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 idea was probably just, agreeing with Aristotle's; but [, if so, it is] not accurately expressed."-- Churchill cor.

"Mr. J. H. Tooke was educated at Eton and at Cambridge, in which latter college he took the degree of A. M. Being intended for the established church of England, he entered into holy orders when young; and obtained the living of Brentford, near London, which he held ten or twelve years."--Tooke's Annotator cor.

"I, nor your plan, nor book condemn;   But why your name? and why A. M.?"--Lloyd cor.

MIXED EXAMPLES CORRECTED.

"If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath," &c.--Isaiah, lviii, 13. "He that hath eeris of hervnge, here he."--WICKLIFFE: Matt., xi, 15. "See General Rules for Spelling, iii, v, and vii."--N. Butler cor. "False witnesses did rise up."--Ps., xxxv, 11.

"An explicative sentence is used for explaining; an interrogative sentence, for inquiring; an imperative sentence, for commanding."-- Barrett cor. "In October, corn is gathered in the field by men, who go from hill to hill with baskets, into which they put the ears.--Susan labours with her needle for a livelihood.--Notwithstanding his poverty, he is a man of integrity."--Golds, cor.

"A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trissyllable; a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable."--Frazee cor.

"If I say, If it did not rain, I would take a walk;' I convey the idea that it does rain at the time of speaking. If it rained,' or, Did it rain,' in [reference to] the present time, implies that it does not rain. If it did not rain,' or, Did it not rain,' in [reference to the] present time, implies that it does rain. Thus, in this peculiar application, an affirmative sentence always implies a negation; and a negative sentence, an affirmation."--Id. "If I were loved and, Were I loved;' imply I am not loved: If I were not loved,' and, Were I not loved,' imply I am loved. A negative sentence implies an affirmation, and an affirmative sentence implies a negation, in these forms of the subjunctive."--Id.

"What is Rule III?"--Hart cor. "How is Rule III violated?"--Id. "How do you parse letter in the sentence, 'James writes a letter?' Ans. Letter is a common noun, of the third person, singular number, neuter gender, and objective case; and is governed by the verb writes, according to Rule III, which says, 'A transitive verb governs the objective case.'"--Id.

"Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the gen'ral pulse   Of life stood still, and nature made a pause;    An awful pause! prophetic of her end.    And let her prophecy be soon fulfill'd:    Fate, drop the curtain; I can lose no more."--Young.

SECTION V.--THE DASH.

CORRECTIONS UNDER RULE I.--OF ABRUPT PAUSES.

"And there is something in your very strange story, that resembles--Does Mr. Bevil know your history particularly?"--Burgh's Speaker, p. 149. "Sir,--Mr. Myrtle--Gentlemen--You are friends--I am but a servant--But--"--Ib., p. 118.

"An other man now would have given plump into this foolish story; but I--No, no, your humble servant for that."--GARRICK, Neck or Nothing.

"Do not plunge thyself too far in anger, lest thou hasten thy trial; which if--Lord have mercy on thee for a hen!"--SHAKSPEARE, All's Well.

"But ere they came,--O, let me say no more!   Gather the sequel by that went before."--IDEM, ''Com. of Errors''.

UNDER RULE II.--OF EMPHATIC PAUSES.

"M,--Malvolio;--M,--why, that begins my name."--SINGER'S SHAK., Twelfth Night.

"Thus, by the creative influence of the Eternal Spirit, were the heavens and the earth finished in the space of six days--so admirably finished--an unformed chaos changed into a system of perfect order and beauty--that the adorable Architect himself pronounced it very good, and all the sons of God shouted for joy."--Historical Reader, p. 10.

"If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop remained in my country, I never would lay down my arms--never, never, never."--Pitt's Speech.

"Madam, yourself are not exempt in this,--   Nor your son Dorset;--Buckingham, nor you."--SHAK.

UNDER RULE III.--OF FAULTY DASHES.

"'You shall go home directly, Le Fevre,' said my uncle Toby, 'to my house; and we'll send for a doctor to see what's the matter; and we'll have an apothecary; and the corporal shall be your nurse: and I'll be your servant, Le Fevre.'"--Sterne cor.

"He continued: 'Inferior artists may be at a stand, because they want materials.'"--Harris cor. "Thus, then, continued he: 'The end, in other arts, is ever distant and removed.'"--Id.