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IM 2.2 !r 111-^-^- I: 11^ 2.0 k. 1- ^ ULll. 1.8 1.4 1.6 ^ /APPLIED IIVHGE inc !t;5J tast Main Street Rochester, New York 14609 (716) 482 - 0300 - Phone (716) 288 - 5989 - Fax USA '#*', '^rnV'^i^i^s^mm^rM'. 'J^lfiSg^P,. ::^m^,mf^m ■CD ■CM CO :^ •o CI Errors in the Use of English ^ WILUAMSO,'^ d CO., TORO^*TO. *i"^f^'-^'^y:>':':pt>^:'*''-''m'^^^'^f;^l CIl IMSTI l-rs KDITION OK lloix ;s()\'s KHI!()l!S|\TII|.:iSKOlHN(iL|sil. A CLAS.i-lW()K FOn rsK IX HVIIOOLS, n.\«i:i) ov IIODGSON-s "KKKoKS L\ TlIK LSK OF KNdJ.lsiI." (liv iTKMissinN ,,K riiK LAii: aiiiiok's I' I' i;i.isiii;ks I HY J. Doi'c; LAS (11 j{ isTI K, 11. A., M\STIi: or MOMI'N I.AM.IAMS. <'"i.i.K.;iAiK iN-.rm ii;, st. < atiiai!!m:s. um ari... TiiIM'XTO: WirjJAMSOX AM) COMPAXY. NEW VoK'K: 1>. Al'I'LKTuX AND rOMTANV. -'^J^ T LuUreil ac (iniiri'.' to the Ai't of I'Hrliainoi.t of Cin ada, in llic > lai one thousaiiil eight hundred and oij,'hty-fm!, by Williamson anh Company, in tho Office of the Minister (f Asrriculture. I?^;^S^SSS^:s^^s^?5^ss^>;!s:j^ : ! .-.-.-; sM ■.'•!' '1* i?*' 'S aslr3-ja»vwi«!S-v-Mh .:5 7 usaiid PRKFATOKV XOTK. A FEW words l.y way ,.r oxplanatio... In l.oth the Kiifrlish and the A.iu-ri.-an edition of Hodgson's "Errors in the- I'so „f Knglisli," the errors are iiulieated and ihe eorreetions nfton suggested. In tl.e present edition, the Cana.lian editor has ren.edied th.s obvious defeet in a book intended lor elass-nse • while, by appending to eaeh sentenee the number of the page >n the Knglish edition in u hieh it oeeurs, he has enabhd the teaeher to avail himself of the explanations given in the latier. He has also, he believes, iner '^ed the value of* (he. book by rearranging the matter to ...u the eourse in Cauadian schools, and by adding exercises on those subjVots in whi.h the English edition has proved to he defective. The growim^ i,,.- portance of -Practical English " and the fa.-t that the original edition has been recommended by the Education Department <.f Ontario render it unnecessary for him to apoIo-N/c f,.,- adding another to the excellent manuals on this sul^Jcet already in use in the schools of the Dominion. i I ii p """;y,W^■,;^>>"^^^x■w^•^^."^^\■^^^^^•^ mik^ I CON TK NTS. 8R( TlOIf I. — N'oiNs. — 1. Wniiicj NiiiiiliiT P'nniis. 2. Wrorifj ('as(> Forms ....... II. — Niiinlicr and Ca.xc. — (('oiitiiiiicd) III.— ('(.IhrtlvcH IV'. — Improprictit's in the use of N'oims V. — I'uoNoiNs.— 1. Pl('i)iia-tn. 2. Aiiil)itrtiity in »!-•' ol' An- tt'ccih'nt. 3. Ill use (if " wliith" VI. — 1. Ainliiiriiity from Collocation. 2. Two or more Ucl.i- fives with (lilft'icnt .Vntrc.'iicnts. ;;. t'onfii.^ion in use of "who," " whii'h," aii. Compara' lives ... XII. — Miscellaneous Eiror.s i j XIII. — Krrors in Compaii.son ••.... i,-^, XIV.— Vkuhs. — 1. Subjunctive for Indicative. 2. Awkward Construetlon.s. ;i. Concord in Tenses. 1 Present T'-"s.' ,, XV.— 1. Infinitives. i>. Kllip>is after an Auxlliaiy. :!. Par- ticiples ........ 17 XVI— EiTors ill the u.se of "shall," "will," "can," etc. . . I',> I 1 t VI CONTENLS. SKOTION XVIF XVIII XIX XX X\I, XXII. XXIII. XXIV. XXV. XXVI XXVII. XXVIII XXIX, XXX. XXXI. XXXII. XXX I If. XXXIV.- XXXV.- XXXVI.- XXXVII.— XXXVIII. XXXIX. XL. XLT. XIJI.— . — Miscclliinoous Krrors .... . — -Misot'lliuicons Errors .... . — \'('rl);il Forms in '' iiifr " . . — VeRH.\L Noi'N.S AM) I'articii'lk.s . . . . , — Advkuhs ...... — riio.NOi'N .s„Mi Adjkctivk.— Mi.lliiiieous Errors — MisfolIiUK'itus Errors — CORUKCT ANY hlPUOrRIETIE.S IN THK Eoi.LOWIXC; — Iinpro])rietics.— (('outimic(i) — PitKi-osnioxs.—l. One Proposition for Anotlicr. 2. Ciiiingo of rrcposition — 1. Misuse of "between." 2. Faulty Uini.ssion. ;j. Redund.iney • • . . . — CoNjLNCTioNs.— 1. " Excopt," " witliout," "like," used as Conjunotions. 2. Omitted and I'nhal- aneed Con junet ions .... — 1. "That" redundant. 2. "That" as a substitute. 3. " Seldom or ever." 4. " Than " -1. " Than " after " scarcely." 2. " Than " following no Comparative -1. "And which." 2. "Than." 3. " Seldom or ever " -Misciar.ANEors Errors in the Parts ok SrKKcii -Syntax.— 1. Agreement of Subject and Predicate. 2. Error of Proximity -1. Subject obscured by Intervening Clauses. 2. Omitted Subject . -Concord of Sulijcct and Predicate .... -1. Subjects connected by "and." 2. Infinitive us Subject. 3. " With " instead of " and " . 1. Agreement of Relative and Antecedent. 2. Rela- tive wrongly put in the Objective. .•]. One Predi- cate with two or more Subjects .... ■Miscellaneous Errors in Concord .... Miscellaneous Error.s in Concord .... " Each," " every," " either," " neither " [ Svntax (Continued) 1. Nominative for Objective. 2. Words in Apposi tion .... TAliK 20 21 2;{ 24 20 27 29 .34 35 38 89 4 1) 41 43 45 47 48 no 51 52 53 i 06 h rA(;F. . 20 . 21 . 23 . 24 . 2(3 . 27 . 29 . 80 [ii'i 38 I CONTENTS. Sl:( TldN XLIII. — 1. Worilrt in Apposition. 2. Wronp; case after "than " XMV.— Collocation.— Misphu'od Clauses ami Plirases . XliV. — Misplaced Clauses and Phrased .... XLVI.— "Not only," "not merely" .... XLVII.— Misplacement of " ever," " never," " scarcely ever,' *'tc ■ . XLVin. — HiiKTouic — Incoherence XLIX. — 1. liK'oherence. 2. Faulty Omission . L. — 1. Incomplete Sense. 2. Negative Exim'ssions. ;? Double Sense ..... LI. — Implied Sense ....... LII.^1. Words incongruously joined. 2. Words misap plied. I). M(>taphors .... LIII.— 1. Mistake of Suhjcct. 2. Words used in Two Senses. ^. Tautology .... LIV.— 1. Tautology. 2. Pleonasm .... LV. — 1. Pleonasm. 2. Antithesis and Climax. 8. Meta I'lio'' MISCELLANEOUS ERRORS IN GRAMMAR AND STYLE vu r*(;K :.7 r.o c.n ('.(■. c.s 70 71 7:5 75 76 79 43 ■1,-) 47 48 no 52 53 06 (f mmm^ I M "^^\^•sw.vw»■,■^^:v(•vM«llww*« ""T'T"- r-T< ffiriiiipji "^^^ h EIMIOliS I\ THE USE OF EXfiLlSll. I.— NOUNS. 1. Wrong Number Forms. 2. Wrong Case Forms. 1. Tlio cliiinnit's wcro huilt of brick. 2. Oiii- cliih heat thoiii in one iiiniuirs. 3. He explaiiK'd all the mintitias of the process. 4. Those men are my hrother-iii-hiws. 5. Use three spoonsful of flour and two eupsful of milk. 0. He lias three of the dominos as mementos of tiie oeea- sion. 7. The shoes were hou^-lit at ^^r. Smith and Jones. 8. Twelve months interest is due. 0. They all admired the ladys i)eauty. 10. We had several hours intercourse. 11. Misses and ladies shoes for sale. 12. The sun has lon.i^- been set; the stars are out hy two's and three's. 13. He has the surjj:eon and the i»hysi('ian's opinion. 14. He was averse to the nation involviii^^ itself in war. 15. These works are Cicero's, the most e!o(iuent of men's. II.— Number and Case. — (Continued.) 1. It contained sundry memoran(hts of monies pai 2. The tree of life hears twelve manners of fruits, •'?. Dot your is, cross your fs, and insert two +.s. 4. Three days time was re(piisite to prepare matters. •■"). A tew m(»mei)ts conversation convinced me of my friends sineeriLy. 2 KI{R(H{S IN THE USK OF ENGLISH. 0. Never ask any bodies loavo t(» he honest. 7. lie for elejrant hrevities sake, i)ut a partieiple for u verb. 8. Tiiere are various ways of dressing; a calve's head. 9. Sir William Joneses division of the day. 10. He has not conlinud liiniself to Knglish story, strikinf^'ly as its moving pliantasmagoria eonio forth from liis magic hand 70. n. Of the other luminary I have named, I have not somueh to say, in eonse-iuenee of such litera .cripta of liis as have es^ caped my confu>ion and destruction of MSS. being marked "private." 