Rhet., p. 102.  “At least their being such rarely enhanceth our opinion, either of their abilities or of their virtues.”—­Ib., p. 162.  “Which were the ground of our being one.”—­Barclay’s Works, i, 513.  “But they may be distinguished from it by their being intransitive.”—­Murray’s Gram., i, 60.  “To distinguish the higher degree of our persuasion of a thing’s being possible.”—­Churchill’s Gram., p. 234.

   “His being idle, and dishonest too,
    Was that which caus’d his utter overthrow.”—­Tobitt’s Gram., p. 61.

UNDER NOTE VI.—­COMPOUND VERBAL NOUNS.

“When it denotes being subjected to the exertion of another.”—­Booth’s Introd., p. 37.  “In a passive sense, it signifies being subjected to the influence of the action.”—­Felch’s Comp.  Gram., p. 60.  “The being abandoned by our friends is very deplorable.”—­Goldsmith’s Greece, i, 181.  “Without waiting for their being attacked by the Macedonians.”—­Ib., ii, 97.  “In progress of time, words were wanted to express men’s being connected with certain conditions of fortune.”—­Blair’s Rhet., p. 135.  “Our being made acquainted with pain and sorrow, has a tendency to bring us to a settled moderation.”—­Butler’s Analogy, p. 121.  “The chancellor’s being attached to the king secured his crown; The general’s having failed in this enterprise occasioned his disgrace; John’s having been writing a long time had wearied him.”—­Murray’s Gram., p. 66; Sanborn’s, 171; Cooper’s, 96; Ingersoll’s, 46; Fisk’s, 83; and others.  “The sentence should be, ’John’s having been writing a long time has wearied him.’”—­Wright’s Gram., p. 186.  “Much depends on this rule’s being observed.”—­Murray’s Key, ii, 195.  “He mentioned a boy’s having been corrected for his faults; The boy’s having been corrected is shameful to him.”—­Alger’s Gram., p. 65; Merchant’s, 93.  “The greater the difficulty of remembrance is, and the more important the being remembered is to the attainment of the ultimate end.”—­Campbell’s Rhet., p. 90.  “If the parts in the composition of similar objects were always in equal quantity, their being compounded would make no odds.”—­Ib., p. 65.  “Circumstances, not of such importance as that the scope of the relation is affected by their being known.”—­Ib., p. 379.  “A passive verb expresses the receiving of an action or the being acted upon; as, ’John is beaten’”—­Frost’s El. of Gram., p. 16.  “So our Language has another great Advantage, namely its not being diversified by Genders.”—­Buchanan’s Gram., p. 20.  “The having been slandered is no fault of Peter.”—­Frost’s El. of Gram., p. 82.  “Without being Christ’s friends, there is no being justified.”—­William Penn.  “Being accustomed to danger, begets intrepidity, i.e. lessens fear.”—­Butler’s