“If it be asked, why a pause should any more be necessary to emphasis than to an accent? or why an emphasis alone, will not sufficiently distinguish the members of sentences from each other, without pauses, as accent does words? the answer is obvious; that we are pre-acquainted with the sound of words, and cannot mistake them when distinctly pronounced, however rapidly; but we are not pre-acquainted with the meaning of sentences, which must be pointed out to us by the reader or speaker.”—­Sheridan’s Rhet.  Gram., p. lvi.

   “Cry, By your Priesthood tell me what you are?”
          —­POPE:  British Poets, London, 1800, Vol. vi, p. 411.

MIXED EXAMPLES OF ERROR.

“Who else can he be.  Where else can he go.”—­S.  Barrett’s Gram., 1845, p. 71.  “In familiar language here, there and where are used for hither, thither and whither.”—­N.  Butler’s Gram., p. 183.  “Take, for instance, this sentence, ‘Indolence undermines the foundation of virtue.’”—­Hart’s Gram., p. 106.  “Take, for instance, the sentence before quoted. ‘Indolence undermines the foundation of virtue.’”—­Ib., p. 110.  “Under the same head are considered such sentences as these, ’he that heareth, let him hear,’ ‘Gad, a troop shall overcome him,’ &c.”—­Ib., p. 108.

“TENSES are certain modifications of the verb which point out the distinctions of time.”—­Bullions, E. Gram., p. 38; Pract.  Les., p. 44.  “Calm was the day and the scene delightful.”—­Id.  E. Gr., p. 80.  “The capital letters used by the Romans to denote numbers, were C. I. L. V. X. which are therefore called Numeral Letters.  I, denotes one; V, five:  X, ten; L, fifty; and C, a hundred.”—­Id., Lat.  Gram., p. 56. “’I shall have written;’ viz, at or before some future time or event.”—­Id., ib., p. 89.  “In Latin words the liquids are l and r only.  In Greek words l, r, m, n.”—­Id., ib., p. 277.  “Each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries.”—­Id., ib., p. 300.  “Of the Roman literature previous to A. U. 514 scarcely a vestige remains.”—­Id., ib., p. 312.

   “And that, which He delights in must be happy. 
    But when!—­or where!—­This world was made for Caesar.”
        —­Burgh’s Sp., p. 122.

    “And that which he delights in must be happy. 
    But when, or where?  This world was made for Caesar.”
        —­Enfield’s Sp., p. 321.

    “Look next on greatness.  Say, where greatness lies? 
    Where but among the heroes and the wise.”
        —­Burgh’s Sp., p. 91.

    “Look next on greatness! say where greatness lies. 
    Where, but among the heroes and the wise?”
        —­Essay on Man, p. 51.