71. 12. Hut what will fame be to aw ephemera' wlm no Jontrer exists. 71. 13. A plionoraena common to an immense number of dis- eases, 71. 14. AVe have conceived a prejudice, p.xssibly an unreasonal.le prejudice, but siill strong, against a writer who talks of a dicta 71. IT). The writer is, we guess, an American— at least he talks of a fascinating facet lee. 71. 1. 2. 3. 4. half 5. tions. 6. III. —Collectives. liich of the followiuir are preferable, and why? 1'''^' j'lry ■, ^IJI'j^ ( the prisoner guilty. The nobility | ^J.^jj;^ I aroused. The public | .^^^^ I invited. One half of the woi-ld | ^^ i not kn.)w how the other m live. ) ives. \ The congregation ] ^;:^^^ \ dispersing in different direc- ^'^'^''"'^ 1 are \ ""^'l»a]ly divided. 4i P.5J^W^\N\XW VA^VvV «>>..x^,v'.\'.';V.v\.s ,,-.-.. ovH.wv.nv'' ■^.^^^^W>l<<»> W ,l. I ,,, l i ril MU l WL ll MH . MMULl ?#-^-, J NOl'NS. 3 H. The council -^ ^I.^Jj,'^^^ J diviilcd in opinion. 9. Tlie mob wliich conjiivfratoil at the corner ■! ^^'"-^ Uoon / were r (iispcrseu. 10. The lowin^^ herd j ^;^^^ ( .slnwlv o'er tlu- lea. 11. The con.niittee | /^^^f, J leave fo report as follows: 12. The people of the country J _^'^ j. rcmarkahle for their duplicity. IV.— Improprieties in the use of Nouns. 1. Clerkexwei.l.- Violent assaults by a jealous female upon a woman. 80. 2. Early in the folhnving year, 18(10, the Fitzgeralds boiifrlit n place in the country, whore they resided a sxood deal for the future. -30, 3. Every thinir around |in the parlor of Mr. li. M. Milncs] betokened the habitation of an individual of exquisite taste and of a tine appreciation of the beautiful. '.U. 4. Their defects as well as their qualities. 51, 5. The over-education of Greece has now reached its cli- max. 15. 6. The king of s(.lltude is also the king of society. The re- verse, liowever, is not so tnu-. 18. 7. To us there is one absolute right— our own— and the con- verse is as absolute wrong. 18. 8. Waller, says Fenton. spent the greater i)art of a summer m correcting a poem of ten lines, which precious decade was inscribed in her (Jrace of York's copy of Tasso. 19. 0. His manners were, in truth, not always of the most ami- able descrij)tion. 20. W. It also looks to the linal eliminatiouof the s^ul irom the budv. 2t>. mlh^- m 4 EHROHS IX THE USE OF KNCMSH. 11. Tlioso two points liuvc no nioiv to do witli the vonuity of the Christian ivlij,Mon tlian chi'iuistry. CO, 12 The suuiU ac-ceptutioi, which Mr. Coleridge's prose works have found, (il, 13. Many persons wlio appear to have thou-lil little in (hi. world worthy of their acceptation. HI. U. None hvordsj remain more vagi.e in their acceptance. jr,. The hodies were so charred as to render identity HI hie. (51. "^ impos- V.— PRONOUNS. 1. Pleonasm. 2. Ambiguity in use of Antecedent. In use of "which." . A e now ,„„tted the urn, arul went to our lod,nnf,.s, where ...y husband havn., placed me in satety, as he said, hi. went alMH.t tl.e husmes> of the legacy, uMth goo.l assuran.v of sue- 2. The lainl's death, though it no douhi delayd. vet it wis not an event calculated to subtract, etc 7:5 catc^; TTV^^'^Z ''^ '""" '"'^^''' they arc generally communi- cared verbally. 7-5. 4. 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IMIOXOINS. 5 that, ... ill fact, lie had brokou tlu- [.romise ho had porsnnallv givrii hiT. 7>!. N. Mr. A. piTseiits Ids coinpliiiK'nts to Mr. U. 1 |,avo p.t a hat which is iH,t hi<; if lio iiavo -ot a Jiat which is nut vuiirs, no (h)id>t tlu'v are the niissinir uiir. T.'). 1». In Spain frcoduni of t!ioi-l,t, or. at Icasl, tho five expres- sion of it, has been so elosely fettered, that science in its strict- est sense has made little pro^JVss in that unhappy eountry. 75. 1(». No one as yet had exhibited the structure of tlie imnian kidneys, Vesalius ha\iii,u' only examined them in do-s. 7:,. 11. His tivatmenr, of Kdwiii ,lame>, who had >.r>l,aniefidly abused the .piestionable privih-c of his prote>.sioii to .nKsiioIi ids intej,M-ity as an opiM.sinn- witness, was not only for-iveii. but even justitied by his ^•enel•oll^ \ ictim. 7:,. 12. Her own story was that she had a .nianvl with the de- feased, tirst about her wajres, anoup. and that she seized the deceased by the throat, and she f( 11. .•nul when she jrot up she was lookiii- for somethin- to .trike her with, and uponthisshe strnck thedeceased a l>low on the I br.,at, ••md she fell, and die. ,„ „|,|,iy„,=, ,„, sj,u|,,„l,,^ ,„„l ,.,„„r„rt. 7,;. ^^'tTV .■^■"''ieuity from Collocation. 2 Two or ,„„ Relatives with different Antecedent^' I r , .n use Of ..Who." .-which," and "that" '°'' "'^■■^ ■";- ]'■""' "- ' »-vc,', „:,.;';;;: 'Iz;:'- ' ■^"'" -^:;;^;C:;:/'z:r-::;:::^:;::;:r;:^ Jo,„.n„l" ,„„| ,.,„c,. K...„n,„ ,,,„.,,,,„^ ; , • - grout viKx.r iincl origiiuiiitv. 77. ."i- ni.ukul l,v 4. Sl,c wn. a g„„d '.U,,! l,'„rt, „„,i ,,,, ,„„„, ,„ . m "■■-! l..t, unless sl,c I,„s ,|,c forci,,,,.,- ..,„,,,„,„., . ; ^j enlircly lose till, use of it, 77. "i. liiuui which 'li"'''"' 1' ','""■ """ "' "'" '"■'-'" '"■'"•'^ '"■ ""■ "0,1,1 VI,. 7h: ■"• '" "'■''■'' "" '''•'■'" " "' »"-' ""■" '■".• |l- "c a,-c |,„p|,j. to sec that this iiih,iii„l.li. arlisi ,-cn,.,in8 anot orweok ,,t the Uoston Thoa.,-... wl.e,-.. he has ,leli.- , | «l'.' l.;;ve escaped the ,,ee„ni,,ry press„,.e .hieh has ,-e:h .■..V, ami prevents that enjoyment of amusenients which is char- netenst,c of our i-itizens. 7rt. 7. The H,.,rl „f K„|,„o„th ami Mr. Coventrv were rivils who sh„„hl ,,,ve most interest h, the ,l„ke, who iove.l h hest, l,,,t thought the other the wiser man, who s„ppor P n o:n;:,';:us;' it """""->' "■°" "'""- "' ' ^•"■■'' -■''" ii.i.nt, 1^ j,i,in'i|.;iiiv coiiiiMf.-s,.,! (,f ,110 IJiis- r, £»: >^^\^^v\^v^^\^yov^v^^\^^v^^^v^yvM.' "^^*'^'"'^'^V^■^'t'''*^**^'*^'^>^*^^^«vvs<, rrioNorNs. sian nrfst.KTaoy iirid tin. most iiitliuntial pcopl,.; ,.,n.l adinissinii is .iillk'iilt, in coiisciiK.iK.e ..f tlu' vast luiiiilK-r o| catKli.lat.'s, that aro oU'cted hy ballot on tho occiiiTcnc' of varaiicirs. so. ' 10. Iftlii' priiu'ii.k- i\'n.iiiiiifii(lo(l l.v th,. coiniiiittoi' wi-iv lon- slstontly tollowi'd, tlioro is no commodity w liatrvi-r wliidi wccan raise at Iiouk' wliii-h wo should over import tVom abroad, si. 11. Thoy wciv not private ^q-iovanci's. but public follies and public injuries, wliicli moved iiiin to tliese impatient out- br ■ik-^. Sj. 12. It was Mr. Benson, who had preached and afterward published some ai)|e sermons mi the controversy in th." Temple t'iuirch, who ^ravo the authors and favorers i,i tiie tracts the perfectly inofiensive name of Tractarians. 81. 13. Tliese are circumstances, which as motives to conduct may properly have their wei-ht. which yet do not c..me into the cate^'ory of strict proof. 81. 14. There is probably no one of this jreneration who bestows any thoudit upon the pnd.lems of i,ist..ry and politi, s. who wdl not acknowled-re bis indebtedness to Mr. Carlyle. 81. 15. I am afraid that in my letter of this nionnmr I stated that thee.donel of the S(diut/en J^riment was killed. If I ,lid, It was a mistake. I am happy to liear it was his liorse, and not himself who fell in the combat. 81. 16. The statue of Hyron, by Thorwalds.'n. in the librarv ,,f Tnnity Cllege. ("ambrid-e, is the oidy work of art whi^di com- memorates him in the country which derives lustre from bis European fame. 81. 