EXERCISE II.—­NOUNS, OR CASES.

“Childrens Minds are narrow, and weak, and usually susceptible but of one Thought at once.”—­Locke, on Ed., p. 297.  “Rather for Example sake, than that ther is any Great Matter in it.”—­Right of Tythes, p. xvii.  “The more that any mans worth is, the greater envy shall he be liable to.”—­Walker’s Particles, p. 461.  “He who works only for the common welfare is the most noble, and no one, but him, deserves the name.”—­ Spurzheim, on Ed., p. 182.  “He then got into the carriage, to sit with the man, whom he had been told was Morgan.”—­Stone, on Masonry, p. 480.  “But, for such footmen as thee and I are, let us never desire to meet with an enemy.”—­Bunyan’s P. P., p. 153.  “One of them finds out that she is Tibulluses Nemesis.”—­Philological Museum, Vol. i, p. 446.  “He may be employed in reading such easy books as Corderius, and some of Erasmus’ Colloques, with an English translation.”—­Burgh’s Dignity, Vol. i, p. 150.  “For my preface was to show the method of the priests of Aberdeen’s procedure against the Quakers.”—­Barclay’s Works, Vol. i, p. 235.  “They signify no more against us, than Cochlaeus’ lies against Luther.”—­Ib., i, 236.  “To justify Moses his doing obeisance to his father in law.”—­Ib., i, 241.  “Which sort of clauses are generally included between two comma’s.”—­Johnson’s Gram.  Com., p. 306.  “Between you and I, she is but a cutler’s wife.”—­Goldsmith’s Essays, p. 187.  “In Edward the third, King of England’s time.”—­Jaudon’s Gram., p. 104.  “The nominative case is the agent or doer.”—­Smith’s New Gram., p. 11. “Dog is in the nominative case, because it is the agent, actor, or doer.”—­Ib. “The actor or doer is considered the naming or leading noun.”—­Ib. “The radical form of the principal verb is made use of.”—­Priestley’s Gram., p. 24.  “They would have the same right to be taken notice of by grammarians.”—­Ib., p. 30.  “I shall not quarrel with the friend of twelve years standing.”—­ Liberator, ix, 39.  “If there were none living but him, John would be against Lilburne, and Lilburne against John.”—­Biog.  Dict., w.  Lilburne.  “When a personal pronoun is made use of to relate to them.”—­Cobbett’s Eng.  Gram., 179.  “The town was taken in a few hours time.”—­Goldsmith’s Rome, p. 120.  “You must not employ such considerations merely as those upon which the author here rests, taken from gratitude’s being the law of my nature.”—­Blair’s Rhet., p. 296.  “Our author’s second illustration, is taken from praise being the most disinterested act of homage.”—­Ib., p. 301.  “The first subdivision concerning praise being the most pleasant part of devotion, is very just and well expressed.”—­Ib. “It was a cold thought to dwell upon its disburdening the mind of debt.”—­Ib. “The thought which runs through all this passage, of man’s being the priest of nature, and of his existence being calculated chiefly for this end, that he might offer up the praises of the mute part of the creation, is an ingenious thought and well expressed.”—­Ib., p. 297.  “The mayor of Newyork’s portrait.”—­Ware’s English Grammar, p. 9.