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2. These victories swelled his fame. C. S.

He swelled with rage. C. S.

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1. She walks a goddess, and she moves a queen.
2. I have reason to know that it is he.

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4. I can not tell who he is.

5. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. C. S. § 539. RULE XLII.-To suffer is the destiny of man. C.S. § 540. RULE XLIII.-a. He desired to learn the princi ples of the Gospel. C. S.

b. He has a desire to benefit his race. C. S.

c. They are anxious to avoid even the appearance of evil. C. S.

d. He told him where to do it. C. S.

e. Nothing makes a man more suspicious than to know little. C. S.

f. It is not once in ten attempts that you can find the case you seek in any law book; to say nothing of those numerous points of conduct concerning which the law professes not to prescribe. C. S.

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2. He declared them to be soldiers.

Whom do they represent me to be? C. S.

3. I desire to learn. C. S.

I desire him to learn. C. S.

4. They urged him to declare war; he was urged to declare war. C. S.

5. To be humble is to be wise.

C. S.

6. To prevent property from being too unequally distributed, no person should be allowed to dispose of his possessions to the prejudice of his lawful heirs. C. S.

7. To say nothing of his ignorance, he is a bad man. C. S. § 541. RULE XLIV.-Night bids us rest. 1. He dared them to fight. C. S.

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2. He need not beg, for he is able to work. C. S. 3. He has to study half of the night to get his lesson. C.S. § 542. RULE XLV.-Son of heaven and earth, attend!

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§ 543. XLVI.-With whom, if he come shortly, I will

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1. Were he to confess his fault, he would be forgiven.

2. Except he repent he will be punished.

§ 544. RULE XLVII.—1. If my readers will turn their thoughts back on their old friends, they will find it difficult to call a single man to remembrance who appeared to know that life was short till he was about to lose it.

2. I have seen the king last summer. F. S.

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3. I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me three days. F. S.

4. He that was dead sat up and began to speak. F. S. 5. John will earn his wages when his service is completed. F. S.

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6. I have now been writing to my friend whom I wish to

7. This relic was preserved this ten years.

F. S.

8. Because he should have known the reason of his condemnation, he made the inquiry.

F. S.

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9. I shall wait until my friend comes.

10. I intended last year to have visited you.

11. As soon as he comes I will invite him home.

§ 545. RULE XLVIII.-Esteeming themselves wise, they become fools. F. S.

§ 546. RULE XLIX. He loving his work, performed it successfully. C. S.

Having lost his health, he was obliged to relinquish his profession. C. S.

§ 547. RULE L.-The enjoying of the goods of fortune is more coveted than the winning of them. C. S. 1. The gaining of wisdom is to be coveted. 2. Rising early is healthful. C. S.

3. Receiving punishment, he reformed. C. S.

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4. I saw Trinity Church while it was building. C. S. 5. The articles of this charge, considering by whom it was brought, were not of so high a nature as was to be expected. C. S..

6. From liberty each noble science sprung,

A Bacon brightened and a Spenser sung. F. S.

7. At the close of such a folio as this, wrote for their sake. F. S.

CERTAIN USES OF THE VERB.

§ 548. 1. He Is DRINKING, indicates a Present action; he drinks, may indicate a habit. He drinks wine at dinner, means that he does so habitually; while he is drinking wine at dinner confines the act to a particular occasion.

2. DOEST is a form which occurs when the verb is used as a principal; DOST, when it is used as an auxiliary: "Which doest great things past finding out." "He loves not plays as thou dost."

3. DON'T is a contraction of do not, and not of does not. Don't for does not is a vulgarism. Contractions like hav'nt have not; isn't is not, should not be encouraged.

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4. DоTH and HATH, in the place of does and has, are sometimes used to express solemn and tender associations, or to avoid the too frequent repetition of the letter`s.

5. I WOULD RATHER and I had rather are both in use. The first is preferable, of which I'd rather is an abbreviation.

6. SHALL and WILL are sometimes improperly used the one for the other, as in the case of the drowning Irishman, "I will be drowned, and nobody shall help me."

