bore the name of orator.”—­Dr. Blair cor. “The circumstance of his poverty (or, that he is poor) is decidedly favourable.”—­Todd cor. “The temptations to dissipation are greatly lessened by his poverty.”—­Id. “For, with her death, those tidings came.”—­Shak. cor. “The next objection is, that authors of this sort are poor.”—­Cleland cor. “Presenting Emma, as Miss Castlemain, to these acquaintances:”  or,—­“to these persons of her acquaintance.”—­Opie cor. “I doubt not that it will please more persons than the opera:”  or,—­“that it will be more pleasing than the opera.”—­Spect. cor. “The world knows only two; these are Rome and I.”—­Ben Jonson cor. “I distinguish these two things from each other.”—­Dr. Blair cor. “And, in this case, mankind reciprocally claim and allow indulgence to one an other.”—­Sheridan cor. “The last six books are said not to have received the finishing hand of the author.”—­Dr. Blair cor. “The best-executed part of the work, is the first six books.”—­Id.

   “To reason how can we be said to rise? 
    So hard the task for mortals to be wise!”—­Sheffield cor.

LESSON IV.—­PRONOUNS.

“Once upon a time, a goose fed her young by a pond’s side:”  or—­“by a pondside.”—­Goldsmith cor. (See OBS. 33d on Rule 4th.) “If either has a sufficient degree of merit to recommend it to the attention of the public.”—­J.  Walker cor. “Now W. Mitchell’s deceit is very remarkable.”—­Barclay cor. “My brother, I did not put the question to thee, for that I doubted of the truth of thy belief.”—­Bunyan cor. “I had two elder brothers, one of whom was a lieutenant-colonel.”—­De Foe cor. “Though James is here the object of the action, yet the word James is in the nominative case.”—­Wright cor. “Here John is the actor; and the word John is known to be in the nominative, by its answering to the question, ‘Who struck Richard?’”—­Id. “One of the most distinguished privileges that Providence has conferred upon mankind, is the power of communicating their thoughts to one an other.”—­Dr. Blair cor. “With some of the most refined feelings that belong to our frame.”—­Id. “And the same instructions that assist others in composing works of elegance, will assist them in judging of, and relishing, the beauties of composition.”—­Id. “To overthrow all that had been yielded in favour of the army.”—­Macaulay cor. “Let your faith stand in the Lord God, who changes not, who created all, and who gives the increase of all.”—­Friends cor. “For it is, in truth, the sentiment of passion