this he has no better defence than that.”—Barnes
cor. “Searching the person whom he suspects
of having stolen his casket.”—Dr.
Blair cor. “Who, as vacancies occur, are
elected by the whole Board.”—Lit.
Jour. cor. “Almost the only field of ambition
for a German, is science.”—Lieber
cor. “The plan of education is very different
from the one pursued in the sister country.”—Coley
cor. “Some writers on grammar have contended,
that adjectives sometimes relate to verbs,
and modify their action.”—Wilcox
cor. “They are therefore of a mixed nature,
participating the properties both of pronouns and of
adjectives.”— Ingersoll cor.
“For there is no authority which can justify
the inserting of the aspirate or the
doubling of the vowel.”—Knight
cor. “The distinction and arrangement of
active, passive, and neuter verbs.”—
Wright cor. “And see thou a hostile world
spread its delusive snares.”—Kirkham
cor. “He may be precautioned, and be made
to see how those join in the contempt.”—Locke
cor. “The contenting of themselves
in the present want of what they wished for,
is a virtue.”— Id.
“If the complaint be about something really
worthy of your notice.”—Id.
“True fortitude I take to be the quiet possession
of a man’s self, and an undisturbed doing of
his duty.”—Id. “For the
custom of tormenting and killing beasts, will, by
degrees, harden their minds even towards men.”—Id.
“Children are whipped to it, and made to
spend many hours of their precious time uneasily at
Latin.”—Id. “On
this subject, [the Harmony of Periods,] the ancient
rhetoricians have entered into a very minute and particular
detail; more particular, indeed, than on any
other head that regards language.”—See
Blair’s Rhet., p. 122. “But
the one should not be omitted, and the other retained.”
Or: “But the one should not be used
without the other.”—Bullions
cor. “From some common forms of speech,
the relative pronoun is usually omitted.”—Murray
and Weld cor. “There are very many
causes which disqualify a witness for being
received to testify in particular cases.”—Adams
cor. “Aside from all regard to interest,
we should expect that,” &c.—Webster
cor. “My opinion was given after
a rather cursory perusal of the book.”—L.
Murray cor. “And, [on] the next day,
he was put on board of his ship.”
Or thus: “And, the next day, he was put
aboard his ship.”—Id.
“Having the command of no emotions, but what
are raised by sight.”—Kames cor.
“Did these moral attributes exist in some other
being besides himself.” Or:—“in
some other being than himself.”—Wayland
cor. “He did not behave in that manner from