Pl. and Pr.  Gram., p. 102.  “When those powers have been deluded and gone astray.”—­Philological Museum, i, 642.  “They will soon understand this, and like it.”—­Abbott’s Teacher, p. 92.  “They have been expelled their native country Romagna.”—­Leigh Hunt, on Byron, p. 18.  “Future time is expressed two different ways.”—­Adam’s Gram., p. 80; Gould’s, 78.  “Such as the borrowing from history some noted event.”—­Kames, El. of Crit., Vol. ii, p. 280.  “Every Verb must agree with its Nominative in Number and Person.”—­Burke’s Gram., p. 94.  “We are struck, we know not how, with the symmetry of any thing we see.”—­Murray’s Key, 8vo, p. 268.  “Under this head, I shall consider every thing necessary to a good delivery.”—­ Sheridan’s Lect., p. 26.  “A good ear is the gift of nature; it may be much improved, but not acquired by art.”—­Murray’s Gram., p. 298.  “‘Truth,’ A noun, neuter, singular, the nominative.”—­Bullions, E. Gram., p. 73. “‘Possess,’ A verb transitive, present, indicative active,—­third person plural.”—­Ibid., 73. “Fear is a noun, neuter, singular, and is the nominative to (or subject of) is.”—­Id., ib., p. 133. “Is is a verb, intrans., irregular—­am, was, been; it is in the present, indicative, third person singular, and agrees with its nominative fear.  Rule 1.  ’A verb agrees,’ &c.”—­Ibid., 133. “Ae in Gaelic, has the sound of long a.”—­Wells’s School Gram., 1st Ed., p. 29.

UNDER CRITICAL NOTE XI.—­OF LITERARY BLUNDERS.

“Repeat some [adverbs] that are composed of the article a and nouns.”—­Kirkham’s Gram., p. 89.

[FORMULE.—­Not proper, because the grammatist here mistakes for the article a, the prefix or preposition a; as in “aside, ashore, afoot, astray,” &c.  But, according to Critical Note 11th, “Grave blunders made in the name of learning, are the strongest of all certificates against the books which contain them unreproved.”  The error should be corrected thus:  “Repeat some adverbs that are composed of the prefix a, or preposition a, and nouns.”]

“Participles are so called, because derived from the Latin word participium, which signifies to partake.”—­Merchant’s School Gram., p. 18.  “The possessive follows another noun, and is known by the sign of ’s or of.”—­Beck’s Gram., p. 8.  “Reciprocal pronouns are formed by adding self or selves to the possessive; as, myself, yourselves.”—­ Ib., p. 10.  “The word self, and its plural selves, must be considered nouns, as they occupy the places of nouns, and stand for the names of them.”—­Wright’s Gram., p. 61.  “The Dactyl, rolls round, expresses beautifully the majesty of the sun in his course.”—­Webster’s