“Men of sound, discriminating, and philosophical minds—­men prepared for the work by long study, patient investigation, and extensive acquirements, have labored for ages to improve and perfect it, and nothing is hazarded in asserting, that should it be unwisely abandoned, it will be long before another equal in beauty, stability and usefulness, be produced in its stead.”—­Id., ib., p. 191.

“The Article The, on the other hand, is used to restrict, and is therefore termed Definite.  Its proper office is to call the attention to a particular individual or class, or to any number of such, and is used with nouns in either the singular or plural number.”—­Id., ib., p. 193.

“Hence also the infinitive mood, a participle, a member of a sentence, or a proposition, forming together the subject of discourse, or the object of a verb or preposition, and being the name of an act or circumstance, are in construction, regarded as nouns, and are usually called ’substantive phrases;’ as ‘To play is pleasant,’ ’His being an expert dancer is no recommendation,’ ‘Let your motto be Honesty is the best policy.’”—­Id., ib., p. 194.

“In accordance with his definition, Murray has divided verbs into three classes, Active, Passive, and Neuter, and includes in the first class transitive verbs only, and in the last all verbs used intransitively”—­Id., ib., p. 200.

“Moreover, as the name of the speaker or the person spoken to is seldom expressed, (the pronouns I and thou being used in its stead,) a noun is very seldom in the first person, not often in the second, and almost never in either, unless it be a proper noun, or a common noun personified.”—­Bullions, Pract.  Les., p. 13.

“In using the above exercises it will save much time, which is all important, if the pupil be taught to say every thing belonging to the nouns in the fewest words possible, and to say them always in the same order as above.”—­Id., ib., p. 21.

“In any phrase or sentence the adjectives qualifying a noun may generally be found by prefixing the phrase ‘What kind of,’ to the noun in the form of a question; as, What kind of a horse?  What kind of a stone?  What kind of a way?  The word containing the answer to the question is an adjective.”—­Id., ib., p. 22.

“In the following exercise let the pupil first point out the nouns, and then the adjectives; and tell how he knows them to be so.”—­Id., ib., p. 23.

“In the following sentences point out the improper ellipsis.  Show why it is improper, and correct it.”—­Id., ib., p. 124.

“SINGULAR PRONOUNS.  PLURAL PRONOUNS.

1.  I—­am being smitten. 1.  We—­are being smitten. 2.  Thou—­art being smitten. 2.  Ye or you—­are being smitten. 3.  He—­is being smitten. 3.  They—­are being smitten.”