temple to be rebuilt,” &c.—­Rollin cor. “And for preserving them from being defiled.”—­Discip. cor. “A wise man will forbear to show any excellence in trifles.”—­Kames cor. “Hirsutus had no other reason for valuing a book.”—­Johnson, and Wright, cor. “To being heard with satisfaction, it is necessary that the speaker should deliver himself with ease.”  Perhaps better:  “To be heard, &c.”  Or:  “In order to be heard, &c.”—­Sheridan cor. “And, to the end of being well heard and clearly understood, a good and distinct articulation contributes more, than can even the greatest power of voice.”—­Id.

   “Potential purports, having power or will;
    As, If you would improve, you should be still.”—­Tobitt cor.

UNDER NOTE XVII.—­VARIOUS ERRORS.

“For the same reason, a neuter verb cannot become passive.”—­Lowth cor. “A period is a whole sentence complete in itself.”—­Id. “A colon, or member, is a chief constructive part, or the greatest division, of a sentence.”—­Id. “A semicolon, or half-member, is a smaller constructive part, or a subdivision, of a sentence or of a member.”—­Id. “A sentence or a member is again subdivided into commas, or segments.”—­Id. “The first error that I would mention is, too general an attention to the dead languages, with a neglect of our own tongue.”—­Webster cor. “One third of the importations would supply the demands of the people.”—­Id. “And especially in a grave style.”—­Murray’s Gram., i, 178.  “By too eager a pursuit, he ran a great risk of being disappointed.”—­Murray cor. “The letters are divided into vowels and consonants.”—­Mur. et al. cor. “The consonants are divided into mutes and semivowels.”—­Iidem.  “The first of these forms is the most agreeable to the English idiom.”—­Murray cor. “If they gain, it is at too dear a rate.”—­Barclay cor. “A pronoun is a word used in stead of a noun, to prevent too frequent a repetition of it.”—­Maunder cor. “This vulgar error might perhaps arise from too partial a fondness for the Latin.”—­Ash cor. “The groans which too heavy a load extorts from her.”—­Hitchcock cor. “The numbers of a verb are, of course, the singular and the plural.”—­Bucke cor. “To brook no meanness, and to stoop to no dissimulation, are indications of a great mind.”—­Murray cor. “This mode of expression rather suits the familiar than the grave style.”—­Id. “This use of the word best suits a familiar and low style.”—­Priestley cor. “According to the nature of the composition,