opposite.”—­Brit.  Gram. cor.; also Buchanan.  “From this deduction, it may easily be seen, how it comes to pass, that personification makes so great a figure in all compositions in which imagination or passion has any concern.”—­Dr. Blair cor. “An Article is a word placed before a noun, to point it out as such, and to show how far its signification extends.”—­Folker cor. “All men have certain natural, essential, and inherent rights;—­among which are the rights of enjoying and defending life and liberty; of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; and, in a word, of seeking and obtaining happiness.”—­Const. of N. H. cor. “From those grammarians who form their ideas and make their decisions, respecting this part of English grammar, from the principles and construction of other languages,—­of languages which do not in these points accord with our own, but which differ considerably from it,—­we may naturally expect grammatical schemes that will be neither perspicuous nor consistent, and that will tend rather to perplex than to inform the learner.”—­Murray and Hall cor.  “Indeed there are but very few who know how to be idle and innocent, or who have a relish for any pleasures that are not criminal; every diversion which the majority take, is at the expense of some one virtue or other, and their very first step out of business is into vice or folly.”—­Addison cor.

   “Hail, holy Love! thou bliss that sumst all bliss!
    Giv’st and receiv’st all bliss; fullest when most
    Thou giv’st; spring-head of all felicity!”—­Pollok cor.

CHAPTER XIII—­GENERAL RULE.

CORRECTIONS UNDER THE GENERAL RULE.

LESSON I.—­ARTICLES.

(1.) “The article is a part of speech placed before nouns.”  Or thus:  “An article is a word placed before nouns.”—­Comly cor. (2.) “The article is a part of speech used to limit nouns.”—­Gilbert cor. (3.) “An article is a word set before nouns to fix their vague signification.”—­Ash cor. (4.) “The adjective is a part of speech used to describe something named by a noun.”—­Gilbert cor. (5.) “A pronoun is a word used in stead of a noun.”—­Id. and Weld cor.:  Inst., p. 45. (6.) “The pronoun is a part of speech which is often used in stead of a noun.”—­Brit.  Gram. and Buchanan cor. (7.) “A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to be acted upon.”—­Merchant cor. (8.) “The verb is a part of speech which signifies to be, to act, or to receive an action.”—­Comly cor. (9.) “The verb is the