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 most?--What art thou doing to-day?--What person dost thou see teaching that boy?--He has two new knives.--Which road dost thou take?--What child is he teaching?"--Ingersoll cor. "Thou, who mak'st my shoes, sellst many more." Or thus: "You, who make my shoes, sell many more."--Id.

"The English language has been much cultivated during the last two hundred years. It has been considerably polished and refined."--Lowth cor. "This style is ostentatious, and does not suit grave writing."--Priestley cor. "But custom has now appropriated who to persons, and which to things" [and brute animals].--Id. "The indicative mood shows or declares something; as, Ego amo, I love; or else asks a question; as, Amas tu? Dost thou love?"--''Paul's Ac. cor. "Though thou cannot do much for the cause, thou may and should do something."--Murray cor. "The support of so many of his relations, was a heavy tax: but thou knowst (or, you know) he paid it cheerfully."--Id. "It may, and often does, come short of it."--Murray^s Gram.'', p. 359. "'Twas thou, who, while thou seem'd to chide,    To give me all thy pittance tried."--Mitford cor. 2. Forms adapted to the Solemn or Biblical Style. "The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all."--Psalms, ciii, 19. "Thou answeredst them, O Lord our God; thou wast a God that forgave[539] them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions."--See Psalms, xcix, 8. "Then thou spakest in vision to thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty."--Ib., lxxxix, 19. "'So then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy;' who dispenseth his blessings, whether temporal or spiritual, as seemeth good in his sight."--Christian Experience of St. Paul, p. 344; see Rom., ix, 16. "Thou, the mean while, wast blending with my thought;    Yea, with my life, and life's own secret joy."--Coleridge cor.

UNDER NOTE VIII.--EXPRESS THE NOMINATIVE.

"Who is here so base, that he would be a bondman?"--''Shak. cor. "Who is here so rude, he would not be a Roman?"--Id. "There is not a sparrow which'' falls to the ground without his notice." Or better: "Not a sparrow falls to the ground, without his notice."--Murray cor. "In order to adjust them in such a manner as shall consist equally with the perspicuity and the strength of the period."--''Id. and Blair cor. "But sometimes there is a verb which'' comes in." Better: "But sometimes there is a verb introduced."--Cobbett cor. "Mr. Prince has a genius which would prompt him to better things."--''Spect. cor. "It is this that removes that impenetrable mist."--Harris cor. "By the praise which is given him for his courage."--Locke cor. "There is no man who would be more welcome here."--Steele cor. "Between an antecedent and a consequent, or what goes before, and what immediately follows."--Blair cor. "And as connected with what goes before and what follows."--Id. "No man doth a wrong for the wrong's sake."--Bacon cor. "All the various miseries of life, which people bring upon themselves by negligence or folly, and which might have been avoided by proper care, are instances of this."--Bp. Butler cor. "Ancient philosophers have taught many things in favour of morality, so far at least as it respects justice and goodness towards our fellow-creatures."--Fuller cor. "Indeed, if there be any such, who have been, or who appear to be of us, as suppose there is not a wise man among us all, nor an honest man, that is able to judge betwixt his brethren; we shall not covet to meddle in their matters."--Barclay cor. "There were some that drew back; there were some that made shipwreck of faith; yea, there were some that brought in damnable heresies."--Id. "The nature of the cause rendered this plan altogether proper; and, under similar circumstances, the orator's method is fit to be imitated."--Blair cor. "This is an idiom to which our language is strongly inclined, and which was formerly very prevalent."--Churchill cor. "His roots are wrapped about the heap, and he seeth the place of stones."--Bible cor.''

"New York, Fifthmonth 3d, 1823.

Dear friend,

I am sorry to hear of thy loss; but I hope it may be retrieved. I should be happy to render thee any assistance in my power. I shall call to see thee to-morrow morning. Accept assurances of my regard. A. B."

"New York, May 3d, P. M., 1823.

Dear sir,

I have just received the kind note you favoured me with this morning; and I cannot forbear to express my gratitude to you. On further information, I find I have not lost so much as I at first supposed; and I believe I shall still be able to meet all my engagements. I should, however, be happy to see you. Accept, dear sir, my most cordial thanks. C. D."

See Brown's Institutes, p. 271. "Will martial flames forever fire thy mind,   And wilt thou never be to Heaven resign'd?"--Pope cor.

UNDER NOTE IX.--APPLICATION OF MOODS.

First Clause of the Note.--The Subjunctive Present.

"He will not be pardoned unless he repent."--Inst., p. 191. "If thou find any kernelwort in