Gram., 8vo, p. 256. “The preposition
in is set before countries, cities, and large
towns; as, ’He lives in France, in
London, or in Birmingham.’ But before
villages, single houses, and cities which are in distant
countries, at is used; as, ’He lives at
Hackney.’”—Ib., p. 204;
Dr. Ash’s Gram., 60; Ingersoll’s,
232; Smith’s, 170; Fisk’s,
143; et al. “And, in such recollection,
the thing is not figured as in our view, nor any image
formed.”—Kames, El. of Crit.,
Vol. i, p. 86. “Intrinsic and relative beauty
must be handled separately.”—Ib.,
Vol. ii, p. 336. “He should be on his guard
not to do them injustice, by disguising, or placing
them in a false light.”—Blair’s
Rhet., p. 272. “In that work, we are
frequently interrupted by unnatural thoughts.”—Murray’s
Key, 8vo, p. 275. “To this point have
tended all the rules I have given.”—Blair’s
Rhet., p. 120. “To these points have
tended all the rules which have been given.”—Murray’s
Gram., 8vo, p. 356. “Language, as written,
or oral, is addressed to the eye, or to the ear.”—Lit.
Conv., p. 181. “He will learn, Sir,
that to accuse and prove are very different.”—Walpole.
“They crowded around the door so as to prevent
others going out.”—Abbott’s
Teacher, p. 17. “One person or thing
is singular number; more than one person or thing is
plural number.”—John Flint’s
Gram., p. 27. “According to the sense
or relation in which nouns are used, they are in the
NOMINATIVE or POSSESSIVE CASE, thus, nom. man;
poss. man’s.”—Blair’s
Gram., p. 11. “Nouns or pronouns in
the possessive case are placed before the nouns which
govern them, to which they belong.”—Sanborn’s
Gram., p. 130. “A teacher is explaining
the difference between a noun and verb.”—Abbott’s
Teacher, p. 72. “And therefore the
two ends, or extremities, must directly answer to the
north and south pole.”—HARRIS:
Joh. Dict., w. Gnomon. “Walks
or walketh, rides or rideth, stands
or standeth, are of the third person singular.”—Kirkham’s
Gram., p. 47. “I grew immediately roguish
and pleasant to a degree, in the same strain.”—SWIFT:
Tattler, 31. “An Anapaest has the
first syllables unaccented, and the last accented.”—
Blair’s Gram., p. 119. “An
Anapaest has the first two syllables unaccented, and
the last accented.”—Kirkham’s
Gram., p. 219; Bullions’s Principles,
170. “An Anapaest has the two first syllables
unaccented, and the last accented.”—L.
Murray’s Gram., p. 254; Jamieson’s
Rhet., 305; Smith’s New Gram., 188;
Guy’s Gram., 120; Merchant’s,
167; Russell’s, 109; Picket’s,
226. “But hearing and vision differ not
more than words spoken and written.”—Wilson’s
Essay on Gram., p. 21. “They are considered
by some prepositions.”—Cooper’s