“New York, May 3d, P. M., 1823.

Dear sir,

I have just received the kind note you favoured me with this morning; and I cannot forbear to express my gratitude to you.  On further information, I find I have not lost so much as I at first supposed; and I believe I shall still be able to meet all my engagements. I should, however, be happy to see you.  Accept, dear sir, my most cordial thanks.  C. D.”

See Brown’s Institutes, p. 271.

   “Will martial flames forever fire thy mind,
    And wilt thou never be to Heaven resign’d?”—­Pope cor.

UNDER NOTE IX.—­APPLICATION OF MOODS.

First Clause of the Note.—­The Subjunctive Present.

“He will not be pardoned unless he repent.”—­Inst., p. 191.  “If thou find any kernelwort in this marshy meadow, bring it to me.”—­Neef cor. “If thou leave the room, do not forget to shut that drawer.”—­Id. “If thou grasp it stoutly, thou wilt not be hurt:”  or, (familiarly,)—­“thou will not be hurt.”—­Id. “On condition that he come, I will consent to stay.”—­Murray’s Key, p. 208.  “If he be but discreet, he will succeed.”—­Inst., p. 280.  “Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob.”—­Gen., xxxi, 24.  “If thou cast me off, I shall be miserable.”—­Inst., p. 280.  “Send them to me, if thou please.”—­Ib. “Watch the door of thy lips, lest thou utter folly.”—­Ib. “Though a liar speak the truth, he will hardly be believed.”—­Bartlett cor. “I will go, unless I be ill.”—­L.  Murray cor. “If the word or words understood be supplied, the true construction will be apparent.”—­Id. “Unless thou see the propriety of the measure, we shall not desire thy support.”—­Id. “Unless thou make a timely retreat, the danger will be unavoidable.”—­Id. “We may live happily, though our possessions be small.”—­Id. “If they be carefully studied, they will enable the student to parse all the exercises.”—­Id. “If the accent be fairly preserved on the proper syllable, this drawling sound will never be heard.”—­Id. “One phrase may, in point of sense, be equivalent to an other, though its grammatical nature be essentially different.”—­Id. “If any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man.”—­2 Thess., iii, 14.  “Thy skill will be the greater, if thou hit it.”—­Putnam, Cobb, or Knowles, cor. “We shall overtake him, though he run.”—­Priestley et al. cor. “We shall be disgusted, if he give us too much.”—­Blair cor.

   “What is’t to thee, if he neglect thy urn,
    Or without spices let thy body burn?”—­Dryden cor.