17. It is not that sense of awe and -raiitude whi.di as f.,r as we can see, really tills the kin- wid.di blinds men to the dan- ^'ers ot su.vess, but rather the abe of anv such sense of awe and gratitude, 8], VII.-B,elative and Demonstrative with same Antece- dent. 2. Faulty Collocation. 1. I bemoan Lord Carlisle, for whom, althouirh I have never seen hnn, and he mav nevei- have heard o." >. I have a sor^ of l)ersonal liking for him. 71. ■? ^- ''>«'»-'<',HV'r. :■»•*« *.-.»., 8 KUUORS IN THK rSE oF KNCIJSir. Hnl:ti:t:!"i,::;;'r:':,::;'';;,f,:':r '■,""■■":•■'■ aiH.ovaiu-... r.i '' ''' '' euiKstant .source of aiiiioyaiico. TO. '\'''"' ^''I<'"lat.o„. bcruuse it is tiu- onlv a.lvuut.r. over vl. i nrcnmstancos have no power. Vn. ' "^' 8. A Ilouani may look npoi, scenes vrit?, n sfoi,..,! , "-. nay with a seon.i,,, Lard-hcartednc:,. .^ a Z^!' «"lve(l him in tears. 7,s, "^^^ "'^* "- «'i i.iiiuavs and eaiia s hv the st-ife uit). .-i • i 7s. •" '"'" '■> '■'•'"•■n» into a monastery. '.y « 'in "v;;;:;;''?;' '','"''; ™;'.""-'i"-' '—.it s..ioi.K. than },.rtorinl phantasmagoria. 7]. ^^i> "ttl. mote l-'i. ^^"'Jl you sweeten the lives of sufferin- men ) , f. tl-ught of a being without intelli,ih,e aUH.^: ! \ \ '^^ <« ■■•\v\\v ix^v- •;^■.^vrv^ w . •^^#-^ I IH ID C« rn.Tcvisnof ,,sn„rnu.tvv, nurhisJMsf 9 i*-*^ as our jusfic,., ,„.r his lutliiTh....,! ;i,s thr fatlicrlu.ud of rum ^ s7. 14. ViuU'V tlii^ iiiii.ivssi,,n tl,,. ,,I.| |.„|v p.'itc-lunl a rncsso.if^rr tc iiif,,,-.!. hi. r.,,h.T ^•''••"'.i.^'. wlic, in tho i.ifrrvul li'i-l ,... i • ■' ' ""''"'"' ■■'f i,','.' V .', . ' 'T:' '".'■•^''""»'"' I'i""'" ' ^inNwiM..h.e.oi,i.,in,i Iv^ r:;:;;^^ rlt"u.n.andt...,.itn..:,,.a;;Mu^J.:^^^^^^^ . u th . ol.l.ers to .o.no up, to hh>u- th. n.ar.juis's hrair.s ., ::;::p;;;.r;t-:;;;;;;;;.::^-;-'r-«.' .■..;.: siiiecCluilmorsViloatli. Hfl """"ll" Urk lias luj •■■'• '■' '1'- "fl.'rnoon, flu. ol,i ,,o,,lle,nan ,,rop,,so.l „ wall ,., l:::!::t::X't '•'-^''•"^ ' "'- 'i. I can feel very little amhition to folh.n- vo„ thron.rh . i..«tLo,„ . to overcome oae'. cooto„.„t7:. ulr^Ht." "s"^:"- in FRiiMiis IX TitK rsK „K |.:N,i,,isir, J ^- lli«-s.,rt of man \vl.„ c.,„„,„.|, ^^ t .,,„, ,,. , , . "*, ' " '"-'>■'■'"<■' ivy rn.m ll„. „,,k. „.|,„.,>. ,„•,„„, i ' ;r,:;rr'.r ''^ -- "-... i.,,,,:;;^',; ,::■:;: across t^^v.„\,;rJ:'":,. ■' :.:™i;,,:'";'- "- "--v .> „.,„ tlie ncixt ntti.fni.t It-, t ,,,.':" '"'" ""■"'•on^-tl,,„o,l f„r tli..tho,„„vJeneh ';.o,: i I"' ',""■' .'^■ "■ ''"''I "- lanU'm """—•--^. .o'i':4r:i:;^:;:';;;;:;-:: ! jmsNsssj v"A\\\\s,Hr. WA ^^^^ s»i,>\\xm( ^^>VWiV^.\^^■vl!^v^^V^*fl^V^*«l*^V^*«■v< ^>jMi\v»««MW;.^H*.,,f««,vii,^ ■'^f^^lpFffc'- rKoxors's. II triW.. n,,.s an,l p.l.l-.h.st. .|.i..I. tlu-ir suI.Kvts .ullcot .ro... th« Hands of Hii-ii- nvt'i-s. hh. I'. I "", not M.uon;.Mlu.,u.w ra.v of ,.I.ysio,M.o,„i>ls wl.o exInuM Mn.n,,.„.,nlv to allnl..ir own SP..H.S ,o ,|H. animal maaon an- vvoul.l ratl.or pnnv tl.. sknil ..f .. n.an n.s..M.l.I...| an asstl.an looking; within fin.l in th. i.rain tlu- ,'lo,ious sin.ili- tmlv of the lU'ify. 8M. IH. LiH|kiIv the nn.nks ha.l reeently pven auay a eonple <.f H's whuh were refMrne,! to them, OP the h.ve.l wo,.l,l have been h)st. .ss. '^ !'••• Tlu-y were a raee of ...en who, when thev rose in their !'>--• "••"-•l.vn,....,!.! divine, tVon. any Known u.lherenee to part.es to op.n.ons, or to prinoiphs; „•,.„. anv order or svs- -'■" '-n.oht.es: or from any se,,m.l o. .,„;,.,,., i,, ,^^ •. I saw that it was impossible that Sir LionerSom'ers and myself should ever ,et on well together as n.an a...l wife, iu! n.ey who have talents want industry or vi,-t„o • they v\ ho have industry want talents. 91. ^-t'lcy 7 There is happiness tor the man of seienoe in his re- -n.h..s, tor the arti. in his p.reoptions and i.nitations f r^:; : .'V':/'"'' '" ^---^^o-- ^here is oniovmont '^'^'^''^•^riirii "^-IP^^ 12 KRlUXtS IX TUK rSK OK ENCLISII. if a hi it. Tlio hreail and wino wore supposed to hv tlio viaticum of till' departing spirit, until it was iina^iiiicd tliere was in tliotn a pc'cidiar sanvdiu-ss, wliii-h tln'v might net partake of to whom other ohservanees of Cliristianitv wore open. 1»1. 10. If siiel) persons were inditlerent to ('ohhett's defection, tliey whose standard ho joined hailed with enthusiasm his con- version. 'Jl. 11. Xor was the actual efliciency of this immense army in- ferior to its imaginative terrors. ',.'2. 12. Tile length any rcailer chooses to go in their study, is Ills own atfair. 1)2. l:'.. Thus the did) of St. .Fames's, the chtister of Trinity Col- lege, had a writer to (piote. whose sentiments were in favor of liherty, and whoso language, agrooahle to the oar of the gen- tleman ami the scholar, did not. in (K-fending the patriots of Franco, advise their imitation or patronize their excesses. ii2. 14. The more accurately wo search into the human mind, iho sti'otigor traces wo everywhere find of his wisdom who made it. ••:). 15. Dr. Wittman might liavi' brought us hack not anile con- jecture, hut sound evidence of events which must determine his character who nnist determine our fate. O-S. If". The sight of his blood whom they deemed invulnerable, shook the courage of the soldiers. 'J3. X.— REVIEW. 1. Three month's notice are rcipiired before a pupil is al- lowed to leave. 2. Misses and children's shoes for sale. '!. Tliese kind of poaches are not likely to s|ioil. •I. Tomatos are said to be lioallhy food. 5. We saw throe doors in the woods. <). ]\v promisod to moot nn' at -Tones', the hatter's. 7. Ladies and gentlemens' hats cleaned and renovated. 8. I shall relate my convorsatioiis, of which I kopt a memo- randa. 9. A person must bo stupid if they can't understand that. *?« *m AD.IKCTIVHS. 13 IJ 10. S,(rr and saring arc [)arsf(I in tin- saiiu' iiiaimcr as crrtjit and exctpting are. 11. Am intcrroirative sontoiicc is oiu' whicli a-Us a (lUcstion. 12. In the next place, I will oxaininc si'wral cases of imuns and i)i-(»ii()iins wliicii have not yet conu' niulor i»ur notice. 1;!. His fonu had not yet lost all her ori^'inal briirhtness. 14. Whatever a man conceives clearly, he may, ii" he will he at the tronhle, jtut it into distinct iu-o[»ositions .and exprtss it clearly to others. 15. Thon h.ast protected us and shall we not hom»r vou. 1(!. The court who |j;ives ciu'rency to manner >, ouuht to he exemplary. 17. Hoston is a proper noun which t north, Toronto or Monhval? 5. California produces more gold than any country in the world. 6. Which is the more populous, Xew York, Boston, or Quebec ? 7. The chief magistrate is styled a President. 8. He is not worthy the name of a gcntlcinaiL 9. One is an African, the other an European. .^v.^^\v.^•,.>^^^,■^»^■S!SMvy^^;,^, '^'>>'J3?^^ A^^MBJ^**.** u KHIIORS IX THE I'SE OF EN and imperfect tense ought not to bo confounded. 4. It is proper that the vowels be a long and short one. 5. Directions for acquiring a just and happy elocution. 6. The meeting requested the secretary ;ind treasurer to bring the subject before the authorities. 7. A pronoun is a part of si)eech put for a noun. 8. What sort of a charm do they possess? l». Cromwell assumed the title of a protector. 10. lie is a better writer than a reader. 11. Substantives which end in ian, are those that .signify profession. 12. Great benefit may be derived from reading of history. l.S. Our language is now certainly i)roperer and more natu- ral than it was formerly. 14. During the three or four first years of its existence. 