12. In what series of words may each of them be heard two or three times? 13. What is said of the sounds of j and x? 14. What is said of the sounds of c and q? 15. What is said of sc, or s before c? 16. What, of ce, ci, and ch? 17. What sounds has the consonant g? 18. In how many different ways can the letters of the alphabet be combined? 19. What do we derive from these combinations of sounds and characters? LESSON IV.-CAPITALS. 1. What characters are employed in English? 2. Why should the different sorts of letters ke kept distinct? 3. What is said of the slanting strokes in Roman letters? 4. For what purpose are Italics chiefly used? 5. In preparing a manuscript, how do we mark these things for the printer? 6. What distinction of form belongs to each of the letters? 7. What is said of small letters? and why are capitals used? 8. What things are commonly exhibited wholly in capitals? 9. How many rules for capitals are given in this book? and what are their titles? 10. What says Rule 1st of books? 11. What says Rule 2d of first words? 12. What says Rule 3d of names of Deity? 13. What says Rule 4th of proper names? 14. What says Rule 5th of titles? 15. What says Rule 6th of one capital? 16. What says Rule 7th of two capitals? 17. What says Rule 8th of compounds? 18. What says Rule 9th of apposition? 19. What says Rule 10th of personifications? 20. What says Rule 11th of derivatives? 21. What says Rule 12th of I and O 22. What says Rule 13th of poetry? 23. What says Rule 14th of examples? 24. What says Rule 15th of chief words? 25. What says Rule 16th of needless capitals? [Now turn to the first chapter of Orthography, and correct the improprieties there quoted for the practical application of these rules.] LESSON V.-SYLLABLES. 1. What is a syllable? 2. Can the syllables of a word be perceived by the ear? 3. Under what names are words classed according to the number of their syllables? 4. Which of the letters can form syllables of themselves? and which cannot? 5. What is a diphthong? 6. What is a proper diphthong? 7. What is an improper diphthong? 8. What is a triphthong. 9. What is a proper triphthong? 10. What is an improper triphthong? 11. How many and what are the diphthongs in English? 12. How many and which of these are so variable in sound that they may be either proper or improper diphthongs? 13. How many and what are the proper diphthongs? 14. How many and what are the improper diphthongs? 15. Are proper triphthongs numerous in our language? 16. How many and what are the improper triphthongs? 17. What guide have we for dividing words into syllables? 18. How many special rules of syllabication are given in this book? and what are their titles, or subjects? 19. What says Rule 1st of consonants? 20. What says Rule 2d of vowels? 21. What says Rule 3d of terminations? What says Rule 4th of prefixes? 23. What says Rule 5th of compounds? 24. What says Rule 6th of lines full? 22. [Now turn to the second chapter of Orthography, and correct the improprieties there quoted for the practical application of these rules.] LESSON VI.-WORDS. 1. What is a word? 2. How are words distinguished in regard to species and figure? 3. What is a primitive word? 4. What is a derivative word? 5. What is a simple word? 6. What is a compound word? 7. How do permanent compounds differ from others? 8. How many rules for the figure of words are given in this book? and what are their titles, or subjects? 9. What says Rule 1st of compounds? 10. What says Rule 2d of simples? 11. What says Rule 3d of the sense? 12. What says Rule 4th of ellipses? 13. What says Rule 5th of the hyphen? 14. What says Rule 6th of no hyphen? [Now turn to the third chapter of Orthography, and correct the improprieties there quoted for the practical application of these rules.] LESSON VII.-SPELLING. 1. What is spelling? 2. How is this art to be acquired? and why so? 3. Why is it difficult to learn to spell accurately? 4. Is it then any disgrace to spell words erroneously? 5. What benefit may be expected from the rules for spelling? 6. How many rules for spelling are given in this book? and what are their titles, or subjects? 7. What says Rule 1st of final f, l, or s? 8. Can you mention the principal exceptions to this rule? 9. What says Rule 2d of other finals? 10. Are there any exceptions to this rule? 11. What says Rule 3d of the doubling of consonants? 