genius was far inferior to theirs, would have taught them to avoid.”—­Dr. Blair cor. “As a poetical composition, however, the Book of Job is not only equal to any other of the sacred writings, but is superior to them all, except those of Isaiah alone.”—­Id. “On the whole, Paradise Lost is a poem which abounds with beauties of every kind, and which justly entitles its author to be equalled in fame with any poet.”—­Id. “Most of the French writers compose in short sentences; though their style, in general, is not concise; commonly less so than that of most English writers, whose sentences are much longer.”—­Id. “The principles of the Reformation were too deeply fixed in the prince’s mind, to be easily eradicated.”—­Hume cor. “Whether they do not create jealousy and animosity, more than sufficient to counterbalance the benefit derived from them.”—­Leo Wolf cor. “The Scotch have preserved the ancient character of their music more entire, than have the inhabitants of any other country.”—­Gardiner cor. “When the time or quantity of one syllable exceeds that of the rest, that syllable readily receives the accent.”—­Rush cor. “What then can be more obviously true, than that it should be made as just as we can make it.”—­Dymond cor. “It was not likely that they would criminate themselves more than, they could not avoid.”—­Clarkson cor. “In their understandings they were the most acute people that have ever lived.”—­Knapp cor. “The patentees have printed it with neat types, and upon better paper than was used formerly.”—­John Ward cor. “In reality, its relative use is not exactly like that of any other word.”—­Felch cor. “Thus, in stead of having to purchase two books,—­the Grammar and the Exercises,—­the learner finds both in one, for a price at most not greater than that of the others.”—­Alb.  Argus cor. “They are not improperly regarded as pronouns, though they are less strictly such than the others.”—­Bullions cor. “We have had, as will readily be believed, a much better opportunity of becoming conversant with the case, than the generality of our readers can be supposed to have had.”—­Brit.  Friend cor.

UNDER CRITICAL NOTE V.—­OF FALSITIES.

“The long sound of i is like a very quick union of the sound of a, as heard in bar, and that of e, as heard in be.”—­Churchill cor. “The omission of a word necessary to grammatical propriety, is of course an impropriety, and not a true ellipsis.”—­Priestley cor. “Not every substantive, or noun, is necessarily of the third person.”—­A.  Murray cor. “A noun is in the third person,