“To such as think the nature of it deserving of their attention.”—­Bp.  Butler cor. “In all points, more deserving of the approbation of their readers.”—­Keepsake cor. “But to give way to childish sensations, was unbecoming to our nature.”—­Lempriere cor. “The following extracts are deserving of the serious perusal of all.”—­The Friend cor. “No inquiry into wisdom, however superficial, is undeserving of attention.”—­Bulwer cor. “The opinions of illustrious men are deserving of great consideration.”—­Porter cor. “And resolutely keep its laws.  Uncaring for consequences.”  Or:—­“Not heeding consequences.”—­Burns cor. “This is an item that is deserving of more attention.”—­Goodell cor.

   “Leave then thy joys, unsuiting to such age:”—­Or,

    “Leave then thy joys not suiting such an age,
    To a fresh comer, and resign the stage.”—­Dryden cor.

UNDER NOTE XVI.—­FIGURE OF ADJECTIVES.

“The tall dark mountains and the deep-toned seas.”—­Dana.  “O! learn from him To station quick-eyed Prudence at the helm.”—­Frost cor. “He went in a one-horse chaise.”—­David Blair cor. “It ought to be, ’in a one-horse chaise.’”—­Crombie cor. “These are marked with the above-mentioned letters.”—­Folker cor. “A many-headed faction.”—­Ware cor. “Lest there should be no authority in any popular grammar, for the perhaps heaven-inspired effort.”—­Fowle cor.  “Common-metre stanzas consist of four iambic lines; one of eight, and the next of six syllables.  They were formerly written in two fourteen-syllable lines.”—­Goodenow cor.  “Short-metre stanzas consist of four iambic lines; the third of eight, the rest of six syllables.”—­Id. “Particular-metre stanzas consist of six iambic lines; the third and sixth of six syllables, the rest of eight.”—­Id.  “Hallelujah-metre stanzas consist of six iambic lines; the last two of eight syllables, and the rest of six.”—­Id.  “Long-metre stanzas are merely the union of four iambic lines, of ten syllables each.”—­Id. “A majesty more commanding than is to be found among the rest of the Old-Testament poets.”—­Blair cor.

“You, sulphurous and thought-executed fires, Vaunt-couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head!  And thou, all-shaking thunder, Strike flat the thick rotundity o’ th’ world!”—­Lear, Act iii, Sc. 2.

CHAPTER V.—­PRONOUNS.

CORRECTIONS UNDER RULE X AND ITS NOTES.

UNDER THE RULE ITSELF.—­OF AGREEMENT.