innovators forget, that objects are like men, known only by their actions.”—­Dr. Murray’s Hist. of Lang., i, 326.  “The connexion between words and ideas is arbitrary and conventional, owing to the agreement of men among themselves.”—­Jamieson’s Rhet., p. 1.  “The connexion between words and ideas may, in general, be considered as arbitrary and conventional, owing to the agreement of men among themselves.”—­Blair’s Rhet., p. 53.  “A man whose inclinations led him to be corrupt, and had great abilities to manage and multiply and defend his corruptions.”—­Swift.  “They have no more control over him than any other men.”—­Wayland’s Moral Science, 1st Ed., p. 372.  “His old words are all true English, and numbers exquisite.”—­Spectator, No. 540.  “It has been said, that not only Jesuits can equivocate.”—­Murray’s Exercises, 8vo, p. 121.  “It has been said, that Jesuits can not only equivocate.”—­Murray’s Key, 8vo, p. 253.  “The nominative of the first and second person in Latin is seldom expressed.”—­Adam’s Gram., p. 154; Gould’s, 157.  “Some words are the same in both numbers.”—­Murray’s Gram., 8vo, p. 40; Ingersoll’s, 18; Fisk’s, 59; Kirkham’s, 39; W.  Allen’s, 42; et al.  “Some nouns are the same in both numbers.”—­Merchant’s Gram., p. 29; Smith’s, 45; et al.  “Others are the same in both numbers; as, deer, swine, &c.”—­Frost’s El. of Gram., p. 8.  “The following list denotes the sounds of the consonants, being in number twenty-two.”—­Murray’s Gram., p. 6; Fisk’s, 36.  “And is the ignorance of these peasants a reason for others to remain ignorant; or to render the subject a less becoming inquiry?”—­Harris’s Hermes, p. 293; Murray’s Gram., 8vo, p. 288.  “He is one of the most correct, and perhaps the best, of our prose writers.”—­Lowth’s Gram., Pref., p. iv., “The motions of a vortex and a whirlwind are perfectly similar.”—­Jamieson’s Rhet., p. 131.  “What I have been saying throws light upon one important verse in the Bible, which I should like to have read.”—­Abbott’s Teacher, p. 182.  “When there are any circumstances of time, place, or other limitations, which the principal object of our sentence requires to have connected with it.”—­Blair’s Rhet., p. 115; Jamieson’s Rhet., 98; Murray’s Gram., i, 322.  “Interjections are words used to express emotion, affection, or passion, and imply suddenness.”—­Bucke’s Gram., p. 77.  “But the genitive is only used to express the measure of things in the plural number.”—­Adam’s Gram., p. 200; Gould’s, 198.  “The buildings of the institution have been enlarged; the expense of which, added to the increased price of provisions, renders it necessary to advance the terms of admission.”—­Murray’s Key, 8vo, p. 183.  “These sentences are far less difficult than complex.”—­S.  S. Greene’s Analysis, or Grammar, 1st Ed., p. 179.