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 smith did me much evil."--2 Tim., iv, 14. "A nominative in immediate apposition: as, 'The boy Henry speaks.'"--Smart cor. "A noun objective can be in apposition with some other; as, 'I teach the boy Henry.'"--Id.

UNDER RULE VIII.--OF ADJECTIVES.

"But he found me, not singing at my work, ruddy with health, vivid with cheerfulness; but pale," &c.--DR. JOHNSON: Murray's Sequel, p. 4. "I looked up, and beheld an inclosure, beautiful as the gardens of paradise, but of a small extent."--HAWKESWORTH: ib., p. 20. "A is an article, indefinite, and belongs to 'book.'"--Bullions cor. "The first expresses the rapid movement of a troop of horse over the plain, eager for the combat."--Id. "He [, the Indian chieftain, King Philip,] was a patriot, attached to his native soil; a prince, true to his subjects, and indignant of their wrongs; a soldier, daring in battle, firm in adversity, patient of fatigue, of hunger, of every variety of bodily suffering, and ready to perish in the cause he had espoused."--W. Irving.

"For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead,   Dost in these lines their artless tale relate." --GRAY: ''Mur. Seq.'', p. 258.

"Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest;   Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood." --GRAY: ''Enf. Sp.'', p. 245.

"Idle after dinner [,] in his chair,   Sat a farmer, ruddy, fat, and fair." --Murray's Gram., p. 257.

UNDER THE EXCEPTION CONCERNING ADJECTIVES.

"When an attribute becomes a title, or is emphatically applied to a name, it follows it: as, Charles the Great; Henry the First; Lewis the Gross."--Webster cor. "Feed me with food convenient for me."--Prov., xxx, 8. "The words and phrases necessary to exemplify every principle progressively laid down, will be found strictly and exclusively adapted to the illustration of the principles to which they are referred."--Ingersoll cor. "The Infinitive Mood is that form of the verb which expresses being or action unlimited by person or number."--Day cor. "A man diligent in his business, prospers."--Frost cor.

"Oh wretched state! oh bosom black as death!" --SHAK.: Enfield, p. 368.

UNDER RULE IX.--OF FINITE VERBS.

"The Singular denotes one; the Plural, more than one."--Bullions and Lennie cor. "The Comma represents the shortest pause; the Semicolon, a pause longer than the comma; the Colon, longer than the semicolon; and the Period, longer than the colon."--Hiley cor. "The Comma represents the shortest pause; the Semicolon, a pause double that of the Comma; the Colon, double that of the semicolon; and the Period, double that of the colon."--L. Murray's Gram., p. 266. "WHO is applied only to persons; WHICH, to animals and things; WHAT, to things only; and THAT, to persons, animals, and things."--Day cor. "A or an is used before the singular number only; the, before either singular or plural."--Bullions cor. "Homer was the greater genius; Virgil, the better artist."--Day cor.; also Pope. "Words are formed of syllables; syllables, of letters."--St. Quentin cor. "The conjugation of an active verb is styled the ACTIVE VOICE; and that of a passive verb, the PASSIVE VOICE."--Frost cor.; also Smith: L. Murray's Gram., p. 77. "The possessive is sometimes called the genitive case; and the objective, the accusative."--L. Murray cor. "Benevolence is allied to few vices; selfishness, to fewer virtues."--Kames cor. "Orthography treats of Letters; Etymology, of words; Syntax, of Sentences; and Prosody, of Versification."--Hart cor.

"Earth praises conquerors for shedding blood;   Heaven, those that love their foes, and do them good."--Waller.

UNDER RULE X.--OF INFINITIVES.

"His business is, to observe the agreement or disagreement of words."--Bullions cor. "It is a mark of distinction, to be made a member of this society."--Farnum cor. "To distinguish the conjugations, let the pupil observe the following rules."--Day cor. "He was now sent for, to preach before the Parliament."--E. Williams cor. "It is incumbent on the young, to love and honour their parents."--Bullions cor. "It is the business of every man, to prepare for death."--Id. "It argued the sincerest candor, to make such an acknowledgement."--Id. "The proper way is, to complete the construction of the first member, and leave that of the second elliptical."--Id. "ENEMY is a name. It is a term of distinction, given to a certain person, to show the character in which he is represented."--Peirce cor. "The object of this is, to preserve the soft sounds of c and g."--Hart cor. "The design of grammar is, to facilitate the reading, writing, and speaking of a language."--Barrett cor. "Four kinds of type are used in the following pages, to indicate the portions that are considered more or less elementary."--Hart cor.

UNDER RULE XI.--OF PARTICIPLES.

"The chancellor, being attached to the king, secured his crown."--Murray's Grammar, p. 66. "The officer, having received his orders, proceeded to execute them."--Day cor. "Thus used, it is in the present tense."--Bullions, E. Gr., 2d Ed., p. 35. "The imperfect tense has three distinct forms, corresponding to those of the present tense."--Bullions cor. "Every possessive case is governed by some noun, denoting the thing possessed."--Id. "The word that, used as a