they maintained, is utterly unknown.”  Or:  “How they portioned out the country, what revolutions they experienced, and what wars they maintained, are things utterly unknown.”—­Goldsmith cor. “To speak or to write perspicuously and agreeably, is an attainment of the utmost consequence to all who purpose, either by speech or by writing, to address the public.”—­Dr. Blair cor.

UNDER NOTE V.—­MAKE THE VERBS AGREE.

“Doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go into the mountains, and seek that which is gone astray?”—­Bible cor. “Did he not fear the Lord, and beseech the Lord, and did not the Lord repent of the evil which he had pronounced?”—­Id. “And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bring me into judgement with thee?”—­Id. “If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.”—­Id. “If thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, or buy aught of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one an other.”—­Id. “And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee, become poor, and be sold to thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond-servant.”—­Id. “If thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there remember that thy brother hath aught against thee,” &c.—­Id. “Anthea was content to call a coach, and so to cross the brook.”  Or:—­“and in that she crossed the brook.”—­Johnson cor. “It is either totally suppressed, or manifested only in its lowest and most imperfect form.”—­Blair cor. “But if any man is a worshiper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.”  Or:  “If any man be a worshiper of God, and do his will, him will he hear.”—­Bible cor. “Whereby his righteousness and obedience, death and sufferings without, become profitable unto us, and are made ours.”—­Barclay cor. “Who ought to have been here before thee, and to have objected, if they had any thing against me.”—­Bible cor.

   “Yes! thy proud lords, unpitied land, shall see,
    That man has yet a soul, and dares be free.”—­Campbell cor.

UNDER NOTE VI.—­USE SEPARATE NOMINATIVES.

“H is only an aspiration, or breathing; and sometimes, at the beginning of a word, it is not sounded at all.”—­Lowth cor. “Man was made for society, and he ought to extend his good will to all men.”—­Id. “There is, and must be, a Supreme Being, of infinite goodness, power, and wisdom, who created, and who supports them.”—­Beattie cor. “Were you not affrighted, and did you not mistake a spirit for a body?”—­Bp.  Watson cor. “The latter noun or pronoun