“So, in indirect questions; as, ‘Tell me when he will come.’”—­Butler cor. “Now, when the verb tells what one person or thing does to an other, it is transitive.”—­Bullions cor. “Agreeably to your request, I send this letter.”—­Id. “There seems, therefore, to be no good reason for giving them a different classification.”—­Id. “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant-man seeking good pearls.”—­Scott’s Bible, Smith’s, and Bruce’s.  “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net that was cast into the sea.”—­Same. “Cease, however, is used as a transitive verb by our best writers.”—­Webster cor. “Time admits of three natural divisions; namely, Present, Past, and Future.”—­Day cor. “There are three kinds of comparison; namely, Regular, Irregular, and Adverbial”—­Id. “There are five personal pronouns; namely, I, thou, he, she, and it.”—­Id. “Nouns have three cases:  viz., the Nominative, the Possessive, and the Objective.”—­Bullions cor. “Hence, in studying Grammar, we have to study words.”—­Frazee cor. “Participles, like verbs, relate to nouns and pronouns.”—­Miller cor. “The time of the participle, like that of the infinitive, is estimated from the time of the leading verb.”—­Bullions cor.

   “The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego,
    And leap exulting, like the bounding roe.”—­Pope.

UNDER RULE XIII.—­OF CONJUNCTIONS.

“But he said, Nay; lest, while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.”—­Scott’s Bible et al. “Their intentions were good:  but, wanting prudence, they missed the mark at which they aimed.”—­L.  Mur. cor. “The verb be often separates the name from its attribute; as, ‘War is expensive.’”—­Webster cor. “Either and or denote an alternative; as, ‘I will take either road at your pleasure.’”—­Id. “Either is also a substitute for a name; as, ’Either of the roads is good.’”—­Id. “But, alas!  I fear the consequence.”—­Day cor. “Or, if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?”—­Luke, xi, 11.  “Or, if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?”—­ALGER’S BIBLE:  Luke, xi, 12.  “The infinitive sometimes performs the office of a nominative case; as, ’To enjoy is to obey.’—­POPE.”—­Cutler cor. “The plural is commonly formed by adding s to the singular; as, book, books.”—­Bullions, P. Lessons, p. 16.  “As, ’I were to blame, if I did it.’”—­Smart cor.

   “Or, if it be thy will and pleasure,
    Direct my plough to find a treasure.”

UNDER RULE XIV.—­OF PREPOSITIONS.