Relations of things, their infinitude and diversity; the nature of
RELATION
    —­Relation of words, what
    —­is diff. from agreem., but may coincide with it
    —­Relation according to the sense, an important principle in Eng.
      synt.; what rules of relation commonly found in the grammars
    —­Simple relation, what parts of speech have no other syntact.
      property than; what simp. relations there are in Eng.
    —­Relation, with respect to a prep., anteced. term, what may be;
      subseq., do.
    —­Relation, do., terms of, to be named in parsing a prep.; how the
      terms may be ascertained by a learner
    —­terms of, to a prep., may be transposed; are very various; both
      usually expressed

Relative pronouns, defined
    —­Relative pronouns, and their compounds, named; declined
    —­chief constructional peculiarities of
    —­two faulty special rules given by the grammarians, for construc. of,
      noticed
    —­construc. of, with respect to CASE
    —­ellips. of, in famil. lang., ("The man I trust;”) do., poet.
    —­Relative and prep. governing it, when should not be omitted
    —­Relative pron., place of
    —­clauses, connected, employment of, with same pron. in each
    —­Rel. pronouns, exclude conjunctions
    —­derivat. of, from Sax.
    —­poet, peculiarities with respect to.  See also Who, Which, &c.

Repetition, of a noun or pronoun, what construc. it produces
    —­of words, emphatic, punct.
    —­of words, through paucity of lang.; against propriety
    —­of do., as demanded by precision
    —­Repetitions, see Pleonasm

Restrictive and resumptive senses of the rel. pronouns, distinc.
between, expl.
    —­Restrictive, relation, most approp. expressed by the pron.  THAT
    —­admits not a comma before the relative
    —­adj., admits not a comma before it
    —­part., do.

Rhetoric, figure of, defined
    —­Figures of rhetoric, see Figures

Rhetorical pauses, see Pauses

Rhode Island, the name how acquired; peculiarity of its application

Rhyme, defined
    —­Rhyming syllables, their nature and quality

Rhythm, of verse, defined
    —­Fancifully explained by E. A. POE, (who without intelligence derives
      the term from [Greek:  hurithmos])
    —­sense and signif. of the word

Roman letters, some account of

Rules, of RELATION, what, commonly found in grammars
    —­of SYNT., those common in grammars ill adapted to their purpose;
      examples of such
    —­of do., exposition of the faulty charac. of those in Eng. grammars
    —­Rules of grammar, advantage of, in the written language