CORRECTED EXERCISES.*

534. These women. This number of apples. This sort of persons. That kind of men. Many people were present. I have books enow.a A pond five feet deep. Give me those pens. An army. A half. Longinus's treatise on the sublime.b For Christ's sake. The tyrant's rage. Hand the lady's shawl to her. The apostle's feet. Let us try its strenght.c This is yours; ours is here. That is your hat.d St. James's palace. John the Baptist's head. There was indeed in our destinies such a conformity as seldom is found in those of two persons of the same age. The crown had it in its power to give such rewards as the members of the house thought proper. We expected a speedy and prosperous return. The republic at that time. He became the most famous man in the world. He daily became more obstinate. Neither do I see it is any crime, farther than ill manners, and those ill manners I have often been guilty of. No man had fewer friends or more enemies.g I was in London six

a. Enough denotes quantity, and enow, any number more than one. We say " Meat enough," and "dainties enow."

b. Possession must be described by the's in possessive describers from names, but the' should not be employed in describers from fornames.

c. It's is a contraction for it is, and is commonly written 'tis. See Nos. 112 to 117 inclusive.

d. His is an inflection of he, and refers to a male person. Is is a verb, and means exists.

e. Soon is an adverb, and speedy and early are describing words of nearly the same import. The uncouthness of soon as a describer is more sensibly felt when we connect it immediately with a name: "A soon return." Better say, ,"An early return," or "A speedy return." Then is open to the same condemnation in "The then ministry," sig. nifying "The ministry of that time."

f. See Nos. 97, 98, and 99.

g. Less has reference to size; fewer, to number.

*The letters in the exercises refer to the notes at the bottom of the pages, and the figures in the notes refer to the paragraphs in the grammar.

[For some of the Exercises, the author is indebted to the excellent, but expensive grammar of Dr. Crombie.]

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years ago. Great numbers were killed on each side.i The Nile flows down the country above five hundred miles from the tropic of Cancer, and marks on each side the extent of fertility by the measure of its inundation. Use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thy frequent infirmities. The bellows are in the house. They have reformed the gouty joints and darning work of whereofs, whereuntos, wherebys, and therewiths. It had a prodigious number of windows.

535. I learn. Thou lovest. He needs. We were going. You were busy when he arrived.m There are men who never reason. Does wealth make men happy? Stands Scotland where it did? There was a man sent by God, whose name was John. There are many who have the wisdom to prefer virtue to every other acquirement. Hence appears the impossibility that this can succeed. Cato and Cicero were learned men. I do not think that leasure of life and tranquility of mind, which fortune and your own wisdom have given you, could be better employed. Understanding, reason, and prudence exist in old men. Cæsar, as well as Cicero, was remarkable for eloquence. John, James, or Thomas, intends to accompany me. The executive directory, to prove that they will not reject any means of reconciliation, declare, &c." In France, the peasantry go barefoot, and the middle sort make use of wooden shoes.o

"Six

h. Some should never be employed when a definite number is specified. The phraseologies allowable are, "Some years ago," years ago," and "A few years ago." Never, "Some six years," or any other definite number.

i. Either signifies one of two, and each refers to two or more taken separately.

j. Often is an adverb. Frequent is a describing word of the same meaning.

k. Bellowses is a double plural, bellows being the plural name for a single instrument consisting of two parts.

7. When several things are referred to, number is the proper word, and not quantity. As Dr. Crombie observes, "We hear of a quantity of people,' of a quantity of troops,' 'a quantity of boys and girls,' just as if they were to be measured by the bushel, or weighed in a

balance."

m. You requires a plural verb, whether we mean one or more persons. We cannot say, "You is a good boy."

n. This passage may be rendered correct by writing, "reconciliation, declare," or "it will not reject."

o. When we associate the idea of number to names of multitude, we employ plural verbs. When we refer to a number of persons forming a body, and consider them as one united whole, we employ a sin gular verb.

The court of Rome was not without solicitude. The House of Commons was of small weight. Stephen's party was entirely broken up. It is surprising that this people, so happy in invention, has never penetrated beyond the elements of geometry. It is they that early taint the mind. I have loaded my pistol. I had gone

to Lisbon before you knew that I had arrived in England. I saw the man in the chapel. There are principles innate in man, which ever have inclined, and ever will incline him to this offence. I have seen the mayor. This dedication may serve for almost any book that has been, is, or shall be published. What we call science and study is little better. This is one of those highway men who were condemned last sessions. He was a man whose vices were very great, and had the art to conceal them from the eyes of the public. At the foot of this hill were soon built such a number of houses that they amounted to a considerable city.q It requires no more logic than you possess to make a man believe that prodigality is not a vice." That he would much rather be no king at all than have heretics for his subjects. This part of knowledge has been always growing, and will be so, till the subject be exhausted. All that can be now urged, is the reason of the thing, and this shall be done. If you please to employ your thoughts on that subject, you will easily conceive the miserable condition many of us are in.s He accordingly draws out his forces, and offers battle to Hiero, who immediately accepts it. I have lost this game, though I thought I should win it. I expected to visit you. I intended to write. The most uncultivated Asiatics discover that sensibility, which, from their situation on the globe, we should expect them to feel. If an atheist would peruse the volume of nature, he would confess that there is a God. They endeavoured to impress us with

p. Have should be followed by the past infinitive form of verbs. See No. 284.

