cor. “The whole legislature likewise acts as a court.”—­Webster cor. “It were better a millstone were hanged about his neck.”—­Perkins cor. “Plumtree, a tree that produces plums; Hogplumtree, a tree.”—­Webster cor. “Trissyllables ending in re or le, accent the first syllable.”—­Murray cor.

   “It happened on a summer’s holyday,
    That to the greenwood shade he took his way.”—­Dryden.

RULE XV.—­USAGE.

“Nor are the moods of the Greek tongue more uniform.”—­Murray cor. “If we analyze a conjunctive preterit, the rule will not appear to hold.”—­Priestley cor. “No landholder would have been at that expense.”—­Id. “I went to see the child whilst they were putting on its clothes.”—­Id. “This style is ostentatious, and does not suit grave writing.”—­Id. “The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, sat each on his throne.”—­1 Kings, xxii, 10; 2 Chron., xviii, 9. “Lysias, speaking of his friends, promised to his father never to abandon them.”—­Murray cor. “Some, to avoid this error, run into its opposite.”—­Churchill cor. “Hope, the balm of life soothes us under every misfortune.”—­Jaudon’s Gram., p. 182.  “Any judgement or decree might be heard and reversed by the legislature.”—­N.  Webster cor. “A pathetic harangue will screen from punishment any knave.”—­Id. “For the same reason the women would be improper judges.”—­Id. “Every person is indulged in worshiping as he pleases.”—­Id. “Most or all teachers are excluded from genteel company.”—­Id. “The Christian religion, in its purity, is the best institution on earth.”—­Id. “Neither clergymen nor human laws have the least authority over the conscience.”—­Id. “A guild is a society, fraternity, or corporation.”—­Barnes cor. “Phillis was not able to untie the knot, and so she cut it.”—­Id. “An acre of land is the quantity of one hundred and sixty perches.”—­Id. “Ochre is a fossil earth combined with the oxyd of some metal.”—­Id. “Genii, when denoting aerial spirits; geniuses, when signifying persons of genius.”—­Murray cor.; also Frost; also Nutting.  “Acrisius, king of Argos, had a beautiful daughter, whose name was Danaee.”—­Classic Tales cor. “Phaeeton was the son of Apollo and Clymene.”—­Id.—­“But, after all, I may not have reached the intended goal.”—­Buchanan cor. “’Pittacus was offered a large sum.’  Better:  ‘To Pittacus was offered a large sum.’”—­Kirkham cor. “King Micipsa charged his sons to respect the senate and people of Rome.”—­Id. “For example:  ’Galileo greatly improved the telescope.’”—­Id. “Cathmor’s warriors sleep in death.”—­Macpherson’s Ossian.  “For parsing will enable you to detect and correct errors in composition.”—­Kirkham cor.