1.  “Swift would say, ’The thing has not life enough in it to keep it sweet;’ Johnson, ’The creature possesses not vitality sufficient to preserve it from putrefaction.’”—­MATT.  HARRISON, on the English Language, p. 102.  ANALYSIS.—­What is the general sense of this passage? and what, the chain of connexion between the words Swift and putrefaction?  The period is designed to show, that Swift preferred words of Saxon origin; and Johnson, of Latin.  It has in contrast two cooerdinate members, tacitly connected:  the verb would say being understood after Johnson, and perhaps also the particle but, after the semicolon. Swift is the subject of would say; and would say introduces the clause after it, as what would be said. The relates to thing; thing is the subject of has; has, which is qualified by not, governs life; life is qualified by the adjective enough, and by the phrase, in it; enough is the prior term of to; to governs keep; keep governs it, which stands for the thing; and it, in lieu of the thing, is qualified by sweet.  The chief members are connected either by standing in contrast as members, or by but, understood before Johnson. Johnson is the subject of would say, understood:  and this would say, again introduces a clause, as what would be said. The relates to creature; creature is the subject of possesses; possesses, which is qualified by not, governs vitality; vitality is qualified by sufficient; sufficient is the prior term of to; to governs preserve; preserve governs it, and is the prior term of from; and from governs putrefaction.

2.  “There is one Being to whom we can look with a perfect conviction of finding that security, which nothing about us can give, and which nothing about us can take away.”—­GREENWOOD; Wells’s School Gram., p. 192.[331]

ANALYSIS.—­What is the general structure of this passage? and what, the chain of connexion “between the words away and is?" The period is a complex sentence, having four clauses, all connected together by relatives; the second, by whom, to the first and chief clause, "There is one Being;" the third and the fourth, to the second, by which and which; but the last two, having the same antecedent, security, and being cooerdinate, are also connected one to the other by and. As to “the chain of connexion,” Away relates to can take; can take agrees with its nominative nothing, and governs which; which represents security; security is governed by finding; finding is governed by of; of refers back to conviction; conviction is governed by with; with refers back to can look; can look agrees with we, and is, in sense, the antecedent of to; to governs whom; whom represents Being; and Being is the subject of is.