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 approaching the heart."--Let. 39. "These are the times that try men's souls."--Crisis, i. "These are not the times to admit of any relaxation in the little discipline we have left." The constituents "making a rod for themselves." "Under the rod of the constituent." Speaking of Abbe Raynal's work, he calls it a "_performance_."--Letter to. Speaking of M. de Lolme's Essay on Government, he calls it a "_performance_."--Preface. "At stake." This expression is very frequent. "At stake." This expression is very frequent.