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 means of them, correspond intelligibly with one an other in writing, though ignorant of the language spoken by their correspondents: a plain proof, that the Chinese characters are like hieroglyphics, and essentially independent of language."--Jamieson cor.; also Dr. Blair. "The curved line, in stead of remaining round, is changed to a square one, for the reason before mentioned."--Knight cor. "Every reader should content himself with the use of those tones only, that he is habituated to in speech; and should give to the words no other emphasis, than what he would give to the same words, in discourse. [Or, perhaps the author meant:--and should give to the emphatic words no other intonation, than what he would give, &c.] Thus, whatever he utters, will be delivered with ease, and will appear natural."--Sheridan cor. "A stop, or pause, is a total cessation of sound, during a perceptible, and, in musical or poetical compositions, a measurable space of time."-- Id. "Pauses, or rests, in speaking or reading, are total cessations of the voice, during perceptible, and, in many cases, measurable spaces of time."--L. Murray et al. cor. "Those derivative nouns which denote small things of the kind named by their primitives, are called Diminutive Nouns: as, lambkin, hillock, satchel, gosling; from lamb, hill, sack, goose."--Bullions cor. "Why is it, that nonsense so often escapes detection, its character not being perceived either by the writer or by the reader?"--Campbell cor. "An Interjection is a word used to express sudden emotion. Interjections are so called, because they are generally thrown in between the parts of discourse, and have no reference to the structure of those parts."--M'Culloch cor. "The verb OUGHT has no other inflection than OUGHTEST, and this is nearly obsolete."-- Macintosh cor. "But the arrangement, government, and agreement of words, and also their dependence upon others, are referred to our reason."--Osborn cor. "ME is a personal pronoun, of the first person, singular number, and objective case."--Guy cor. "The noun SELF is usually added to a pronoun; as, herself, himself, &c. The compounds thus formed are called reciprocal pronouns."-- Id. "One cannot but think, that our author would have done better, had he begun the first of these three sentences, with saying, 'It is novelty, that bestows charms on a monster.'"--Dr. Blair cor. "The idea which they present to us, of nature resembling art, of art considered as an original, and nature as a copy, seems not very distinct, or well conceived, nor indeed very material to our author's purpose."--Id. "This faulty construction of the sentence, evidently arose from haste and carelessness."--Id. "Adverbs serve to modify terms of action or quality, or to denote time, place, order, degree, or some other circumstance which we have occasion to specify."--Id. "We may naturally expect, that the more any nation is improved by science, and the more perfect its language becomes, the more will that language abound with connective particles."--Id. "Mr. Greenleaf's book is far better adapted to the capacity of learners, than any other that has yet appeared, on the subject."--Feltus and Onderdonk's false praise Englished. "Punctuation is the art of marking, in writing or in print, the several pauses, or rests, which separate sentences, or the parts of sentences; so as to denote their proper quantity or proportion, as it is exhibited in a just and accurate delivery."--Lowth cor. "A compound sentence must generally be resolved into simple ones, and these be separated by the comma." Or better: "A compound sentence is generally divided, by the comma, into its simple members."--Greenleaf and Fisk cor. "Simple sentences should in general be separated from one an other by the comma, unless a greater point is required; as, 'Youth is passing away, age is approaching, and death is near.'"--S. R. Hall cor. "V has always one uniform sound, which is that of f flattened, as in thieve from thief: thus v bears to f the same relation that b does to p, d to t, hard g to k, or z to s."--L. Murray and Fisk cor.; also Walker; also Greenleaf. "The author is explaining the difference between sense and imagination, as powers of the human mind."--L. Murray cor. Or, if this was the critic's meaning: "The author is endeavouring to explain a very abstract point, the distinction between the powers of sense and those of imagination, as two different faculties of the human mind."-- Id.; also Dr. Blair cor. "HE--(from the Anglo-Saxon HE--) is a personal pronoun, of the third person, singular number, masculine gender, and nominative case. Decline HE."--Fowler cor.

CORRECTIONS UNDER THE CRITICAL NOTES.

UNDER CRITICAL NOTE I.--OF THE PARTS OF SPEECH.

"The passive voice denotes an action received." Or: "The passive voice denotes the receiving of an action."--Maunder corrected. "Milton, in some of his prose works, has many very finely-turned periods."--''Dr. Blair and Alex. Jam. cor. "These will be found to be wholly, or chiefly, of that class."--Dr. Blair cor. "All appearances of an author's affecting of harmony, are disagreeable."--Id. and Jam. cor. "Some nouns have a double increase; that is, they increase by more syllables than one: as iter, itin~eris."--Adam et al. cor. "The powers of man are enlarged by progressive cultivation."--Gurney cor. "It is always important to begin well; to make a favourable impression at the first setting out."--Dr. Blair cor. "For if one take a wrong method at his first setting-out, it will lead him astray in all that follows."-- Id. "His mind is full of his subject, and all his words are expressive."-- Id. "How exquisitely is all this performed in Greek!"--Harris cor. "How unworthy is all this to satisfy the ambition of an immortal soul!"--L. Murray cor. "So as to exhibit the object in its full grandeur, and its most striking point of view."--Dr. Blair cor. "And that the author know how to descend with propriety to the plain style, as well as how to rise to the bold and figured."-- Id. "The heart alone can answer to the heart."-- Id. "Upon the first perception of it''." Or: "As it is first perceived."--Harris cor. "Call for Samson, that he may make sport for us."--Bible cor. "And he made sport before them."-- Id. "The term 'to suffer,' in this definition, is used in a technical sense; and means simply, to receive an action, or to be acted upon."--Bullions cor. "The text only is what is meant to be taught in schools."--