Rhet., p. 169; Murray’s Gram., 364.  “They may all be taken together, as one name; as, ’The House of Commons.’”—­Merchant cor. “Intrusted to persons in whom the Parliament could confide.”—­Murray cor. “For ‘The Lords’ House,’ it were certainly better to say, ‘The House of Lords;’ and, in stead of ’The Commons’ vote,’ to say.  ‘The vote of the Commons.’”—­Id. and Priestley cor. “The House of Lords were so much influenced by these reasons.”—­Iidem. “Rhetoricians commonly divide them into two great classes; Figures of Words, and Figures of Thought.  The former, Figures of Words, are commonly called Tropes.”—­Murray’s Gram., p. 337.  “Perhaps, Figures of Imagination, and Figures of Passion, might be a more useful distribution.”—­Ib. “Hitherto we have considered sentences, under the heads of Perspicuity, Unity, and Strength.”—­See Murray’s Gram., p. 356.

   “The word is then depos’d; and, in this view,
    You rule the Scripture, not the Scripture you.”—­Dryd. cor.

UNDER RULE XVI.—­OF NEEDLESS CAPITALS.

“Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.”—­FRIENDS’ BIBLE, AND SCOTT’S:  Matt., xiv, 27.  “Between passion and lying, there is not a finger’s breadth.”—­Mur. cor. “Can our solicitude alter the course, or unravel the intricacy, of human events?” “The last edition was carefully compared with the original manuscript.”—­Id. “And the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the king of the Jews?”—­SCOTT:  Matt., xxvii, 11.  “Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame, that say, Aha, aha!”—­SCOTT ET AL.:  Ps., lxx, 3.  “Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame, that say unto me, Aha, aha!”—­IIDEM:  Ps., xl, 15.  “What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?  They say unto him, The son of David.  He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord?”—­ALGER:  Matt., xxii, 42, 43.  “Among all things in the universe, direct your worship to the greatest.  And which is that? It is that Being who manages and governs all the rest.”—­Collier’s Antoninus cor. “As for modesty and good faith, truth and justice, they have left this wicked world and retired to heaven; and now what is it that can keep you here?”—­Idem.

   “If pulse of verse a nation’s temper shows,
    In keen iambics English metre flows.”—­Brightland cor.

PROMISCUOUS CORRECTIONS RESPECTING CAPITALS.

LESSON I.—­MIXED EXAMPLES.