15. I know of no periodical that is so valuable to tlie teacher us the " Annals of Education." VO^VJ'^^'.>»'M'^' ^^'^ AD.ir-irTIVKS IT) 10. There are no loss than live words with any of which the sentence ini^dit liavc terminated. 17. Teaches \vei\; not pK^nty this year. IS. Thi" t'arnicr's iitV is tiic most liappiest. r.l. 'i'liiit is till' m.>st universal (•pinion. 20. His ways arc much inori.' iVrfr than onrs. 21. Notliini^' is so lil. The climate of Pan is perhaps the most tecpest I ever climhed he- fore. 72. 5. The very class who, (»f all other citi/eiH. were least to be trusted. 72. (t. Who they pronounce to be of all others the least fallilde in their Judii'menl. 72. 7. It was the luost aiiiiahle. tliotiirh the least ili^iiiitied, of all the ])arty s(|uabhles by which it had been preceded. 72. H. Xotwithstandin;; all their abstract ri;ihts and ])owers, the Cry-ei are the nn)st amiable, conciliatory, and submis>ive wives I have ever >een, even in tln' happiest liouseholds above- ground. 72. [X. U. — The (iy-ei lived under-irround.] 0. It was said to me hy one well ai)le to form an opinion, that iie [Lord Lyiniliursti. ol' all the other members of Sir '^^^fwh^' t'MV'^f^''^' 16 KIIROKS IN THE USK OF EN(;i.ISIJ. Kobort Pofl's -rovcrnniotit, was the .uily ouv who ventured to ditrn- with that L'lvat iiiiiii>Ur on iniiMu-tanl .|Ur-tions. 7l\ H). Me. Stanli'v was thi' only one ,,[' his piH'iK-ci'ssors who slaiif^'htcn.'d tlu' natives of the I'l'trion hr passed throii^rh. 7:.'. 11. In Fhn-ence, Mathews now stayed tor some nionlh>, eti- joyin-' pei-ha|)s the happiest time he had ever yet spun. T-J. 12. The letters pnhlished after ('. hainh's drath and that of Jms .sister, hy Mr. Talfunrd. make nj. a vidmne of more intere.st to ine than any hook of himian eomjiosition, 71. l;J. IhiN work was, howtver, de^-tiiu'd to cause Ladv Mor- ^^•ul more trouble ami annoyance than she met with in the whole of her literary life put together. 71. 14. Maz/.ini may he said to have done more lor the unity of Italy than any li\in,u' man. 71. lo. Trohahly Lord I lalifax i.s better vei'se.l in the real liis- tory of the period . . . than any livin- man or (••IJear" KIlis excepted) than any man whoever lived. 71. 1(5. Cowper was as imlisputably the nn)st virtuous man, a.^ KoiLsseau the greatest intellectual power. 7:3. IS XIV.-VERBS. 1. Subjunctive for Indicative. 2. Awkward Constructions. 3. Concord in Tenses. 4. Present Tense. 1. Were he still disposed to go there, mv purse shall be open to him. l>k 2. If. John were satisfied, why should she be discontented? SV). a. It ought to weigh heavily on a man's conscience, if he have been thecause of another's deviating from sincerity.' un. 4. Enough has been done, I trust, to satisfy them" that if Keble was a scholar, a divine, a remarkably isiWvi] poet, if he were e.vemplary as a frien.l. a brother, son and husband, so he was admirable in the discharge ofhls duties as a parish \,riest 95. * ■ f). If the cavern into which they i'titered were of artificial construction, considerable pains had been taken to make it look natural. U5. I m m^i^T^'"^ ^^n^*-^ 7^ VKIIIJS. 17 (i. Only let a l\'\v ninfc lad'ks fdllow in tlu- steps u\' Maiiaiiic Luce, aiul Moors ami Arabs hr ;:X'iirrally UiiipUil 'min liaviii^; tlu'ir Imi_v> laiiiilit with tln' >oiis of lliiroju'aii^, ai'jl tlir war about orlliodoxy would {XiMihially (lisa|p|)rar. *J~>. 7. I shall ha\o ;j'roat jiUasKi'i' in acci'iilin:,' \t>\w iii\itation. 1)5. S. Wore il otlierw i><'. aiio ill. IM!, 11. I liavo olU'U thou^'ht that, w Inn >nrii aiT intiiil oncai'd-, tln'ir ('()nntonan('os siiow far nioi'c of their ual cliaracters than when they enuaii'ed in eon\ i'r-a!iiui. '.Hi. !'_'. If I Were old enough to hi- inai'ried, I am old enoii;jli to inanaiTo my husband'.^ lioii-e. MT. I',]. It woidd doubtless iia\e exhibited itself (piietly eiiouirli if it were al»solutely undiluted. '.t7. 1 k The plan of >. the indepenkeletons. ','7. XV. — 1. Infinitives. 2. Ellipsis after an Auxiliary. 3. Participles. 1. I must not (Uinl o])- n.ame. which would alone Isave been sutlicieiit to haw -liown that rlu'i'e is no iiecosary connec- tion bet ween ^ceptici^m .and the philo-^ophy of I he human mind ; I mean Pd>liop Uutler. !•',(, •2. 1 meant, when lir^t I came, to have bon-lit .all Tjiri-;. lit). HBHHHHHHiiMWMHlliHi im^^fl^fth^' 18 KI5HORS IN TIIK TsK nl' i:\(;F,lSll. i !J. He paid iiu' miiiiy (■(»iii]>liiiu'nt'> ii|miii mv sermon a^Miiisf bad liiisbaiids, so that it is dear lie iiitriKk'd to liavc made a very jrood one. i*!i. 4. I should Jiave thon^dit it a ^toss act of tyranny to have interfered either with his political or his religious opinions. 5. Il had been my intention to have eolleeted the remnants of Keats's compositions. !»!». (I. My notions of the morality ol' controversy arc so strict, tliat had I in the eour.se of my jirofession as an achocate at the bar, ever been guilty of one act of abii-.iii;x that jiledtre of accu- racy, J should have deserved to have been stripped of my ^^own. 1)U. 7. The Prince had deternnned. the nu>mi'nt he should have entered u\)on his olHee, to have changed the administration, 9!t. H. Had instruction of this kind been needed formerly, it would have bet'u imj)ossil)le to have ])rocurcd it ; and had it been jwssible to have procured it, it would have been impos- sible to liave connected it with the old, narrow, single-subject system. IM), D. T should like very miu'h to have seen him. ]00. 10. There are many of the remaining jtortions of these apliorisms, on which we should like to have dwelt, loo. 11. It was, however, his|tlie Lord Advocate's] intention to have introduced an amending bill, but the .state of the public business j)revcnted him. lo(i. 12. Shelley, like Hyi'on. knew early wbat it was to love; almost all the great poets have. In I. l;{. It will be by grafting the feeble shoots of lilierty upon the stock of Catholicism; an experiment which has hitherto, and must ever, prove abortive. iOl. 14. That foreign taste, habits, arts, interests, and persuasions may have and did exercise a ])owcrful inlluence is doubtless true. 101. 1"). We are all apt io i.uagino that wh;U is. always has. and alwavs will i)e, lOl. 1 ^m0p^^ i 1 VKUI'.S. lit III. Ilavin,!,' tlin> iissfi'ti-tl liis jin rotf.'itivo, iiiid put on liis clothos with tlie lu'lp of ti vuK-t, tlu- count, with my m'phfW ;iiul iiic, wore introiiiu't'd hy his son; and rccoiveil with his usual stylii of rustic civility, loi?. 17. Sir Charles WcthtMvIl addressed the House |of l.ordsj for three hours . . . ; when, heiii^ fatig;ued by his exertions, their lordsiiips adjourned to the fullowinj,' day. lu;5. IH. Heiii^ I'XceedinjJily fond of birds, an aviary is always to bo found in the grounds. 10:}. XVI.— Errors in the use of "shall," "will," "can," etc. 1. Can I Kct a drink i 2. 1 will not be able to convince you how sui>ertuial the reformation is. ;]. 1 saiil to myself, I will be oblif,'ed to expost- the folly. 4. The council decided that the mayor would acco!ni)any the delej^atcs. fj. I hoped we would have a chance to express our views. 0, The boys asked if they could go to the circus. 7. I will probably be gone l)efore you return. 8. He shall do as he wishes 9. I will go and lay down. 10. Whom will we invite to our party? 11. You shall soon be twenty. 12. Shall you luive an apple? 115. I fear I will bother you. 1-i. Tiie next New-Year's-day, I shall bo at school three years, 15. If you shall call at my house to-morrow, you shall have a letter of introduction to him. If). You can esteem yourself fortunate t(t escape so easily. 