12. Under what three heads are the exceptions to this rule noticed? 13. What says Rule 4th against the doubling of consonants? 14. Under what four heads are the apparent exceptions to this Rule noticed? 15. What says Rule 5th of final ck? 16. What monosyllables, contrary to this rule, end with c only? 17. What says Rule 6th of the retaining of double letters before affixes? 18. Under what three heads are the exceptions to this rule noticed? 19. What says Rule 7th of the retaining of double letters after prefixes? 20. What observation is made respecting exceptions to this rule? LESSON VIII.-SPELLING. 21. What says Rule 8th of final ll, and of final 1 single? 22. What words does this rule claim, which might seem to come under Rule 7th? and why? 23. What says Rule 9th of final e omitted? 24. Under what three heads are the exceptions, real or apparent, here noticed? 25. What says Rule 10th of final e retained? 26. Under what three heads are the exceptions to this rule noticed? 27. What says Rule 11th of final y changed? 28. Under what three heads are the limits and exceptions to this rule noticed? 29. What says Rule 12th of final y unchanged? 30. Under what three heads are the exceptions to this rule noticed? 31. What says Rule 13th of the terminations ize and ise? 32. Under what three heads are the apparent exceptions to this rule noticed? 33. What says Rule 14th of compounds? 34. Under what seven heads are the exceptions to this rule noticed? 35. What says Rule 15th of usage, as a law of spelling? [Now turn to the fourth chapter of Orthography, and correct the improprieties there quoted for the practical application of these rules and their exceptions.] CHAPTER VI.—FOR WRITING. EXERCISES IN ORTHOGRAPHY. [The following examples of false orthography are inserted here, and not explained in the general Key, that they may be corrected by the pupil in writing. Some of the examples here quoted are less inaccurate than others, but all of them, except a few shown in contrast, are, in some respect or other, erroneous. It is supposed, that every student who can answer the questions contained in the preceding chapter, will readily discern wherein the errors lie, and be able to make the necessary corrections.] EXERCISE I.-CAPITALS. "Alexander the great killed his friend Clitus."-Harrison's Gram., p. 68. "The words in italics are parsed in the same manner."-Maltby's Gram., p. 69. "It may be read by those who do not understand latin."-Barclay's Works, Vol. iii, p. 262. "A roman s being added to a word in italics or small capitals."-Churchill's Gram., p. 215. "This is not simply a gallicism, but a corruption of the French on; itself a corruption."—Ib., p. 228. "The Gallicism, 'it is me,' is perpetually striking the ear in London."-Ib., p. 316. "Almost nothing,' is a common scotticism, equally improper: it should be, scarcely any thing."'"-Ib., p. 333. "To use learn for teach, is a common Scotticism, that ought to be carefully avoided."-See ib., p. 261. "A few observations on the subjunctive mood as it appears in our English bible."- Wilcox's Gram., p. 40. "The translators of the bible, have confounded two tenses, which in the original are uniformly kept distinct."-Ib., p. 40. "More like heaven on earth, than the holy land would have been."-AntiSlavery Mag., Vol. i, p. 72. There is now extant a poetical composition, called the golden verses of Pythagoras."-Lemoriere's Dict. "Exercise of the Mind upon Theorems of Science, like generous and manly Exercise of the Body, tends to call forth and strengthen Nature's original Vigour."-Harris's Hermes, p. 295. "O that I could prevail on Christians to melt down, under the warm influence of brotherly love, all the distinctions of methodists, independents, baptists, anabaptists, arians, trinitarians, unitarians, in the glorious name of christians."-KNOX: Church ill's Gram., p. 173. "Pythagoras long ago remarked, 'that ability and necessity dwell near each other.'"-Student's Manual, p. 285. 66 "The Latin Writers Decency neglect, But modern Readers challenge more Respect."-Brightland's Gram., p. 172. EXERCISE II.-SYLLABLES. 1. Correct Bolles, in the division of the following words: "Del-ia, Jul-ia, Lyd-ia, heigh-ten, pat-ron, ad-roit, worth-y, father, fath-er-ly, mar-chi-o-ness, i-dent-ic-al, out-ra-ge-ous, ob-nox-ious, pro-di-gi-ous, tre-mend-ous, ob-liv-i-on, pe-cul-i-ar."-Revised Spelling-Book: New London, 1831. 