“In a vigorous exertion of memory, ideal presence is exceedingly distinct:  thus, when a man, entirely occupied with some event that made a deep impression, forgets himself, he perceives every thing as passing before him, and has a consciousness of presence, similar to that of a spectator.”—­Kames, El. of Crit., i, 88.

“Each planet revolves about its own axis in a given time; and each moves round the sun, in an orbit nearly circular, and in a time proportioned to its distance.  Their velocities, directed by an established law, are perpetually changing by regular accelerations and retardations.”—­Ib., i, 271.

“You may as well go about to turn the sun to ice by fanning in his face with a peacock’s feather.”—­Shak.

“Ch.  Justice.  I sent for you, when there were matters against you for your life, to come speak with me. Falstaff.  As I was then advised by my learned counsel in the laws of this land-service, I did not come.”—­Id., 2.  Hen.  IV, Act i, Sc. 2.

“It is surprising to see the images of the mind stamped upon the aspect; to see the cheeks take the die of the passions and appear in all the colors of thought.”—­Collier.

----------“Even from out thy slime
The monsters of the deep are made.”—­Byron.

LESSON III.—­PARSING.

“With a mind weary of conjecture, fatigued by doubt, sick of disputation, eager for knowledge, anxious for certainty, and unable to attain it by the best use of my reason in matters of the utmost importance, I have long ago turned my thoughts to an impartial examination of the proofs on which revealed religion is grounded, and I am convinced of its truth.”—­Bp.  Watson’s Apology, p. 69.

“The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.”—­Gen., xlix, 10.

“Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths.  But I say unto you, Swear not at all:  neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:  nor by the earth; for it is his footstool:  neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.  Neither shalt thou swear by thy head; because thou canst not make one hair white or black.”—­Matt., v, 33—­36.

“Refined manners, and polite behaviour, must not be deemed altogether artificial:  men who, inured to the sweets of society, cultivate humanity, find an elegant pleasure in preferring others, and making them happy, of which the proud, the selfish, scarcely have a conception.”—­Kames, El. of Crit., i, 105.

   “Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape
    Crush’d the sweet poison of misused wine.”—­Milton.

IMPROPRIETIES FOR CORRECTION.