alas! he is very idle.”—­Merchant’s Gram., p. 22.  “For pale and wan he was, alas the while!”—­SPENSER:  Joh.  Dict. “But yet, alas!  O but yet, alas! our haps be but hard haps.”—­SYDNEY:  ib. “Nay, (what’s incredible,) alack! I hardly hear a woman’s clack.”—­SWIFT:  ib. “Thus life is spent (oh fie upon’t!) In being touch’d, and crying—­Don’t!”—­Cowper, i, 231.  “For whom, alas! dost thou prepare The sweets that I was wont to share”—­Id., i, 203.  “But here, alas! the difference lies.”—­Id., i. 100.  “Their names, alas! in vain reproach an age,” &c.—­Id., i, 88.  “What nature, alas! has denied,” &c.—­Id., i, 235.  “A. Hail Sternhold, then; and Hopkins, hail! B. Amen.”—­Id., i 25.

   “These Fate reserv’d to grace thy reign divine,
    Foreseen by me, but ah! withheld from mine!”—­Pope, Dun., iii, 215.

IMPROPRIETIES FOR CORRECTION.

FALSE SYNTAX PROMISCUOUS. [Fist] [The following examples of bad grammar, being similar in their character to others already exhibited, are to be corrected, by the pupil, according to formules previously given.]

LESSON I.—­ANY PARTS OF SPEECH.

“Such an one I believe yours will be proved to be.”—­PEET:  Farnum’s Gram., p. 1.  “Of the distinction between the imperfect and the perfect tenses, it may be observed,” &c.—­Ainsworth’s Gram., p. 122.  “The subject is certainly worthy consideration.”—­Ib., p. 117.  “By this means all ambiguity and controversy is avoided on this point.”—­Bullions, Principles of Eng.  Gram., 5th Ed., Pref., p. vi.  “The perfect participle in English has both an active and passive signification.”—­Ib., p. 58.  “The old house is at length fallen down.”—­Ib., p. 78.  “The king, with the lords and commons, constitute the English form of government.”—­Ib., p. 93.  “The verb in the singular agrees with the person next it.”—­Ib., p. 95.  “Jane found Seth’s gloves in James’ hat.”—­Felton’s Gram., p. 15.  “Charles’ task is too great.”—­Ibid., 15.  “The conjugation of a verb is the naming, in regular order, its several modes tenses, numbers and persons.”—­Ib., p. 24.  “The long remembered beggar was his guest.”—­Ib., 1st Ed., p. 65.  “Participles refer to nouns and pronouns.”—­Ib., p. 81.  “F has an uniform sound in every position except in of.”—­Hallock’s Gram., 1st Ed., p. 15.  “There are three genders; the masculine, the feminine and neuter.”—­Ib., p. 43.  “When so that occur together, sometimes the particle so is taken as an adverb.”—­Ib., p. 124.  “The definition of the articles show that they modify the words to which they belong.”—­Ib., p. 138.  “The auxiliaries shall, will,