2. Correct Sears, in the division of the following words: "A-quil-a, hear-ty, drea-ry, wor-my, hai-ry, thor-ny, phil-os-o-phy, dis-cov-e-ry, re-cov-e-ry, ad-diti-on, am-biti-on, au-spici-ous, fac titi-ous, fla-giti-ous, fru-iti-on, sol-stiti-al, ab-o-liti-on.”—Standard Spelling-Book: “New Haven," 1826. 3. Correct Bradley, in the division of the following words: "Jes-ter, rai-ny, forg-e-ry, fin-e-ry, spic-e-ry, brib-e-ry, groc-e-ry, chi-can-e-ry, fer-riage, line-age; cri-ed, tri-ed, su-ed, slic-ed, forc-ed, pledg-ed, sav-ed, dup-ed, strip-ed, touch-ed, trounc-ed."-Improved Spelling-Book: Windsor, 1815. 4. Correct Burhans, in the division of the following words: "Boar-der, brigh-ten, cei-ling, frighten, glea-ner, lea-kage, suc-ker, mos-sy, fros-ty, twop-ence, pu-pill-ar-y, crit-i-call-y, gener-all-y, lit-er-all-y, log-i-call-y, trag-i-call-y, ar-ti-fici-al, po-liti-call-y, sloth-full-y, spite-full-y, re-all-y, sui-ta-ble, ta-mea-ble, flumm-er-y, nesc-i-ence, shep-her-dess, trav-ell-er, re-pea-ter, re-pressi-on, suc-cessi-on, un-lear-ned."—Critical Pronouncing Spelling-Book:* Philadelphia, 1823. * This book has, probably, more recommenders than any other of the sort. I have not patience to count them accurately, but it would seem that more than a thousand of the great and learned have certified to the world, that they never before had seen so good a spelling-book! With personal knowledge of more than fifty of the signers, G. B. refused to add his poor name, being ashamed of the mischievous facility with which very respectable men had loaned their signatures. 5. Correct Marshall, in the division of the following words: "Trench-er, trunch-eon, dros-sy, glos-sy, glas-sy, gras-sy, dres-ses, pres-ses, cal-ling, chan-ging, en-chan-ging, con-ver-sing, moisture, join-ture, qua-drant, qua-drate, trans-gres-sor, dis-es-teem."-New Spelling-Book: New York, 1836. 6. Correct Emerson, in the division of the following words: "Dus-ty mis-ty, mar-shy, mil-ky, wes-tern, stor-my, nee-dy, spee-dy, drea-ry, fros-ty, pas-sing, roc-ky, bran-chy, bland-ish, pru-dish, eve-ning, a-noth-er."-National Spelling-Book: Boston, 1828. "Two Vowels meeting, each with its full Sound, Always to make Two Syllables are bound."-Brightland's Gram., p. 64. EXERCISE III.-FIGURE OF WORDS. "I was surprised by the return of my long lost brother."-Parker's Exercises in English Composition, p. 5. "Such singular and unheard of clemency cannot be passed over by me in silence." -., p. 10. "I perceive my whole system excited by the potent stimulus of sun-shine."—Ib., p. 11. To preserve the unity of a sentence, it is sometimes necessary to employ the case absolute, instead of the verb and conjunction."-Ib., p. 17. "Severity and hard hearted opinions accord with the temper of the times."—Ib., p. 18. "That poor man was put into the mad house." -It., p. 22. "This fellow must be put into the poor house."-Ib. p. 22. "I have seen the breast works and other defences of earth, that were thrown up."-Ib., p. 24. "Cloven footed animals are enabled to walk more easily on uneven ground."-Ib., p. 25. "Self conceit blasts the prospects of many a youth."-Ib., p. 26. 'Not a moment should elapse without bringing some thing to pass."—Ib., p. 36. A school master decoyed the children of the principal citizens into the Roman camp."-Ib., p. 39. "The pupil may now write a description of the following objects. A school room. A steam boat. A writing desk. A dwelling house. A meeting house. A paper mill. A grist mill. A wind mill."-Ib., p. 45. "Every metaphor should be founded on a resemblance which is clear and striking; not far fetched, nor difficult to be discov ered."-Ib., p. 49. "I was reclining in an arbour overhung with honey suckle and jessamine of the most exquisite fragrance."-Ib., p. 51. "The author of the following extract is speaking of the slave trade."-Пb., p. 60. "The all wise and benevolent Author of nature has so framed the soul of man, that he cannot but approve of virtue."-Ib., p. 74. "There is something of self denial in the very idea of it."-Ib., p. 75. "Age therefore requires a well spent youth to render it happy."-Ib., p. 76. "Pearl-ash requires much labour in its extraction from ashes."Ib.. p. 91. Club, or crump, footed, Loripes; Rough, or feather, footed, Plumipes."-Ainsworth's Dict. 64 "The honey-bags steal from the humble bees, And for night-tapers crop their waxen thighs."