Gram., p. 30; Alger’s, 26; Guy’s, 21; Murray’s, 60.  “Its influence is likely to be considerable, both on the morals, and taste of a nation.”—­Blair’s Rhet., p. 373.  “The subject afforded a variety of scenes, both of the awful and tender kind.”—­Ib., p. 439.  “Restlessness of mind disqualifies us, both for the enjoyment of peace, and the performance of our duty.”—­Murray’s Key, ii, 166; Ingersoll’s Gram., p. 10.  “Adjective Pronouns are of a mixed nature, participating the properties both of pronouns and adjectives.”—­Murray’s Gram., i, 55; Merchant’s, 43; Flint’s, 22.  “Adjective Pronouns have the nature both of the adjective and the pronoun.”—­Frost’s El. of Gram., p. 15.  “Pronominal adjectives are a kind of compound part of speech, partaking the nature both of pronouns and adjectives.”—­Nutting’s Gram., p. 36.  “Nouns are used either in the singular or plural number.”—­Blair’s Gram., p. 11.  “The question is not, whether the nominative or accusative ought to follow the particles than and as; but, whether these particles are, in such particular cases, to be regarded as conjunctions or prepositions.”—­Campbell’s Rhet., p. 204.  “In English many verbs are used both as transitives and intransitives.”—­Churchill’s Gram., p. 83.  “He sendeth rain both on the just and unjust.”—­Guy’s Gram., p. 56.  “A foot consists either of two or three syllables.”—­Blair’s Gram., p. 118.  “Because they participate the nature both of adverbs and conjunctions.”—­Murray’s Gram., i, 116.  “Surely, Romans, what I am now about to say, ought neither to be omitted nor pass without notice.”—­Duncan’s Cicero, p. 196.  “Their language frequently amounts, not only to bad sense, but non-sense.”—­Kirkham’s Gram., p. 14.  “Hence arises the necessity of a social state to man both for the unfolding, and exerting of his nobler faculties.”—­Sheridan’s Elocution, p. 147.  “Whether the subject be of the real or feigned kind.”—­Blair’s Rhet., p. 454.  “Not only was liberty entirely extinguished, but arbitrary power felt in its heaviest and most oppressive weight.”—­Ib., p. 249.  “This rule is applicable also both to verbal Critics and Grammarians.”—­Hiley’s Gram., p. 144.  “Both the rules and exceptions of a language must have obtained the sanction of good usage.”—­Ib., p. 143.

CHAPTER X.—­PREPOSITIONS.

The syntax of Prepositions consists, not solely or mainly in their power of governing the objective case, (though this alone is the scope which most grammarians have given it,) but in their adaptation to the other terms between which they express certain relations, such as appear by the sense of the words uttered.

RULE XXIII.—­PREPOSITIONS.

Prepositions show the relations of words, and of the things or thoughts expressed by them:  as; “He came from Rome to Paris, in the company of many eminent men, and passed with them through many cities”—­Analectic Magazine.