7. MIGHT is improperly used for MAY: "The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight."

8. The THIRD person is improperly used for the SECOND: "Thou great First Cause hast understood

Who all my sense confined;

To know but this, that thou art good,

And that myself am blind;

Yet gave me, in this dark estate,

To see the good from ill;

And, binding nature fast in fate,

Left free the human will."

9. HAD is, in some instances, improperly omitted: "No res pite was given; but whenever the operation ceased, the whole table was covered and appeared perfectly black, as if so much soot thrown upon it." It should be had been thrown.

10. The form of the THIRD PERSON of the VERB should not be changed in the same sentence. It is for their sake that

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human law hath interposed in some countries of the world, and, by creating and ordaining a right for them, has endeavored to make good the deficiency of nature.

11. "Its tufted flowers and leafy bands

In one continuous curve expands,

When herb or floweret rarely smile."

The wrong number of the verb is here used.

12. "They deck it with silver and with gold, that it move not." Here an end is proposed, and the subjunctive is the proper form.

13. Men do not despise a thief if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry. Here an individual fact is indicated, and not a confirmed habit. The subjunctive is therefore used. "For these mid hours, till evening rise, I have at will."

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Rise, not rises, is used, because a future event is indicated. 15. "If any of my readers has looked with so little attention upon the world around him." Certainty is here implied. The indicative mode is therefore used.

16. "If the leg does not come off, take the turkey to yourself."

"Madam," replied the man in black, "I don't care a farthing whether the leg or the wing comes off." It should be do and come; for the parties are disputing upon the result of the lady's carving, and not upon the actual state of the turkey. 17. "To BE SURE"=" certainly," "indeed;" as, "Will you venture out in this snow-storm?" "To be sure I will."

18. WOULD is often used to express a wish; as, "I would there were a sword in my hand;" "I would to God that you did reign;" "Ye would none of my reproof."

19. "For he must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet." Till he have.

20. HAD is often used for would have; as, "Had he done this he had escaped" he would have escaped.

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21. In familiar language, will represents the Present tense of the principal verb, and would the Past.

"The Isle is full of noises,

Sometimes a thousand twanging instruments

Will hum about my ears."-SHAKSPEARE.

"His listless length at noontide would he stretch."-GRAY.

CHAPTER VI.

SYNTAX OF ADVERBS.

§ 549. RULE LI.-ADVERBS modify Verbs, Adjectives, and other Adverbs; as, "He acted judiciously;" "He is a truly good man ;"" He was most kindly treated."

An Adverb in some cases modifies a whole sentence, or a noun, or a preposition; as, " Unfortunately for the lovers of antiquity, no remains of Grecian paintings have been preserved;""Blessed be God, even the Father;" "Just below the surface."

Note 1. Adverbs are sometimes improperly used for Adjectives; as, "The then ministry," for "the ministry of that time." There is some authority for this form.

Note 2. Certain Adjectives are by deflection converted into adverbs; as, "Full," an adjective, is converted into "full," an adverb, instead of fully; "it came with a peculiar bad grace." The use of adjectives for adverbs should not be encouraged, though in some cases it can be defended. A question may even arise whether a word is an adverb or an adjective: "After life's fitful fever he sleeps well;" after life's fitful fever he is well. Is well the same part of speech in these two cases? Most grammarians would say no, some would say yes.

The termination ly was originally Adjectival. At pres ent it is a derivational syllable, by which we convert an Adjective into an adverb. When, however, the adjective ends in ly, the formation is awkward. I eat my daily bread, is unexceptionable. "I eat my bread dailily," is exceptionable. One of two things must here take place: the two syllables lily are packed into one, or else the construction is that of an Adjective deflected. Thus, Godly is used as an adverb instead of Godlily.

Note 3. Adverbs of REST IN A PLACE, namely, here, there, and where, are often used instead of adverbs of motion to

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