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 nominative, by its answering to the question, 'Who struck Richard?'"--Id. "One of the most distinguished privileges that Providence has conferred upon mankind, is the power of communicating their thoughts to one an other."--Dr. Blair cor. "With some of the most refined feelings that belong to our frame."--Id. "And the same instructions that assist others in composing works of elegance, will assist them in judging of, and relishing, the beauties of composition."--Id. "To overthrow all that had been yielded in favour of the army."--Macaulay cor. "Let your faith stand in the Lord God, who changes not, who created all, and who gives the increase of all."--Friends cor. "For it is, in truth, the sentiment of passion which lies under the figured expression, that gives it all its merit."--Dr. Blair cor. "Verbs are words that affirm the being, doing, or suffering of a thing, together with the time at which it happens."--A. Murray cor. "The bias will always hang on that side on which nature first placed it."--Locke cor. "They should be brought to do the things which are fit for them."--Id. "The various sources from which the English language is derived."--L. Murray cor. "This attention to the several cases in which it is proper to omit or to redouble the copulative, is of considerable importance."--Dr. Blair cor. "Cicero, for instance, speaking of the cases in which it is lawful to kill an other in self-defence, uses the following words."--Id. "But there is no nation, hardly are there any persons, so phlegmatic as not to accompany their words with some actions, or gesticulations, whenever they are much in earnest."--Id. "William's is said to be governed by coat, because coat follows William's" Or better:--"because coat is the name of the thing possessed by William."--R. C. Smith cor. "In life, there are many occasions on which silence and simplicity are marks of true wisdom."--L. Murray cor. "In choosing umpires whose avarice is excited."--Nixon cor. "The boroughs sent representatives, according to law."--Id. "No man believes but that there is some order in the universe."--G. B. "The moon is orderly in her changes, and she could not be so by accident."--Id. "The riddles of the Sphynx (or, The Sphynx's riddles) are generally of two kinds."--Bacon cor. "They must generally find either their friends or their enemies in power."--Dr. Brown cor. "For, of old, very many took upon them to write what happened in their own time."--Whiston cor. "The Almighty cut off the family of Eli the high priest, for their transgressions."--The Friend, vii, 109. "The convention then resolved itself into a committee of the whole."--Inst., p. 269. "The severity with which persons of this denomination were treated, appeared rather to invite them to the colony, than to deter them from flocking thither."--H. Adams cor. "Many Christians abuse the Scriptures and the traditions of the apostles, to uphold things quite contrary to them."--Barclay cor. "Thus, a circle, a square, a triangle, or a hexagon, pleases the eye by its regularity, and is a beautiful figure."--Dr. Blair cor. "Elba is remarkable for being the place to which Bonaparte was banished in 1814."--Olney's Geog. "The editor has the reputation of being a good linguist and critic."--''Rel. Herald''. "It is a pride which should be cherished in them."--Locke cor. "And to restore to us the hope of fruits, to reward our pains in their season."--Id. "The comic representation of Death's victim relating his own tale."--Wright cor. "As for Scioppius's Grammar, that wholly concerns the Latin tongue."--Wilkins cor. "And chiefly Thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer    Before all temples th' upright heart and pure,    Instruct me, for Thou knowst."--Milton, P. L., B. i, l. 17.

LESSON V.--VERBS.

"And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field."--Friends' Bible; also Bruce's, and Alger's. "Whereof every one bears [or beareth] twins."--BIBLE COR.: Song, vi, 6. "He strikes out of his nature one of the most divine principles that are planted in it."--Addison cor. "GENII [i.e., the word GENII] denotes aërial spirits."--Wright cor. "In proportion as the long and large prevalence of such corruptions has been obtained by force."--Halifax cor. "Neither of these is set before any word of a general signification, or before a proper name."--Brightland cor. "Of which, a few of the opening lines are all I shall give."--Moore cor. "The wealth we had in England, was the slow result of long industry and wisdom." Or: "The riches we had in England were," &c.--Davenant cor. "The following expression appears to be correct: 'Much public gratitude is due.'" Or this: "'Great public thanks are due.'"---Wright cor. "He has been enabled to correct many mistakes."--Lowth cor. "Which road dost thou take here?"--Ingersoll cor. "Dost thou learn thy lesson?"--Id. "Did they learn their pieces perfectly?"--Id. "Thou learned thy task well."--Id. "There are some who can't relish the town, and others can't bear with the country."--Sir Wilful cor. "If thou meet them, thou must put on an intrepid mien."--Neef cor. "Struck with terror, as if Philip were something more than human."--Dr. Blair cor. "If the personification of the form of Satan were admissible, the pronoun should certainly have been masculine."--Jamieson cor. "If only one follows, there seems to be a defect in the sentence."--Priestley cor. "Sir, if thou hast borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him."--Bible cor. "Blessed are the people that know the joyful sound."--Id. "Every auditory takes in good part those marks of respect and awe with which a modest speaker commences a public discourse."--Dr. Blair cor. "Private causes were still pleaded in the forum; but the public were no longer interested, nor was any general attention drawn to what passed there."--Id. "Nay, what evidence can be brought to show, that the inflections of the classic tongues were not originally formed out of obsolete auxiliary words?"--L. Murray cor. "If the student observe that the principal and the auxiliary form but one verb, he will have little or no difficulty in the proper application of the present rule."--Id. "For the sword of the enemy, and fear, are on every side."--Bible cor. "Even the Stoics agree that nature, or certainty, is very hard to come at."--Collier cor. "His