We have examples of the qualities of one thing ascribed to another which it _resembles_ in such expressions as these--"imperious ocean," "tottering state," "raging tempest." The following is an example of a thing called by the name of one of its qualities or attending circumstances: "What art thou, that usurpest this time of night, Together with the fair and warlike form In which the _majesty_ of buried _Denmark_ Did sometimes walk?" Here a king is called by the name of a quality and by the name of his kingdom. It is owing to the principle of association that another mode of figurative language is employed called _personification_. This consists in speaking of a quality which belongs to living beings as if it were the being in which such a quality was found. This is owing to the fact that the conceptions of qualities of mind are always united with some being, and therefore such ideas are connected ones. Thus it is said in the sacred writings, "Mercy and truth are met together." "Righteousness and peace have embraced each other." "Wisdom crieth aloud, she uttereth her voice." Another mode of personification is owing to the fact that the actions and relations of inanimate existences very often resemble those of living beings, so that such ideas are associated by the principle of resemblance. In such cases, the actions, properties, and relations of living beings are ascribed to inanimate objects. Thus, when the sea roars and lifts its waves toward the skies, the actions are similar to those of a man when he raises his arm in supplication. An example of this kind of figurative language is found in this sublime personification of Scripture: "The mountains saw thee, and trembled; the overflowing of the waters passed by; the deep uttereth his voice, and lifted up his hands on high; the sun and moon stood still in their habitations." Other examples of this kind are found when we hear it said that "the fields smile," "the woods clap their hands," "the skies frown," and the like.