To see him would have afforded me pleasure all my life." Corrected, "To ave seen him ;" or, "To see him would afford me pleasure," &c. "The argu ments were sufficient to have satisfied all who heard them :"-"were sufficient to satisfy." "History painters would have found it difficult to have invented such a species of beings:"-" to invent such a species."

5. General and immutable truths ought to be expressed in the present tense.

Instead of saying, "He did not know that eight and twenty were equal to twenty and eight;" "The preacher said very audibly, that whatever was useful, was good;" "My opponent would not believe, that virtue was always advantageous;" The constructions should be, "are equal to twenty;" "whatever is useful, is good;" "virtue is always advantageous."

EXAMPLES IN FALSE SYNTAX PROMISCUOUSLY ARRANGED.

We adore the Divine Being, he who is from eternity to eternity.

On these causes depend all the happiness or misery which exist among men.

The enemies who we have most to fear, are those of our own hearts.

Is it me or him who you requested to go?

Though great has been his disobedience and his folly, yet if he sincerely acknowledges his misconduct, he shall be forgiven. There were, in the metropolis, much to amuse them.

By exercising of our memories, they are improved.

The property of my friend, I mean his books and furniture, were wholly consumed.

Affluence might give us respect in the eyes of the vulgar, but vill not recommend us to the wise and good.

The cares of this world, they often choke the growth of virtue. They that honour me, I will honour; and them that despise ne, shall be lightly esteemed.

I intended to have called last week, but could not.

The fields look freshly and gayly since the rain.

The book is printed very neat, and on fine wove paper.

I have recently been in Washington, where I have seen Gcn. Andrew Jackson, he who is now president.

Take the two first, and, if you please, the three last.

The Chinese wall is thirty foot high.

It is a union supported by an hypothesis, merely.

I have saw him who you wrote to; and he would have camo back with me, if he could.

Not one in fifty of those who call themselves deists, understand the nature of the religion which they reject.

If thou studiest diligently, thou will become learned.
Education is not attended to properly in Spain.

mass of rocks thrown together by the hand of natu ess and confusion, strike the mind with more gra If they were adjusted to one another with the accurate

on or a satire do not carry in them robbery or murd A, with the sides B and C, compose the triangle. persons opportunities were never so favourable, th Do indolent to improve.

orted that the governour will come here to-morrow. and innocence should be never separated. gance and folly may reduce you to a situation whe ve much to fear and little to hope.

in fifty of our modern infidels are thoroughly verse owledge of the Scriptures.

id mutual confidence is the soul of friendship. Whe anting, disgust or hatred often follow little difference present a painful sight to a feeling 'mind.

Dod to them that hate us, and, on no occasion, to see the duty of a christian.

te, accomplished libertine, is but miserable amidst a es: the rude inhabitant of Lapland is happier tha

e principles in man, which ever have, and ever wi to offend.

ne of the duties which requires great circumspection at honour me, them will I honour.

hurch and sect have opinions peculiar to themselves gained such an ascendant over the minds of the Athehe might be said to attain a monarchical power in

ord, who hath permitted affliction to come upon us r us from it in due time.

college consists of one great, and several smaller ed Fould not believe, that honesty was the best policy. edifice was erected sooner than I expected it to

y, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the da and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be doth he not leave the ninety and nine, &c.? might have completed his task sooner, but he coul

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most ignorant and the most savage tribes of men, e looked round on the earth, and on the heavens, id ascribing their origin to some invisible, desi nd felt a propensity to adore their Creator.

CRITICAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS.

ATION 1. The following absurd phrases so common in the elsewhere, should be carefully avoided by all who regard co Sing the two first and three last verses." Just as if there co one first and one last. There may be a first two, a second tw e, a second three, a last three. "Within the two last centu ond syllable of the three first words;" "The three first of th have no rule by which their pronunciation is regulated;"nturies;" "the first three words;" "the first three of the

ectives should not be used to express the manner of action. river, the swifter it flows;" "James learns easier than Juli er into the millstone than she;"-"the more swiftly it fi nore easily; farther into the millstone," "He conclucte ny;"-" the most boldly."

e requires than after it. The following sentences are the prefe He was more beloved, but not se much admired, Cin

Te quamy; as, Buen a temper is

eldom found." In the following examples, so should be use ch: "He is such an extravagant young man, that I cannot a him;" " I never before saw such large trees."

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ted use of cardinal, instead of ordinal numbers, ought not 1 "On page forty-five;" " "Look at page nineteen;"-forty

me choice and application of prepositions, particular regard sh their meaning as established by the idiom of our language age." In my proceedings, I have been actuated from the t I was supporting a righteous cause;" "He should have Chose golden precepts;" " It is connected to John with the d;" "Aware that there is, in the minds of many, a strong pr favour of established usages;" "He was made much on at ney are resolved of going;" "The rain has been falling of a l is a work deserving of encouragement." These examples r od thus, "actuated by the conviction;" " by those golden y the conjunction and;" " predilection for;" " much of at - going;" "falling a long time;" " deserving encouragement preposition to is used before nouns of place, where they fol rticiples of motion; as, "I went to Washington." But at is er the verb to be; as, "I have been at Washington;" "He w-York, to home," &c. are improper. The preposition in is tries, cities, and large towns; "He lives in France, in Lond phia, in Rochester." But before single houses, and cities ich are in distant countries, at is commonly used; as, "Hel ce;" "She resides at Vincennes." People in the northern sta They live in New-Orleans, or, at New-Orleans." ive agents to verbs in the infinitive mood, should not be emplo agents. The following are solecisms: "This house to le nd carriages to let;" "Congress has much business to perfo ;" because the agents, house, horses and carriages, and busin really passive, are, according to these constructions, rendered ne expressions should be, "This house to be let;" " Horses > be let;" " much business to be performed."

IGUITY.-"Nothing is more to be desired than wisdom." N rect, for wisdom is certainly more to be desired than nothing; be tive expression, it is well established and unexceptionable. v is a large black bird:"-a large, black-bird. a horse-fly through the window:"-I saw a horsefly.

always are not synonymous. Ever refers to one indefinit as, "If he ever become rich :" always means at all times. pardon. The former signifies to release from an obligatio The future; the latter, to forgive a neglect or crime that me for neglecting to call yesterday:" pardon me, ber, recollect. We remember a thing which we retain in ou ct it, when, though having gone from the mind, we have p

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deficiency. A thing which is incomplete in any of its part total absence of the thing, is a deficiency.

bject will be resumed in the appendix to this work.

RRECTIONS IN ORTHOGRAPH

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