Part 246 (1/2)

Neither prosperity, nor adversity, has improved him Let him that standeth, take heed lest he fall He can acquire no virtue, unless he make some sacrifices”--_Id_

”Down froe, lovely Anna! hung portray'd; Th' unconscious figure, solden chain was seen”--_Falconer_

UNDER RULE II--OF ALLIED SENTENCES

”This life is a mere prelude to _an other_ which has no limits _It_ is a little portion of duration As death leaves us, so the day of _judgement_ will find us”--_Merchant cor_

”He went from Boston to New York--He went (I say) fro across the floor, he stumbled over a chair”--_Goldsbury corrected_

”I saw hi towards the house

During the heat of the day, he sat on the ground, under the shade of a tree”--_Goldsbury corrected_

”'George came home; I saw him yesterday' _Here_ the word _hie”--_Barrett corrected_

”Commas are often used nohere parentheses were [adopted] formerly I cannot, however, esteem this an improvement”--_Bucke's Classical Gra, faithless sentinel, Didst let them pass unnotic'd, uniuard, Thou shalt be itive”--COTTON: _Hallock and Enfield cor_

UNDER RULE III--OF ABBREVIATIONS

”The term _pronoun_ (Lat _pronomen_) strictly means a word used _for_, or _in stead of_, a noun”--_Bullions corrected_

”The period is also used after abbreviations; as, A D, P S, G W

Johnson”--_N Butler cor_

”On this principle of classification, the later Greek graht classes, or parts of speech: viz, the Article, Noun, pronoun, Verb, Participle, Adverb, Preposition, and Conjunction”-- _Bullions cor_

”'_Metre [Melody]_ is not confined to verse: there is a tune in all good prose; and Shakspeare's was a sweet one'--_Epea Pter_, ii, 61 [_First American Ed_, ii, 50] Mr H Tooke's 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 Caree 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 _i”-- _Barrett cor_ ”In October, corn is gathered in the field by o 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 rity”--_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 ti '_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 affirative 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_,' iative sentence implies an affiration, 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 coender, and objective case; and is governed by the verb _writes_, according to Rule III, which says, 'A transitive verb governs the objective case'”--_Id_