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The next simile exemplifies the use of hyperbole at its happiest, an ornament, by the way, to which Statius is specially prone. It is a very short one. It compares an infant to the babe Apollo crawling on the shore of Delos: "Talis per litora reptans Improbus Ortygiae latus inclinabat Apollo." This is delightful.
Their virtues are those of a very mild astringent, and as such they stand recommended in haemorrhages both internal and external, diarrhoeas, debility and laxity of the fibres; and likewise in spasmodic hysterical affections. AJUGA reptans. BUGLE. The Leaves. These have at first a sweetish taste, which gradually becomes bitterish and roughish.
As the astringency of Tormentil is confined chiefly to its root, it might be thought that the same circumstance would take place in this plant; but the root is found to have no other than a pleasant sweetish taste, like that of parsnip, but not so strong. POTENTILLA reptans. CINQUEFOIL, OR FIVE-LEAVED GRASS. Root.
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