&c.—Ib., Ex., p. 36. “’Thou
buildest the wall, that thou mayst be their
king.’ Neh., vi, 6.”—Murray’s
Gram., 8vo, p. 210. “‘There is forgiveness
with thee, that thou mayst be feared.’
Psalms, cxxx, 4.”—Ib.,
p. 210. “But yesterday, the word, Cesar,
might Have stood against the world.”—Kirkham’s
Elocution, p. 316. “The northeast spends
its rage. THOMSON.”—Joh.
Dict., w. Effusive. “Tells how the
drudging goblet swet. MILTON.”—Churchill’s
Gram., p. 263. “And to his faithful
servant hath in place Bore witness gloriously.
SAM. AGON.”—Ib., p. 266.
“Then, if thou fallest, O Cromwell, Thou fallest
a blessed martyr.”—Kirkham’s
Elocution, p. 190. “I see the dagger-crest
of Mar, I see the Morays’ silver star,
Waves o’er the cloud of Saxon war, That
up the lake came winding far!—SCOTT.”—Merchant’s
School Gram., p. 143. “Each bird,
and each insect, is happy in its kind.”—Ib.,
p. 85. “They who are learning to compose
and arrange their sentences with accuracy
and order, are learning, at the same time, to
think with accuracy and order. BLAIR.”—Ib.,
p. 176; L. Murray’s Gram., Title-page,
8vo and 12mo. “We, then, as workers together
with you, beseech you also, that ye receive
not the grace of God in vain.”—James
Brown’s Eng. Syntax, p. 129. “And
on the bounty of thy goodness calls.”—O.
B. Peirce’s Gram., p. 246. “Knowledge
dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men;
Wisdom, in minds retentive to their own.
COWPER.”—Merchant’s School
Gram., p. 172. “Oh! let me listen
to the word of life. THOMSON.”—Ib.,
p. 155. “Save that from yonder ivy-mantled
bower, &c. GRAY’S ELEGY.”—Tooke’s
Div. of Purley, Vol. i, p. 116. “Weigh
the mens wits against the ladies hairs.
POPE.”—Dr. Johnson’s Gram.,
p. 6. “Weigh the men’s wits against
the women’s hairs. POPE.”—Churchill’s
Gram., p. 214. “Prior to the publication
of Lowth’s excellent little grammar,
the grammatical study of our own language,
formed no part of the ordinary method of instruction.
HILEY’S PREFACE.”—Dr. Bullions’s
E. Gram., 1843, p. 189. “Let there be
no strife betwixt me and thee.”—Weld’s
Gram., p. 143.
“What! canst thou not bear
with me half an hour?—SHARP.”
—Ib.,
p. 185.
“Till then who knew the force
of those dire dreams.—MILTON.”
—Ib.,
p. 186.
“In words, as fashions, the
rule will hold,
Alike fantastic, if too new
or old:”
—Murray’s
Gram., p. 136.
“Be not the first, by whom
the new is tried,
Nor yet the last, to lay the
old aside.”
—Bucke’s
Gram., p. 104.