17. If wo look within the rough and awkward outside, we will be richly rewarded by its perusal. 18. 1 should be obliged to him, if he will gratify me in thai particular. Ht. We w'onld be greatly mistaken if we suppose wealth and rank exempt from care and toil. liijii 20 MUlfOMS IN THK ISK ()|. KXdMsif. 2(1. Tlioiv is ii..t, ii -irl in i..u-n, l.„t K.f Iut !iavo hw will in gom^r to a iiiiisli, an.] sIk- shall dress lila^ a slic|.|.ci.K-ss. 21. If I wciild declare them, and speaiv of tlieni, thev aro iiiore than can he nund^cred. XVII.— Miscellaneous Errors. I. As one n[- his jSir William Hamilton's) must dlstinfiwished IMipds, and in liahits .d' i-ersmial inten..nrse with tliaf enunent """., I am .pnle snrc that you will have .leq.ly i.articipatcd in tiio sense ot an irreparahlc loss. KiC. 2. The iKTscn al.oiit \vh.»m o,,lhered alnioM as much inter- est as ahout the prisoner himself, Li/zie's appearance in the witness-hux caused a profound sensati(.n. J(i7. ■I A stnmpr t., local politics, her parties were larfrelv fro- 'cnted Uy fashion as well ns k-arnin- of the citv. an.l admis- sion to them eauerly coveted oven hy the graver\lepartn.ents ot soioiice, 107. 4. There is a st<.ry of a father whom liis son resolve.I to r..h Hav.nK eft utiKuanled the key of his escritoire as if thron<^h' forjxetlulness, the thief rushed toward tlie k'oI.I. 103. _ .'). Spcakin- with a poor woman ahout the daughter of her nei-hhor, . . . she said, "I reckon." lo;}. 0. F<,r l,ein,.- now witln.ut a father's protection, at.d under the .atuauury of his root; St. -lolm Aylott . . . was only care- 7 The a.lmir.d was called upon to say wl.otlier ho rocog- nued u, the l.ody present the corpse of the Emperor Maxinnl- eiosed.' -iS'''^''"^ '" ^''^' ''"i'-'""tive, the collin was a^ain 8 Considering it tnerely in that li^ld, it is ilu- tnost ancient and the most cn-ious n.en.orial of the early history of mankind. 9. It becn.ne desirable on every account to settle as soon as possible the differences between the colonv and the nn>ther- country ; and, havin.' vai.dy attempted to do this in other wav^ It was resolved at last to set.d some superior dinlomatist. 104' ic. Mie coul.1 meet no one amon^- the lanes and corntields J »^«i!!"«#p- ^ J VKIJI^ 121 who coiili] t'itlicr clMiiii lin-. as had thnso odious relations of liersi. lol. 11. Throii^'h (iod's ln.' nuviT wilh Kil. li\ liiit yod will l)oar it as \ on iiavo so many thinirs. KH. 1.".. 1 am anvious for tlic linn' whm \iv will talk as mnch nonsense to mi' as I hav*.' to him. ln|. 14. Hut. tlu' prohlom is one w hich no research lias hitherto solved, and prohahly never will. Id!. 15. ir it had not have hapjjened that the w.iy of the curious party lay in the directiiui, etc. |iil. Ki. In>tead ol'turnin;:- out. as he • -ould had to have done on any other working'' nuirniui:. I til. 17. I Intended to have insi>ted on this sympathy at ,i:ri'ater lonjith. !!!>. hS. I would have liked to have a-ked. ',il>. 19. It would have heen wroiit; to have refused his kind- ness. !)'.). '2(1. Friendshi|)s which we once ho|ied and l)elieved would never have iri'own cold. !»!!. XVIII.— Miscellaneous Errors. 1. If he is ready when thus called upon, well is it for him, and ho takes an impoi-tant -tei)eithei' in temporal or in spiritual thinjrs, as the case may he. If he he not tliu< ready, .self-re- proach is his lot, and often sliame ;ind contempt. \C>. 2. If ever man's Inuuor were u-eful to in-tnut as well as to delig-lit, it is that of .Micduiel An^'elo 'ritmar>li. !•;■), 8, If our standard for man's and woman's education were on a level, if it was the natural thintr for an intellectual woman to ji'ive as much time .and eueriry to study as it is for an intel- lectual m;in. !>."). 4. For neither did I feel the inirht hroeze cliill me, as wo ru.shed throu^rh it. nor ])artook, in any sort, of the desire my companions testilie.'ever. DO. ■■■>-^tmmmmmm~ I 22 KI{i:<>l{S IN TFIF-: (ISK OF i;N(;Msn. •i. It llaviluii lijid ln'cii iiisiiKHTf ill his doMiro for tlio puMlo pKul, and imdiT ('(.vcr of mu'Ii prot'i'ssioiis to l»e mi-ivly striving,' after his own pcrsoiiiil aiid pocuiiiary advaiitn^i', tiiore would ho .some ground to condenin hini. !»(i. 7. Wo can iMiiici'ive no ari^Miniont mon- tittiTJv l)ascK-ss than that which assiinics lio W(.idd have nccoinplishcd all he has done, and a <,'reat deal more, if a ditVerenf priiicipk' of action were suhstitiitrd for that which, as yet, has always heen the inuinsprin;.' <»f his mowmetit.s. !»(i. s. Thus, haply hofh, now sailin;,' side hy side, Mi^;•llt win the contest, and the palm divide, Had not Cloanthus, o'er the roliinjr Hoods, With hands uplifted, thus invoked the jrods. 07. 0. Very amusin<,'and useful companions Dharnui would iiuvo found them, were it not for her lonirin-- after the woodrt and sea-hree/cs of ClitTdale, !t7, 10. It is uhundantly clear that had it not been tor the strong and continuous protests of Nonconformists, South Hritain at this day w<»uld he almost, if not altoj;ether. a Popish country. !I7. 11. (iilhert Holmes was one of those to whom stren \ KKIiAl.s |\ " |N(;." li". 1 \vlii<'li tlii'V can imt accept in any sense as trno — wlu'ii thoy arc coiii|»i'lkMl t(» aci|nicscc ill wliiii tlu-y ln'Tuvc to he isvos^ sii|)cr- Htitidiis — tlicy will, aiitl in patient, indilTei-etit Spain tliey have, lor a while, ^riven a silent ac(piiescence. lni. 18. Failinjr, as other-. lia\e, to n-coneih' poet and nicla- physii's, he siieceeds hetter ill speiiilatioiis iii.spirod hy the reve- lations uf leiis and hilioratory. loj. XIX.— Verbal Forms in "ing." 1. HeiriL'' one of tlie priiieipal ehiireiies in Sydney, it u;is not unnatural to lonk for >oiiie de;j;ree of iiitelligency in the preacii- iiif; department, lot. 2. Ilavin;j; indifiiiantly refii>.eil to reliiKiuish lier i)r()tIi;,Mte associates, the cwrr ot" St. Siilpice dt'cHiied aterin^' the sacrament. Itil. ;{. .lohii (Jihson dii'ij on the 27th of .laniiary, isiiCt, and lies in the lln^ilish cemetery at Koine. Having' been decorated with the cro>s of the Legion of Honor, a company of French soldiers, with miitlUd diiims, tbrmed part of the funeral procession, and lired a salute over the fxrave. In}. 4. (Jlidiiifr ulon^' its jiassairos, many a word was uttiTcd. 104. •'». Convei-siii^' one day with in'CM'ln'r on the snhject of the war, he said, "Our triiimjih is producing a si)eedier etl'ect upon you than upon ourselves. J04. (5. Looking!; baek on the alTair, after the lapse of years, the chief mistake seems to have heen the simultaneity of the new ecclesiastical arrangement and the advent of the cardinal arch- bishop. 104. 7. llavinjx just now spoken rather of the disciples than of the Master, this opportunity may be taken to say that, etc. 104. 8. Ilavinc perceived the weakness of his poems upon the Franco-Cierman War, they now reap[)ear to us under new titles, and larg^cly pruned or otherwise remodeled. Iu4. !». Lookinjr back from this distance of time and across n change of political and social manners far greater than the dia- »*.|, s—flpriL. 24 KinJOIIS IN TIIM [yv. (>!• K\(;MSn. tan,.,, nf tin.,. u.i;:lit M-n, t„ ,.x,.l,.in, it npinars ,lilli,.„lt t.. „n- di'istan.l flu. |...issi,.ii,,tt. t.in..ti,.iis wl.i.h tli,. a..,.i.ssi„n ui the }<'iin^' l^iu','ii s,..riis to liav,. ,.\,.it,..