“Now when the verb tells what one person or thing does to another, the verb is transitive.”—­Bullions, Pract.  Les., p 37.  “Agreeably to your request I send this letter.”—­Id., E. Gram., p. 141.  “There seems therefore, to be no good reason for giving them a different classification.”—­Id., E. Gram., p. 199.  “Again the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchantman, seeking goodly pearls.”—­ALGER’S BIBLE:  Matt., xiii, 45.  “Again the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea.”—­Ib, ib., verse 47. “Cease however, is used as a transitive verb by our best writers.”—­Webster’s Philos.  Gram., p. 171.  “Time admits of three natural divisions, namely:  Present, Past, and Future.”—­Day’s Gram., p. 37.  “There are three kinds of comparison, namely:  regular, irregular, and adverbial.”—­Ib., p. 31.  “There are five Personal Pronouns namely:  I, thou, he, she, and it.”—­Ib., p. 22.  “Nouns have three cases, viz. the Nominative, Possessive, and Objective.”—­Bullions, E. Gram., p. 16; P.  Lessons, p. 19.  “Hence in studying Grammar, we have to study words.”—­Frazee’s Gram., p. 18.  “Participles like Verbs relate to Nouns and Pronouns.”—­Miller’s Ready Grammarian, p. 23.  “The time of the participle like that of the infinitive is estimated from the time of the leading verb.”—­Bullions, Lat.  Gram., p. 97.

   “The dumb shall sing the lame his crutch forego,
    And leap exulting like the bounding roe.”—­Hiley’s Gram., p. 123.

UNDER RULE XIII.—­OF CONJUNCTIONS.

“But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.”—­FRIENDS’ BIBLE, and SMITH’S:  Matt., xiii, 29.

[FORMULE.—­Not proper, because no comma is inserted after lest.  But, according to Rule 13th, “Conjunctions, when they are separated from the principal clauses that depend on them, or when they introduce examples, are generally set off by the comma.”  Therefore, a comma should be put after the word lest; thus, “But he said, Nay; lest, while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.”—­SCOTT’S BIBLE, ALGER’S, BRUCE’S.]

“Their intentions were good; but wanting prudence, they missed the mark at which they aimed.”—­Murray’s Key, 8vo, Vol. ii, p. 221.  “The verb be often separates the name from its attribute; as war is expensive.”—­ Webster’s Philos.  Gram., p. 153. “Either and or denote an alternative; as ‘I will take either road at your pleasure.’”—­Ib., p. 63; Imp.  Gram., 45. “Either is also a substitute for a name; as ‘Either of the roads is good.’”—­Webster, both Grams., 63 and 45.  “But alas!  I fear the consequence.”—­Day’s Gram., p. 74.  “Or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?”—­Scott’s