114; Ingersoll’s, 220; et al. “Brown makes great ado concerning the adname principles of preceding works, in relation to the gender of pronouns.”—­O.  B. Peirce’s Gram., p. 323.  “The nominative precedes and performs the action of the verb.”—­Beck’s Gram., p. 8.  “The Primitive are those which cannot receive more simple forms than those which they already possess.”—­Wright’s Gram., p. 28.  “The long sound [of i] is always marked by the e final in monosyllables; as, thin, thine; except give, live.”—­Murray’s Gram., p. 13; Fisk’s, 39; et al. “But the third person or thing spoken of being absent, and in many respects unknown, it is necessary that it should be marked by a distinction of gender.”—­Lowth’s Gram., p. 21; L.  Murray’s, 51; et al. “Each of the diphthongal letters was doubtless, originally heard in pronouncing the words which contain them.  Though this is not the case at present, with respect to many of them, these combinations still retain the name of diphthongs; but, to distinguish them, they are marked by the term improper.”—­L.  Murray’s Gram., p. 9; Fisk’s, 37; et al. “A Mode is the form of, or manner of using a verb, by which the being, action, or passion is expressed “—­Alex.  Murray’s Gram., p. 32.  “The word that is a demonstrative pronoun when it is followed immediately by a substantive, to which it is either joined, or refers, and which it limits or qualifies.”—­Lindley Murray’s Gram., p. 54.

   “The guiltless woe of being past,
    Is future glory’s deathless heir.”—­Sumner L. Fairfield.

UNDER CRITICAL NOTE IX.—­OF WORDS NEEDLESS.

“A knowledge of grammar enables us to express ourselves better in conversation and in writing composition.”—­Sanborn’s Gram., p. 7.

[FORMULE.—­Not proper, because the word composition is here needless.  But, according to Critical Note 9th, “Words that are entirely needless, and especially such as injure or encumber the expression, ought in general to be omitted.”  The sentence would be better without this word, thus:  “A knowledge of grammar enables us to express ourselves better in conversation and in writing.”]

“And hence we infer, that there is no other dictator here but use.”—­Jamieson’s Rhet., p. 42.  “Whence little else is gained, except correct spelling and pronunciation.”—­Town’s Spelling-Book, p. 5.  “The man who is faithfully attached to religion, may be relied on, with humble confidence.”—­Merchants School Gram., p. 76.  “Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?”—­2 Sam., vii, 5.  “The house was deemed polluted which was entered into by so abandoned a woman.”—­Blair’s Rhet., p. 279.  “The farther that he searches, the firmer will be his belief.”—­Keith’s Evidences, p. 4.  “I deny not, but that