“A neuter verb implies the state a subject is in, without acting upon, or being acted upon, by another.”—­Alex.  Murray’s Gram., p. 30.  “I answer, you may and ought to use stories and anecdotes.”—­Student’s Manual, p. 220.  “ORACLE, n.  Any person or place where certain decisions are obtained.”—­Webster’s Dict. “Forms of government may, and must be occasionally, changed.”—­Ld.  Lyttelton.  “I have, and pretend to be a tolerable judge.”—­Spect., No. 555.  “Are we not lazy in our duties, or make a Christ of them?”—­Baxter’s Saints’ Rest.  “They may not express that idea which the author intends, but some other which only resembles, or is a-kin to it.”—­Blair’s Rhet., p. 94.  “We may, we ought therefore to read them with a distinguishing eye.”—­Ib., p. 352.  “Compare their poverty, with what they might, and ought to possess.”—­Sedgwick’s Econ., p. 95.  “He is a much better grammarian than they are.”—­Murray’s Key, 8vo, p. 211.  “He was more beloved, but not so much admired as Cinthio.”—­ADDISON, ON MEDALS:  in Priestly’s Gram., p. 200.  “Will it be urged, that the four gospels are as old, or even older than tradition?”—­Bolingb.  Phil.  Es., iv, Sec.19.  “The court of Chancery frequently mitigates, and breaks the teeth of the common law.”—­Spectator, No. 564; Ware’s Gram., p. 16.  “Antony, coming along side of her ship, entered it without seeing or being seen by her.”—­Goldsmith’s Rome, p. 160.  “In candid minds, truth finds an entrance, and a welcome too.”—­Murray’s Key, ii, 168.  “In many designs, we may succeed and be miserable.”—­lb., p. 169.  “In many pursuits, we embark with pleasure, and land sorrowfully.”—­Ib., p. 170.  “They are much greater gainers than I am by this unexpected event.”—­lb., p. 211.

UNDER NOTE II.—­HETEROGENEOUS TERMS.

“Athens saw them entering her gates and fill her academies.”—­Chazotte’s Essay, p. 30.  “We have neither forgot his past, nor despair of his future success.”—­Duncan’s Cicero, p. 121.  “Her monuments and temples had long been shattered or crumbled into dust.”—­Lit.  Conv., p. 15.  “Competition is excellent, and the vital principle in all these things.”—­DR. LIEBER:  ib., p. 64.  “Whether provision should or not be made to meet this exigency.”—­Ib., p. 128.  “That our Saviour was divinely inspired, and endued with supernatural powers, are positions that are here taken for granted.”—­Murray’s Gram., i. 206.  “It would be much more eligible, to contract or enlarge their extent, by explanatory notes and observations, than by sweeping away our ancient landmarks, and setting up others.”—­Ib., i. p. 30.  “It is certainly much better, to supply the defects and abridge superfluities, by occasional notes and observations, than by disorganizing, or altering a system which has been so long established.”—­Ib.,