| ,>n nil sides. \i)i. 1". Allowin- lur tho ,NM-vr.,ti..., „{ irioiKlsliii. ,.,m| po,.f,.v this IS n,.t a L.-mI .lrs,.riptinu uf u |..it l,„nl .lu|,„ KusmIFs >tNk' bt'CHtii,. at. its JM St. |(if. II. Kiitorin- til,, facton-.-ntt., lli,. (.vi.K..i,T oir..,-..,] l,is \i.iial orj;atis Miij,'lit lead, it,'. Id,'). 1-'. Hdl ollicial Kcntl.inrn tl,..|, were ,.v,.n mor,. ..Ilicial th^m tlioyaro in.u-: ami lani'vin^' iliat rwrv man in oilir.. wa. a .T,.af •"an. evory ..ne „nt of it a Muall .„,., .lu-ir ..,HHial runlL.n.pt was ri'si'i-vi'd for a piiblic urilir. KC). l;}. llavin- lH.,.onK. proslrato.l witli loss of |,loo not Id! ^o,,,, tin,,. afhTuanl it n a> .lis,.ovc.rc.,l Jio u-as uouinlo,! so s,.v,.tvly that h,. n,arlv laintA.,1. lor,. 14. This ,.op.v isiH.u- in my possession, havin- pundias..] it at th,. sale ol his (;i-a,v'< lil.rary, and I need i-.t add that 1 esteem it as one ,.f my -nafi'st literary trea.ly, and upon mv honor th-.t theoarryinfr this point se,.n.s essential t,. the siu'cess of this measure, los, 2. In h,.t elimat,.s. th,- lettiuir into a countrv a mass of sf-i-r. nant water, et,-. I (is. ' "^ 'i. The aseertainin- a [.rinciple in metaphvsi,al s.'ienee' i.s somc'tlln,... the ,learin- up .d' a dortrine of reflation. luH 4. Mr. Mill will ..... that the point of duhi,.tv sp.du-n of v.-m one whieh sn-'c.sts nut the hun-in- of the culprit, hut the sparing 111 in, 108. I ■.■,--«. ,x- .«iVViii|ialiiiiii>!ii|) ul' tli»« cliiMri'ii, ir it (lv li.v.-, ut ilu'ir vniiii-' minds, ami llir ri'iid.riiii,' their li\is happv li\ Jndiriuns vniw what can it iiiran ,■' Ins. 7. Ill apiM'oarhiiii: tlir |iiM(tical |iriil.lciii, thriT aiv'twn parts that will lu'i'.j In la. krjit di-timi th,. |ii-,| >tartiii- i.l' thi' iww Hystciii. and the k.rpin^: it >^niu'^ niliv it has hci u startnl. Iiis. H. Ui'tiiriiinir lionit' sliortl.v hilori' niiduiL^ht on tlif "Jil in- stant, he bt'jj-an h.v ^niashinj; thr I'liriMtiMV. K.'nionstratinLMvith him ahoiii this, lu' said hr would •-Mttli- lu'r," if >Iil- said aiiv morr. IdC. 1». Having' cliosfii Ari.-totli' as thf r(|irrsrntali\i' ol' anrii.m scii'iici'. it is uiincci.s-, iry U,i \i\v to i'\|M)und tln' doi trim- nf his viirions jtrt'cursors. jia;. I<». Sonu'tiims iMi'otin^^ him at llif priiitin;.'-olH(c n|' Mr. Clowi's, lu" would toll nu', etc. lot;. 11. Not knowin;r the character «.t' his host, ihrse c-ratula- tiotis failed to strike the hearer as either -t raii-c .,i- unueces- sary. Im|)lyin^^ as Mr. Kdtords did. tliat his iil,.cc"s character air..rded -rroiinds lor uneasimss. il was natural that he slKudd folic'itale himself on bciiit:' rid of the (diar;;e. HiC. 12. Thiiikin;,'of them. Mina. my pen tarrie> a^ I write. Hit;. 1.'). \U''\u^ the only child o| a man wcll-t..-do, mdiodv would liavo heen surpri-ed had A-ius .^tatitield heen sent to ;i hoa."d- in;.,'-seli()ol. I (it). U. It was supposed that the wiifron-whoels, restini:- on u Bmootli surface, would diminish friction. Id'.). 15. Horace trcmhliniT for the lifi' of N'ii'Lril. is an interesting' moment in the history of poetry and friend-hip. |n;t. 10. \'ic() observes that the wife hrintrin^' a dowrv is evi- dence of her freedom. Inn. 17. Wa.s the mere fact of Mr. Trelyon returnin- to iy„sil- yan next day anything to be sad about .'' Ki'.t. 1«. T su{>{"»se lier knowiodi^e v\' the emperor haviiiii' left nothing to liis sou induced her to make such a will. lOU. *--*>^>>mffimmmmmm90^ 2(\ KIIKORS IN TIIK V^K oV KMil.l-K. !!•. T\\v report of Iwv dratli oi'lj^iimtrd iVoiii ln-i- linviiiLr bet-n (li'spairi'd of in Si'|iU'iiil)or. lO'.i. 20. All iiiiiuls smii to Iir piTlVctly iiuule up ;is t(» the (\t- taintj of Catliolic Hiiiaiiripatioii liavin^M'oiiio at last. lo;). 21. What follows had hetter hwu wantiiii; altoiivthcr. 22. Tlu' puttiiijA' IfttiTs tojj:rthor .so as to make words is calknl spi'lliii^f. 2.".. 1 do not rciiK'inhcr seoiii.tr ('oleri(kv, wlicii 1 was ;i child. 2i. There are so many ii'ratilications attend this public sort of obs(airity. 25. 1 prefer dying rutlior than to save my life by a mortal sin. XXI.— ADVERBS. 1. Tic nctod 90 silly, that we were afraid. 2. The men walked on ijuickly but oi'derly. 8. He always acts a.yreeable to his pronnse. 4. The lake looks beautifidlv to-dav. 5. She looked sjid at him. (>. That horse trots prettv trood. 7. lie elind)ed an exceedint? hiirh tnountain. B. They could <<:et them easici- by heart. II. I suppose Attwood liorrowi'd the money, from this re- markable and ceremoiuous acds'iiowledtinient on bis ])art: bad I l)een s(il)er I would just as soon have lent him the nose on my face; for. in my then cii-cumstances, the note was of much m(u-e cons(>(|uence to me. 1 10. 10. Campian looked back at the fair, innocent creature, whose lonjr, dark curls, alter the then country t'ashion, rolled down from beneath the hood below her waist. 110. 11. The seldom use of it. 110. 12. My lord duke's entertainment.^ were both seldom '.nid shabby. 110. 1-'?. Boys or ladsf.om all the schools competed, an! their success or otherwise indicated whos.' teaching was mo>t elli-ient. 110. 14. Slij always apjiears very ami.iliy. \1 |^J^\>,VV'«\»A'V>A\t«V mmmmt0o^i ADWAim. '21 '.111(1 J 15. The ciri-i.'iiic v\>\v> tasilv. ill. Till' (1,;|(| ;|r,. ,,|||_v ||;||i|,v. IT. \(. ..i,r i.vrr 'Arl^.l luAArv nv nimv suital.Ic t,. „ .,ivat OIJUTii'l'llCV. *" IS. He is nowr snli^li,.,] v.iil, expi^.-^si,,^ a.nthin- rl,n\y and siiiipk'. 1!'. S„c.h u,.nls a> Ikino iho ,„u.| li,,ni,ls ami v..u .Is di.K' the solti'st. 20. Kwn ImhIv was diw^cl a- liiir as liimsflf. 21. .\ srale, wliid, 1 took i^ivat pains, suuw v.ars >i,„v. to iiiiiki.'. 22. Tlirir r(M|iu.li'. 2;i. And childmi aiv m.-n' i.iisv in tlirir plav 'I'lian Ihosr tiiat wis^Iv'st pass the tinu- auav. 21. Motiun „pu-ard is ..uuiinunlv nnuv a-rcrai-le than ,n,.- lion downward. 20. A vrrh in thr intinitivr ni, al.s.,hit,. stands in.h.p..nd- ontly of the r, -t of the sentence. 2t'). What am I and Irom ujienee? 27. Kllipsis is when one or nioiv wonls aiv w;,n1inir to ,.,„„- plete the sense, 28 A nic.tonvn.y is when the cat^o is put for the etl\rt or the efreet for the cause. 20. Fusion is whih. some solid suhstaiice is .•onvert.d into a Ihnd hy heat. ;50. Whetlier it can he proved or no. i. nut the thin- Si. I can not hy no means aUow hini that. J52. There is no inarkrd nor peculiar character in the style. 83. He lias near liiuslu'd the chapter. o-i. It is scai'ce pos>ihle at hest. XXII.— PRONOUN AND ADJECTIVE. Miscellaneous Errors. _ 1. He was the most powerful speaker, the most a.'tive min- ister, thetruot man, which tlie kirk has had -since Chalmers' death. 8o. "?W 1 .v» the course of nature poitits to, whose wisdom is possibly, his power certainly, limited, and whose goodness, though real, is not likely to have been the only mo- tive which actuated him in the work of Creation. 87. 12. Afrasiyah, strong as an elephant, whose shadow extended for miles, whose heart was bounteous as the ocean, and his hands like the rjoiidn when rain falls to gladden the earth. 87. 13. A Church whose creeds are determined, its chief otlicers I i ' ftSS^'s^'JSitakj; Ui-km0IDfflh»^,~ •^i."-^ r^fCm MISCELLAXEOrs KUilOUS. 29 appointed, its disciplino ;i(Iiiiiiii>tt-'ri'd, luid its revenues secured by \Uv Stale. S7. 14. TIr- ti'stiiiioiiy ul" a mail wliosi- poculiarly stronfr and manly mind, and liis iiiti-nsc Idvc of all that is Scottisli, tnaki' it specially valualiK'. sT. 15. This was liiclfdini, wlid-^f wonderfid ivuov voicr and clear articulatii)n ol' ihr woi'ds wei'e perhaps equal to tho^c (qualities in Brahaiii. and he wa< a far hetter actor. S7. 