q. Every verb should have an actor expressed or clearly understood. r. Had implies possession. Would implies willingness or

preference.

s. Should be" if you please to employ, you will conceive," or "if you pleased to employ, you would conceive."

t. The present time ought always to be employed in speaking of universal or abstract truths.

a feeling, as if refinement were nothing, as if faculties were nothing, as if virtue were nothing, as if all that is sweetest, and all that is highest in human nature, were an idle dream. Wert thou to go, thou wouldst be entertained. He proceeded to demonstrate, that death is not an evil. I have frequently been assured by great ministers, that politics are nothing but common sense. The conditions were as follow.w The terms are as follow. Without having attended to this, we shall be at a loss to understand several passages in the classics. In the Latin language there are no two words we should more readily take to be of the same inport.

536. Spare thou them, O God, who confess their faults. Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing. The fruit tree bearing fruit after its kind. Solomon, whom David loved, was the wisest of princes. Were you here, you would find three or four, who you would say pass their afternoons very agreeably. By these means, that religious princess became acquainted with Athenais, who she found was the most accomplished woman of her age. It was my brother with whom we met. I was a stranger to the person to whom you spake. The friend whom I visited yesterday is dead. The wisest man who ever lived. The horse which I ride. It is the mob which is coming this way. The faction in England which most powerfully opposed his arbitrary pretensions. Moses was the mildest of men who were then on the face of the earth. Those whom he thought true to his party. Whom do you love so much? Whom should I meet the other day, but my old friend? Men say that I am who? Who do men say that I am? It is I. It was he. Solomon made as wise proverbs as any body has done, He only excepted who was a much wiser man than

v. See Nos. 359 to 365.

w. Many eminent writers employ the singular verb follows in all cases of this kind, notwithstanding that a plurality of things is referred to.

x. Who is applied to persons; which, to inferior animals and inanimate things. That is often used instead of either, as, "The wisest man that ever lived." "The horse that I rode." That avoids repetition, as, "Who, that has the spirit of a man," instead of " Who, who has the spirit of a man."

y. See Nos. 380 to 385 inclusive.

Solomon. Under whom servest thou. To whom are you speaking? Horace is an author with whom I am much delighted. Nor can mankind be so much to blame in their choice of this policy. He is greater than I.A Alfred, than who a greater king never reigned. He is not so learned as she. Tell the Cardinal that I understand poetry better than he. We and they are going together. He and she have seen the captain. Who, instead of being useful members of society, are pests to mankind.B The treaty he concluded can only be considered as a temporary submission, of which he took no care to secure the continuance. Be not diverted from thy duty by any idle reflections the silly world may make upon thee. I pray you tarry all night, lodge here, that your heart may be merry. You and I love reading. They and I went to the museum. Let each esteem others better than his own self.E I wonder that such a valiant man as you should spend his time in the pursuit of mere trifles. He spake to you and me of this matter some days ago. Let us make a covenant, me and thee.

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537. Whence come they? F Be they ever so many. They will not listen to the voice of the charmer, charm he ever so wisely. He spake not a word. is seldom or never misled. Indifferently well. Extremely bad. He was excessively modest. He did not see any body. He has eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, these two days. Nor is danger ever apprehended in such a government, any more than we commonly apprehend danger from thunder or earthquake. Is the master here ? Where is

A. See Nos. 328 to 330 inclusive. Than whom is used and defended by some grammarians.

B. Who or they is redundant. The passage may be rendered-' Instead of being useful members of society, they are pests to mankind," or "Who, instead of being useful members of society, are pests to mankind."

c. There is an inconsistency in you and thy for the same individual. It should be thy and thee, or your and you.

D. In the position of fornames, you, thou and we take precedence of the third person. I English people modestly place last. A deviation from either rule, if properly examined, could scarcely be deemed a breach of propriety.

E. See Nos. 118 to 121 inclusive.

F. See Nos. 296 and 297.

G. Hear relates to sound. Here signifies in this place. Were is an inflection of the verb to be, and significs existence. Where signifies at which place.