people.

"No man regards an eruption on the surface when
the noble parts are invaded and he feels a
mortification ap