as having two sons by his present wife.”—Id.
“The subjugation of the Britons by the
Saxons, was a necessary consequence of their calling
of these Saxons to their assistance.”—Id.
“What he had there said concerning the Saxons,
that they expelled the Britons, and changed
the customs, the religion, and the language of the
country, is a clear and a good reason why our
present language is Saxon, rather than British.”—Id.
“The only material difference between them, except
that the one is short and the other more
prolonged, is, that a metaphor is always explained
by the words that are connected with it.”—Id.
et Mur. cor. “The description of Death,
advancing to meet Satan on his arrival.”—Rush
cor. “Is not the bare fact, that God
is the witness of it, sufficient ground for
its credibility to rest upon?”—Chalmers
cor. “As in the case of one who is
entering upon a new study.”—Beattie
cor. “The manner in which these affect
the copula, is called the imperative mood.”—Wilkins
cor. “We are freed from the trouble, because
our nouns have scarcely any diversity of endings.”—Buchanan
cor. “The verb is rather indicative of the
action as being doing, or done, than of
the time of the event; but indeed the ideas
are undistinguishable.”—Booth
cor. “Nobody would doubt that this
is a sufficient proof.”—Campbell
cor. “Against the doctrine here maintained,
that conscience as well as reason, is
a natural faculty.”—Beattie cor.
“It is one cause why the Greek and English
languages are much more easy to learn, than
the Latin.”—Bucke cor. “I
have not been able to make out a solitary instance
in which such has been the fact.”—Lib.
cor. “An angel, forming the appearance
of a hand, and writing the king’s condemnation
on the wall, checked their mirth, and filled them with
terror.”—Wood cor. “The
prisoners, in attempting to escape, aroused
the keepers.”—O. B. Peirce
cor. “I doubt not, in the least, that
this has been one cause of the multiplication
of divinities in the heathen world.”—Dr.
Blair cor. “From the general rule he lays
down, that the verb is the parent word of all
language.”—Tooke cor. “He
was accused of being idle.” Or: “He
was accused of idleness.”—Felch
cor. “Our meeting is generally dissatisfied
with him for so removing.” Or:
“with the circumstances of his removal.”—Edmondson
cor. “The spectacle is too rare, of men
deserving solid fame while not seeking it.”—Bush
cor. “What further need was there that
an other priest should rise?”—Heb.,
vii, 11.