-SHAK.: Joh.'s Dict., w. Glowworm. "The honeybags steal from the humblebees, And for night tapers crop their waxen thighs."-SHAK.: Joh.'s Dict., w. Humblebee. "The honey bags steal from the humble-bees, And, for night tapers crop their waxen thighs.”—Dodd's Beautics of Shak., p. 51. EXERCISE IV.-SPELLING. "His antichamber, and room of audience, are little square chambers wainscoted."-ADDISON: Johnson's Dict., w. Antechamber. "Nobody will deem the quicksighted amongst them to have very enlarged views of ethicks."-LOCKE: ib., w. Quicksighted. "At the rate of this thick skulled blunderhead, every plow-jobber shall take upon him to read upon divinity."L'ESTRANGE: ib., w. Blunderhead. "On the topmast, the yards, and boltsprit would I flame distinctly."-SHAK.: ib., w. Bowsprit. "This is the tune of our catch plaid by the picture of nobody."-ID.: ib., w. Nobody. "Thy fall hath left a kind of blot to mark the fulfraught man."ID.: b., w. Fulfraught. "Till blinded by some Jack o'Lanthorn sprite."-Snelling's Gift, p. 62. "The beauties you would have me eulogise."—Ib., p. 14. "They rail at me-I gaily laugh at them."-Ib., p. 13. "Which the king and his sister had intrusted to him withall."—Josephus, Vol. v, p. 143. "The terms of these emotions are by no means synonimous."-Rush, on the Voice, p. 336. "Lillied, adj. Embellished with lilies."-Chalmers's Dict. "They seize the compendious blessing without exertion and without reflexion."-Philological Museum, Vol. i, p. 428. "The first cry that rouses them from their torpour, is the cry that demands their blood."-Ib., p. 433. "It meets the wants of elementary schools and deserves to be patronised."—Kirkham's Gram., p. 5. "Whose attempts were paralysed by the hallowed sound."-Music of Nature, p. 270. "It would be an amusing investigation to analyse their language."-Ib., p. 200. "It is my father's will that I should take on me the hostess-ship of the day."-SHAK.: in Johnson's Dict. "To retain the full apprehension of them undiminisht."-Phil. Museum., Vol. i, p. 458. "The ayes and noes were taken in the House of Commons."-Anti-Slavery Mag., Vol. i, p. 11. "Derivative words are formed by adding letters or syllables to primatives."-Davenport's Gram., p. 7. "The minister never was thus harrassed himself."-Nelson, on Infidelity, p. 6. "The most vehement politician thinks himself unbiassed in his judgment."-Ib., p. 17. "Mistress-ship, n. Female rule or dominion."-Webster's Dict. "Thus forced to kneel, thus groveling to embrace, The scourge and ruin of my realm and race."-POPE: Ash's Gram., p. 83. EXERCISE V.-MIXED ERRORS. "The quince tree is of a low stature; the branches are diffused and crooked."-MILLER: Johnson's Dict. "The greater slow worm, called also the blindworm, is commonly thought to be blind, because of the littleness of his eyes."-GREW: ib. "Oh Hocus! where art thou? It used to go in another guess manner in thy time."-ARBUTHNOT: ib. "One would not make a hotheaded crackbrained coxcomb forward for a scheme of moderation."-ID.: ib. As for you, colonel huff-cap, we shall try before a civil magistrate who's the greatest plotter."-DRYDEN : ib., w. Huff. "In like manner, Actions co-alesce with their Agents, and Passions with their Patients." -Harris's Hermes, p. 263. "These Sentiments are not unusual even with the Philosopher now a days."-Ib., p. 350. "As if the Marble were to fashion the Chizzle, and not the Chizzle the Marble."-lb., p. 353. "I would not be understood, in what I have said, to under value Experiment."-lb., p. 352. "How therefore is it that they approach nearly to Non-Entitys ?"-Ib., p. 431. "Gluttonise, modernise, epitomise, barbarise, tyranise."-Churchill's Gram., pp. 31 and 42. "Now fair befal thee and thy noble house!" SHAK.: ib., p. 241. "Nor do I think the error above-mentioned would have been so long indulged," &c.-Ash's Gram., p. 4. "The editor of the two editions above mentioned was pleased to give this little manuel to the public," &c.—Ib., p. 7. "A Note of Admiration denotes a modelation of the voice suited to the expression."-Ib., p. 16. "It always has some respect to the power of the agent; and is therefore properly stiled the potential mode."-Ib., p. 29. "Both these are supposed to be synonomous expressions."Ib., p. 105. "An expence beyond what my circumstances admit."