p. 205. “These are indeed the foundations
of all solid merit.”—Blair’s
Rhet., p. 175. “And his embellishment,
by means of musical cadence, figures, or other parts
of speech.”—Ib., p. 175.
“If he is at no pains to engage us by the employment
of figures, musical arrangement, or any other art
of writing.”—Ib., p. 181.
“The most eminent of the sacred poets are, the
Author of the book of Job, David and Isaiah.”—Ib.,
p. 418. “Nothing, in any poet, is more beautifully
described than the death of old Priam.”—Ib.,
p. 439. “When two vowels meet together,
and are sounded at one breath, they are called diphthongs.”—Infant
School Gram., p. 10. “How many ss
would goodness then end with? Three.”—Ib.,
p. 33. “Birds is a noun, the name of a
thing or creature.”—Kirkham’s
Gram., p. 53. “Adam gave names to every
living creature.”—Bicknell’s
Gram., Part ii, p. 5. “The steps of
a stair ought to be accommodated to the human figure.”—Kames,
El. of Crit., Vol. ii, p. 337. “Nor
ought an emblem more than a simile to be founded on
low or familiar objects.”—Ib.,
Vol. ii. p. 357. “Whatever the Latin has
not from the Greek, it has from the Goth.”—Tooke’s
Diversions, Vol. ii, p. 450. “The mint
and secretary of state’s offices are neat buildings.”—The
Friend, Vol. iv, p. 266. “The scenes
of dead and still life are apt to pall upon us.”—Blair’s
Rhet., p. 407. “And Thomas Aquinas and
Duns Scotus, the angelical and the subtle doctors,
are the brightest stars in the scholastic constellation.”—Literary
Hist., p. 244. “The English language
has three methods of distinguishing the sex.”—Murray’s
Gram., p. 38; Ingersoll’s, 27; Alger’s,
16; Bacon’s, 13; Fisk’s,
58; Greenleaf’s, 21. “The
English language has three methods of distinguishing
sex.”—Smith’s New Gram.,
p. 44. “In English there are the three
following methods of distinguishing sex.”—Jaudon’s
Gram., p. 26. “There are three ways
of distinguishing the sex.”—Lennie’s
Gram., p. 10; Picket’s, 26; Bullions’s,
10. “There are three ways of distinguishing
sex.”—Merchant’s School Gram.,
p. 26. “Gender is distinguished in three
ways.”—Maunder’s Gram.,
p. 2. “Neither discourse in general, nor
poetry in particular, can be called altogether imitative
arts.”—Blair’s Rhet.,
p. 51.
“Do we for this the gods and
conscience brave,
That one may rule and make
the rest a slave?”
—Rowe’s
Lucan, B. ii, l. 96.
LESSON III.—ADJECTIVES.
“There is a deal of more heads, than either heart or horns.”—Barclay’s Works, i, 234.
[FORMULE.—Not proper, because the adjective more has not a clear and regular construction, adapted to the author’s meaning. But, according to the General Rule of Syntax, “In the formation of sentences, the consistency and adaptation of all the words should be carefully observed; and a regular, clear, and correspondent construction should be preserved throughout.” The sentence may be corrected thus: “There is a deal more of heads, than of either heart or horns.”]