10. Gordon (ilenaeii, whose own business not re(iuii'ini,nnucii unreinittinij: attention, ol't I'll left his more immediate eoiieerns. Hi). IT. Tlie two eha]iters which now remain are by far the nu)st important of any. 18. An or;j:an is the besi of all other musical instruments. It). Are tiiei'e any adj'ectives wliicli I'orm the degrees of com parison peculiar to tliemselves ^ 20. r wish to ciiltivati' a farther accjnaintance with you. 21. Kude nations make little or no allusi(jns to the produ<-- tionn of the arts. \ "a I XXIII.— Miscellaneous Errors. 1. Thus glorifying Ins name ami mission, who was tlio Prince of Peace, on. 2. It was during this visit of tliree years that Williarns gave to tlie press those works in wliich he has clearlv exponn(h'd the noble principle for which he sufTered. and wliich is the most endurable memorial of his name. 7H. n. A reverent admission that it is (lod, and not (ieneral von Moltke, or the fidelity of tlu' Ilolieiizollerns to their duty, who has struck France with ])alsy and broken to pieces the formida- ble power which sixty years ago set Euroi)e at defiance. 81. 4. ft is not every man whose heart is in the right place, and whose head strives to master a comprehensive ])rofession, who 18 able to compose a good military treatise. Rl. 5. And it is the very fact that there is so infinitesimal a re- ligious public in Prussia which has no State-su|)port. which makes the new State conditions of tiiat sup[)ort so truly for« midalde, 81. ■'^«*«»^^'^»^s«?l«P»*-*f ■ 30 KRKORS IX THi; TSF-; (»F KX(JL1SI1, G. I am siiiv tliciv is not aii iiulisidual coiuicftcd witli the "Dailj News"'— who knows its true inteivsts— who will not look ujjon this day as the hhackist in its cnk'nchir. S3. 7. I am certain that, JVoni the siil.-editors down to the small- est hoy, there is not one in the otliee that has had direet coni- niunieaiion with you wlio d<.es n(.t look upon your loss as a personal niisrortune. 83. 8. There is nothing which is p.^ssiblc which he can not clle.'i. 83. !». There was not a department of its administration which did liot reij.iice scrutiny and rectilication. S3. JO. There has been a little civil war hctwecn the Kccle^ias- tical Commission, ddeliy bishops, and the deans and chapters, whom the pious pi- dates have defrauded of some patrona,-e an.! cunverted to their .,wn benelit. 89. 11. Kvervt! iui; that Dr. Macleod writes is worth i.i'eservimr. and we heartily welco-ae this collection ot' stories and sket^<.^x^>'•.^1^.^^^^'*1^>^v^>VlVk>>0'^^^,•^ ' 1 . ' r 1 pent in educating his daughter. S. 9. A very small fraction of its mend)ers ever enters the House of I'eoi's; the remainder are kept away I.y more tempt- ing avocations of ]>leasure or of husiness. Ki. K). He was short, small, meager, and appeared calculated for no other purpose than to augment the numi)er of the Efeian's victinis. 1:5. II. It is not every i)ainter who is calculated to show to so nuich advantage. 1;J, 1-2. Mr. Camphell's intention to write the lives of . lain of the English poets— a task for which he is most adnnrably cul- culated. 13. 13. A capacious rent had been made in a part of his cos- tume. 13. 11. If any num did make such a ronnirk [.as that evil would work its own cure], it was a climax of i.oIitic;il apathy. U. 15. When philosophic candor and intelligence are supposed to have hit their final climax in the doctrine that everythimr is both true and false ar the same time. U. Ki. The glories of the age of Louis XIV were the climax of a set of ideas. 14. i\ J! 1 "•i!«*««|«»9Ki*«-4fel:»> •d 32 ERRORS IX THE I'SE OF ENVUilSIf. 17. He dcsorvcssoino ooiulij^rii iHinisliiiu'iif, cr'K'd ^^r^^. Crant- haiii, sowrely. 15, IH. TIh' alxililitin of the iiicniiR'-tiix . . . iiKiri' Mian con- (loiii's i'(;r tlu' turmoil of a fi'divral (.'lection. IT). lit. Vou will ho pk'ascil, madam, to romembor, the lad was st-nt with a vrrhal message to the doctor. 58. 'Jn. When this was verbally conceded, the Chancellor re- (jniri'd that they should have it in writing. .5S. 21. These orders being illegal, they are generally commu- nicated vei hally : but as the responsible editor is not always to be found at the moiiieiil, they are at times left in writin<'. 5!). '22. The wounded used to be stowed in it (the refreshment- room at Meaux) till the time came conveniently to evacuate them. 28. 2:5. With a reluctance not unnatural in a female. 29. 24. Females mixed with the crowd, and, forgetting the sta- tions whicli nature bad litted Miem to adorn, dealt boldly and extensively in the bubbles that rose before tlietn. 29. XXV. -Improjjrieties. — (Continvied.) 1. Nearly a decade of years. 19. 2. It is the same spirit that, a (vw decades of years later, drew from the ranks, etc. 10. .'3. At a future meeting Sir David (Brewster) was served with an indictnient. 31. 4. Yon see this spirited Ilonse of Common^; knows how to demean itself when any solid act of baseness, such as the (en thousand pounds to the Duke of York, is in agitation 20. .'). Docs if, in your eyes, deteriorate from ^lilton's peculiar greatness that he could not have given us the conception of Falstaff? 21. 6. You must not consider that T am wishing to deteriorate in the slightest degree from the jnerits of the great and good man who carried out the treaty, 21, 7- Wliile We have no positive assurance on this point, I con- »S>*f»\\^ VWwy.^^^\^^vv^^^^'^^^^^^^^v^<'.-^T^^^^^^^^^^^vvii(h and kindred rubbish. 20. 14. No beds whatever, and for a whole week I never took off my clothes, but laid down in them, wrapped in mv cloak, Ol. 15. The cost of the volume was formerly five .-shillings, it is now ])ublishcd at the limited price (tf one shilling. :i8. 16. A mutual silence took jdace for some time. 09, 17. The road going down the moor had been washed red, and the rapid and drinnly stream had overflown its narrow banks. 41. 18. It needed no ghost from the grave, or rapping spirit from the invisilde world, to ])redieate even then the success of the young D'Israeli in ])ublic life. 45. 19. When cholera is scourging the land, you may predicate as well as trace its progress. 45. 20. There is no organ of which the concomitant mental feeling may be predicted with greater contidence [than cautious- ness]. 46, 4 <-Vs.V(«».^v-».» ■•^SHvWSKOWSIMSWW lU KKItoRS IN' THE USK OF ENT.MSH. ^ XXVI. -PREPOSITIONS. 1. One Preposition for Another. 2. Change of Prepo- sition. I. If I (lid (lot roiiMdcT tlii'iM ilia (lifforont point of view. lU. '2. L^v intimate friends who have seen me Ircpiently,' even my state of extremity has been doubled. J 11. _ •">. I thiidc it nnist have been t-. some such primitive explana- tion ol the whoopin^.-eou,i,^h that there has ..nnvn up in Austri-i the unnjue custon, of trc.tin^ that .lisease by ad.ninistoriiiK tl 10 ,. ,"• ' "."'^■'^•'"••"'^^•^■'■" f-'o-H' who carries a stiletto) the Eno-- l.sh practice ot boxing- is a sheer b-utality ; while to an En-dlsh- |nan ,h,mselt perhaps not a Joseph) the c.raUere serre^te L looked upon w,.h reprobation tempered by snorn 111 7. Fron, this ,.oalition an.i not from the spirit of its own treatment of ,mr tallen enemy Xap.doon Bonaparte. Ill 8. Dunnstadt in addition to i,s library and theatre, recom- inendcl itsell to him from its freedom fi woods ui Its vuMnitv. 