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 enable a man to perform great deeds."--Id. "The it, together with the verb, expresses a state of being."--Id. "Where Leonidas the Spartan king, and his chosen band, fighting for their country, were cut off to the last man."--Kames cor.. "And Leah also, and her children, came near and bowed themselves."--Bible cor. "The First and the Second will either of them, by itself, coalesce with the Third, but they do not coalesce with each other."--Harris cor. "The whole must centre in the query, whether Tragedy and Comedy are hurtful and dangerous representations."--Formey cor. "Both grief and joy are infectious: the emotions which they raise in the spectator, resemble them perfectly."--Kames cor. "But, in all other words, the q and u are both sounded."--Ensell cor. "Q and u (which are always together) have the sound of kw, as in queen; or of k only, as in opaque." Or, better: "Q has always the sound of k; and the u which follows it, that of w; except in French words, in which the u is silent."--Goodenow cor. "In this selection, the a and i form distinct syllables."--Walker cor. "And a considerable village, with gardens, fields, &c., extends around on each side of the square."--Lib. cor. "Affection and interest guide our notions and behaviour in the affairs of life; imagination and passion affect the sentiments that we entertain in matters of taste."--Jamieson cor. "She heard none of those intimations of her defects, which envy, petulance, and anger, produce among children."--Johnson cor. "The King, Lords, and Commons, constitute an excellent form of government."--Crombie et al. cor. "If we say, 'I am the man who commands you,' the relative clause, with the antecedent man, forms the predicate."--Crombie cor. "The spacious firmament on high,   The blue ethereal vault of sky,    And spangled heav'ns, a shining frame,    Their great Original proclaim."--Addison cor.

UNDER NOTE VI.--ELLIPTICAL CONSTRUCTIONS.

"There are a reputable and a disreputable practice." Or: "There is a reputable, and there is a disreputable practice."--Adams cor. "This man and this were born in her."--Milton cor. "This man and that were born in her."--Bible cor. "This and that man were born there."--Hendrick cor. "Thus le in l~ego, and le in l=egi, seem to be sounded equally long."--Adam and Gould cor. "A distinct and an accurate articulation form the groundwork of good delivery." Or: "A distinct and accurate articulation forms the groundwork of good delivery."--Kirkham cor. "How are vocal and written language understood?"--Sanders cor. "The good, the wise, and the learned man, are ornaments to human society." Or: "The good, wise, and learned man is an ornament to human society."--Bartlett cor. "In some points, the expression of song and that of speech are identical."--Rush cor. "To every room, there were an open and a secret passage."--Johnson cor. "There are such things as a true and a false taste; and the latter as often directs fashion, as the former."--Webster cor. "There are such things as a prudent and an imprudent institution of life, with regard to our health and our affairs."--''Bp. Butler cor. "The lot of the outcasts of Israel, and that of the dispersed of Judah, however different in one respect, have in an other corresponded with wonderful exactness."--Hope of Israel cor. "On these final syllables, the radical and the vanishing movement are performed."--Rush cor. "To be young or old, and to be good, just, or the contrary, are physical or moral events."--Spurzheim cor., and Felch. "The eloquence of George Whitfield and that of John Wesley were very different in character each from the other."--Dr. Sharp cor. "The affinity of m for the series beginning with b, and that of n for the series beginning with t, give occasion for other euphonic changes."--Fowler cor.'' "Pylades' soul, and mad Orestes', were    In these, if right the Greek philosopher." Or thus:-- "Pylades' and Orestes' soul did pass    To these, if we believe Pythagoras." Or, without ellipsis:-- "Pylades and Orestes' souls did pass    To these, if we believe Pythagoras."--Cowley corrected.

UNDER NOTE VII.--DISTINCT SUBJECT PHRASES.

"To be moderate in our views, and to proceed temperately in the pursuit of them, are the best ways to ensure success."--L. Murray cor. "To be of any species, and to have a right to the name of that species, are both one."--Locke cor. "With whom, to will, and to do, are the same."--Dr. Jamieson cor. "To profess, and to possess, are very different things."--Inst., Key, p. 272. "To do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God, are duties of universal obligation."--Ib. "To be round or square, to be solid or fluid, to be large or small, and to be moved swiftly or slowly, are all equally alien from the nature of thought."--Dr. Johnson. "The resolving of a sentence into its elements, or parts of speech, and [a] stating [of] the accidents which belong to these, are called PARSING." Or, according to Note 1st above: "The resolving of a sentence into its elements, or parts of speech, with [a] stating [of] the accidents which belong to these, is called PARSING."--Bullions cor. "To spin and to weave, to knit and to sew, were once a girl's employments; but now, to dress, and to catch a beau, are all she calls enjoyments."--Kimball cor.

CORRECTIONS UNDER RULE XVII AND ITS NOTES.

UNDER THE RULE ITSELF.--NOMINATIVES CONNECTED BY OR.

"We do not know in what either reason or instinct consists."--Johnson corrected. "A noun or a pronoun joined with a participle, constitutes a nominative case absolute."--Bicknell cor. "The relative will be of that case which the verb or noun following, or the preposition going before,