“He readily comprehends the rules of Syntax, and their use and applicability in the examples before him.”—­Greenleaf’s Gram., p. 6.  “The works of AEschylus have suffered more by time, than any of the ancient tragedians.”—­Blair’s Rhet., p. 470.  “There is much more story, more bustle, and action, than on the French theatre.”—­Ib., p. 478.  “Such an unremitted anxiety and perpetual application as engrosses our whole time and thoughts, are forbidden.”—­SOAME JENYNS:  Tract, p. 12.  “It seems to be nothing else but the simple form of the adjective.”—­Wright’s Gram., p. 49.  “But when I talk of Reasoning, I do not intend any other, but such as is suited to the Child’s Capacity.”—­Locke, on Ed., p. 129.  “Pronouns have no other use in language, but to represent nouns.”—­Jamieson’s Rhet., p 83.  “The speculative relied no farther on their own judgment, but to choose a leader, whom they implicitly followed.”—­Kames, El. of Crit., Vol. i, p. xxv.  “Unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art.”—­Beaut. of Shak., p. 266.  “A Parenthesis is a clause introduced into the body of a sentence obliquely, and which may be omitted without injuring the grammatical construction.”—­Murray’s Gram., i, 280; Ingersoll’s, 292; Smith’s, 192; Alden’s, 162; A.  Flint’s, 114; Fisk’s, 158; Cooper’s, 187; Comly’s, 163.  “A Caret, marked thus ^ is placed where some word happens to be left out in writing, and which is inserted over the line.”—­Murray’s Gram., i, 282; Ingersoll’s, 293; and others.  “At the time that I visit them they shall be cast down.”—­Jer., vi, 15.  “Neither our virtues or vices are all our own.”—­DR. JOHNSON:  Sanborn’s Gram., p. 167.  “I could not give him an answer as early as he had desired.”—­O.  B. Peirce’s Gram., p. 200.  “He is not as tall as his brother.”—­Nixon’s Parser, p. 124.  “It is difficult to judge when Lord Byron is serious or not.”—­Lady Blessington.  “Some nouns are both of the second and third declension.”—­Gould’s Lat.  Gram., p. 48.  “He was discouraged neither by danger or misfortune.”—­Wells’s Hist., p. 161.  “This is consistent neither with logic nor history.”—­The Dial, i, 62.  “Parts of Sentences are simple and compound.”—­Blair’s Gram., p. 114.  “English verse is regulated rather by the number of syllables than of feet.”—­Ib., p. 120.  “I know not what more he can do, but pray for him.”—­Locke, on Ed., p. 140.  “Whilst they are learning, and apply themselves with Attention, they are to be kept in good Humour.”—­Ib., p. 295.  “A man cannot have too much of it, nor too perfectly.”—­Ib., p. 322.  “That you may so run, as you may obtain; and so fight, as you may overcome.”—­Wm. Penn.  “It is the case of some, to contrive false periods of business, because they may seem men