1 U 9 om noise, and from the »of •;• ' 'H>cnmes which he [Dr. BnchnerJ lays to the cbar^^o of e hr,st.an,ty may have been due rather to the absence of its , mo sinr in many of its so-called disciples than . Von, any inhere intolerance m that sj.irit itself 111. ""uuir _ in. They all agreed that inferior' n,en, ^ettin:. possession of -MH>wer, persistently applied it to their own narrow pur- ; ni " '"". •" "••'"•'•''"^ <'- !*-'-l>^- <>^ an institu ion then lalhiii^ into disrepute by reason nf these vices. 112. fv s^.t«o>^Jas<*e^• .mmm«m^'., '%S.-A .■■■"■ih--'~ riiKi'osmoNs. .•i5 II. 11. He was iioi aviT-M' t'nnii n iiioilorato quantity dI" ;;t)od, sdiiiid, ti'iiii y Mort. 1 ]•_'. 1"J. rulitii'S, as Ik- makes evoii Deiiiostlu'iu's ndinit, :\rv the "sad rofii,:j,v of ivstkss minds, avrrso Irom luisiiu'ss and from study." 111'. l;i. Ill' was tlu* only uiu' wliu vniturrd to dilTcr with tiiat ^Toat mini'-ti'r (III iiii|M)i-tant (lurstioiis. 11;;. II. This \)v\u'^> to my mind aiiotluT insiancf of tht" >amo nature, u hi'iv our Kn-lisli poot, hy not attending' to tlu' peculiar i'.\l)ri'>-ion of his author, has /^dvcn us a picturo of a \.ry dillor- cnt kind than what llomrr intciidi'd. ill. 1."). Mah is not always to hr condiMnnrd I'or not di>tinL:nish- io^' hotwi'cn Christianliy in itsi'lf, and in tho declarations and I'aith ol' all around him. I ir». 1(). Thore is no real hrliof until one diseorns the neeussury harmony between every part of the divine whole. 1 1.'). XXVII.— 1. Misuse of "between." 2. Faulty Omission. 3, Redundancy. 1. Between the olTetises of hjasplicmy, liypoerisy, and per- jury, and partakinir of the --uilt of all three, lies that (.f apos- tasy. 11-}-. 2. Praxiteles i.s said to have definitively irivon the eharaotor of sensuality to A\>nus, who had previ uisly floated hetween several ideals of hcauty, lU. .'^. Throii-'h Lcssln<'\ Mondelssohu suhseipieiitly heeamo ac- . \\ i.cv iK.tw..,, cv.rv stifl., sla- ,..,„lci |,>.,k „,, ,,,1 s.o wliiit was p.in^r ..II in the stivc-t. 1 15. I"- n.vakinK a nmstitution l.y the'very san,. cn.rs, fl.at so niaiiy liavo hern l.rcko Lofoiv. I !(;. II. J.ll.,uvs.s, vices and inli.ldi.y .vn.l.r us, wlu,.- i„ ,I„wl>t more ,stross,n,ly *v*:vM'fe4ft«Ni^ rV^«!ftse#«:^e**«»i»»,%.'-«s4t^ J (.'ON.irNCTIOXS. i Ki-ini ii(l Ills stoiif to tho lu';ii. in th,. (U'Sfft, tlic trm|.],. wmiM soon rise and show its lliii- j)fo|i(.rtioii-^ to the world. Ms. '5. Directly tho session ot'lSTit coMinifiiciM!, the ( io\,.iiiinriit was pressed to (h) soinithinir to pn^ervo I':p|>inf: Fon-t. 1 is. 7. Directly i.ouis Wl cunie to the throni'. Maiirep.i. made Vergeiuies Miiuster for Foreii;!! AtTairs. 1 |H. S. Dirt'ctly on the accession ,,f Ijuiis X\l. Maiirepa-. not the kiii.L'. called T\U'. i>iit perhaps one is undnly hia-ed hy the eliarni of a ('()ni|)lete escape from the thoiisand-and-ont' alVectations which liiive ^n'(»wn up since Kieidinir died, ami we have all l.ecome so much wiser and more learned than all previous '■•enerat ioii^; MS. 10. I have not jriven them when, perhajis, they were most necessary; but oidy when I fancied they nd.irht he nsefnl. or that I liad something,' i)ertinent to (piote or to say. 1 l!i. 11. We believe the freedom and happiness of a people are not the resnlt of their iwlitical institutions, but that their politi- cal institutions are, in jrreat deirree, the result of their own temper and as|)iration. J 1!). 12. Tho ditliculty of collectiuir the leaves from the shrubs, which are described to grow in this district on sides of inac- cessible precipices, is said to be excessive, and that the laborers en^^aged in the task are lot d..wn bv n.ean^ of iron chains lilt. 13. Dr. Foley declares lung-disease to bo very rare in Al- geria, both among Europeans and natives, and that the disease, if the patient be brought out here in an early stage, not only ooasos to make progress, but shows a marked amelioration. 110. 14. I still seem to fool tho Queen's broad arrow stamped upon mo, and that the men wliom in my vanity I imagined I wished to benefit in u red coat, 1 might now' benefit with a bettor-founded hope of usefulness in the mure somber garb of a minister of Clirist. 119. 15. He experienced no small exultation tlien, when ho saw this state of things reversed and that the King of Kngland wa=J l^i HI im mmum t wiH 8S FURORS IN TJIK ISK (.|. KNCi.isiI. om. ,nun. a ,,..,.ona.v uImk. ,,oIi,.^. nvatnl I,..,... nn.l ;.!ar,n. '"• '11.- F.vncl. (VIM,.. M,ai.itMim..l, vv,„.Mnru.-|...rn,n..., ••••''•ni^t HI Al;xcna, a.i.l that I,. .Ii,| „nt (h.-iv.. i„ (-.M-ira. II!.. XXIX.-l - That " redundant. 2. " That" as a substi- tute. 3, "Seldom or ever." 4. "Than" I. It l.vm. nu.a.is lulluu-. that hrcai.so it has h..,, nn in- VMlu.Mhlo .h.ruv.rv to ,nak. a ,M.rti.,n uf jrov.r,.nu..nt .l.,,.,,,! 7'''; ;' /•■•'7';'''-'''- l''-i"H,>Ks that .vu^v poMi.M ol^a p.vnn'un, Mioiihi he (li'diicc'd Iruiii that priiicl|.k.. l-jii. 2 Tntilthis W altmnl (or thr h.ttrr.'l'.h. .„.t ... ih.t wc n>v l.kclv to^M-ou nn.d, wis.r. or that. thu,„h p.-liti,,,! ....ucr '"-•'vpass n.to .litlVr.Mt han-ls. that it Mill Ik- .xc.n.i>c..i m..r.. puroiy or snisihly than it ha> hcfii. Ii.'(». »• Iiut think that inNvritin:.'alM'M.k int. mK, I torn... >^nl the Spanish lower ..lassos as they a r. at th. pr..s..nt tinu. that that hook wonl.l s.on, coniplc-to uithnut m„,u. nofi,., hoin. taken of the hiill-li;;ht. I2(i. 4 I fell him that if you u er. to h.:,r hin. sp..ak Kndi.i _ ^vh..■h he .h..._s in the prettiest n.ann.r -thai y,.„ ,,H,ld not re.rain Irojn kissino- ||j,,|_ i^d^ rK Far.li.tant he the .lay when the n,in:,t...l and ni.asnre.l walk ah.n^' the TrMnii-in^rt,,,, „r the Uhostu- i;..,.,d takes the phr. ..t the nuinly exercise of the .rieket-n^und an.l the river <>'• that lectures multiply while sports decrease, l",, (». "^ 7. If it wer.. attempt..], an.l that any troublesome p.dnt came .)n th.. tapis, et*-. 121, s. 1 had a sensati.M. as thouj, I l..,! Iu...n walkin.r through onjr, (lark alleys in a suhten-.nonr, coal-cellar, and that I now thr()u) !•• When I recollect the w„ hi,'], v.m. 'saw me opposed to 1 erceval on the oist of Fehruar,. 1803, and that I con pare liis present situation with min. . t , lO], ^"ij.aic 10. Nowadays, statesmen, uan.es . . '. are seldom or ever I i :-iS^'«S}^^N«;vvN*s>5#fo.«iA»»«*i^ikv«aS!«4^ J ai;il'itl. now (■((NJINCTIONS. t .S!> (lis|.n,o.l t.. (•;ni-y .Mil fhrir |,h„, i|,|... (,, il,..ir l.-itirnafr .•xtnil l-2'2. II. I'lviimtiin' (Iffiv is srIiliM • f\A'r l.»;':il. Ij-j. I--'. V..11 sr|.|..i,i .„• vw'v s.H- n I. air ..!• IicMi-tv man ,.,• ucniaii vi'iidiii;.' WiitiT-cnsscs. l'2'2. I'"i. Ycmr ('liri>tiiias wriUTs an' -.'Mom ,.r rvr of tlii^ s,,rt 14. Siicli jXMods an- iiiaiK' for v\\,nv\. aiui an- sJdoiii m- cvrr iisod in this ('(.iintn-; hciii;: far ti.i. (•(Ximio?!. Il»'_>. I-"'. A huly who ;l. 8. But, as it liaj.i., iied, s.-an-rly had I'liu-hc's evos ivMod a^'uin on the jiid-e-.s eoiintenanee than all its ii-lv {itable pursuits^, and which might have been loss pleasant in the retrospect. 126. srsBssaq^Sj^ES l-Ji»iVS»^«%A'>1*-**1*^Vi'>W * ■ A' 't.!w *> COXJUXCTIONS, 41 t 4. At least, this was sa'nl, and tlio intention attrilmtocl to liini, and wJdclj lie did not deny, liavini,' been proimd^Mted be- fore it was executed, shattered the reniainin^c lidi'lity of his superior oUieers. 12(1, 5. Such are a tew of the many paradoxes one could cite from Ids uritin;^^s, mid which are now before nie. li'T.