-DODDRIDGE: ib., p. 138. "There are four of them: the Full-Point, or Period; the Colon; the Semi-Colon; the Comma." -Cobbett's E. Gram., N. Y., 1818, p. 77. "There are many men, who have been at LatinSchools for years, and who, at last, cannot write six sentences in English correctly."—Ib., p. 39. "But, figures of rhetorick are edge tools, and two edge tools too."-Ib., p. 182. "The horsechesnut grows into a goodly standard."-MORTIMER: Johnson's Dict. "Whereever if is to be used."-O. B. Peirce's Gram., p. 175. "Peel'd, patch'd, and pyebald, linsey-woolsey brothers."-POPE: Joh. Dict., w., Mummer. 'Peel'd, patch'd, and piebald, linsey-woolsey brothers."-ID. : ib., w. Piebald. EXERCISE VI.-MIXED ERRORS. "Pied, adj. [from pie.] Variegated; partycoloured."-Johnson's Dict. "Pie, [pica, Lat.] A magpie; a party-coloured bird."-Ib. "Gluy, adj. [from glue.] Viscous; tenacious; glutinous." -Ib. "Gluey, a. Viscous, glutinous. Glueyness, n. The quality of being gluey." Webster's Dict. "Old Euclio, seeing a crow-scrat* upon the muck-hill, returned in all haste, taking it for an ill sign."-BURTON: Johnson's Dict. "Wars are begun by hairbrained+ dissolute captains."ID.: ib. "A carot is a well known garden root."-Red Book, p. 60. "Natural philosophy, metaphysicks, ethicks, history, theology, and politicks, were familiar to him."-Kirkham's Elocu tion, p. 209. "The words in Italicks and capitals, are emphatick."—Ib., p. 210. "It is still more exceptionable; Candles, Cherrys, Figs, and other sorts of Plumbs, being sold by Weight, and being Plurals."-Johnson's Gram. Com., p. 135. "If the End of Grammar be not to save that Trouble, and Expence of Time, I know not what it is good for."-Ib., p. 161. "Caulo, Sheep Penns, or the like, has no Singular, according to Charisius."—Ib., p. 194. "These busibodies are like to such as reade bookes with intent onely to spie out the faults thereof."-Perkins's Works, p. 741. "I think it every man's indispensible duty, to do all the service he can to his country."-Locke, on Ed., p. 4. "Either fretting it self into a troublesome Excess, or flaging into a downright want of Appetite."-Ib., p. 23. "And nobody would have a child cramed at breakfast."-Ib., p. 23. "Judgeship and judgment, lodgable and alledgeable, alledgement_and abridgment, lodgment and infringement, enlargement and acknowledgment."-Webster's Dict., 8vo. "Huckster, n. s. One who sells goods by retail, or in small quantities; a pedler."—Johnson's Dict. "He seeks bye-streets, and saves th' expensive coach."-GAY: ib., w. Mortgage. "He seeks by-streets, and saves th' expensive coach.”—GAY: ib., w. By-street. EXERCISE VII.-MIXED ERRORS. "An 'Boys like a warm fire in a wintry day."-Webster's El. Spelling-Book, p. 62. "The lilly is a very pretty flower."-Ib., p. 62. "The potatoe is a native plant of America."-Ib., p. 60. anglicism is a peculiar mode of speech among the English."-Ib., p. 136. "Black berries and raspberries grow on briars."-Ib., p. 150. "You can broil a beef steak over the coals of fire."Ib., p. 38. "Beef'-steak, n. A steak or slice of beef for broiling."-Webster's Dict. "Beef'steak, 8. a slice of beef for broiling."-Treasury of Knowledge. "As he must suffer in case of the fall of merchandize, he is entitled to the corresponding gain if merchandize rises."-Wayland's Moral Science, p. 258. "He is the worshipper of an hour, but the worldling for life."-Maturin's Sermons, p. 424. "Slyly hinting something to the disadvantage of great and honest men."— Webster's Essays, p. 329. ""Tis by this therefore that I Define the Verb; namely, that it is a Part of Speech, by which something is apply'd to another, as to its Subject.”—Johnson's Gram. Com., * Scrat, for scratch. The word is now obsolete, and may be altered by taking ch in the correction. "Hairbrained, adj. This should rather be written harebrained; unconstant, unsettled, wild as a hare.”. Johnson's Dict. Webster writes it harebrained, as from hare and brain. Worcester, too, prefers this form. p. 255. "It may sometimes throw a passing cloud over the bright hour of gaiety."-Kirkham's The fault committed; this was mine alone."-Pope, Odys., B. xxii, 1. 168. EXERCISE VIII.-MIXED ERRORS. "A second verb so nearly synonimous with the first, is at best superfluous."-Churchill's Gram., p. 332. "Indicate it, by some mark opposite [to] the word misspelt."-Abbott's Teacher, p. 74. "And succesfully controling the tendencies of mind."-Ib., p. 24. "It [the Monastick Life] looks very like what we call Childrens-Play."-[LESLIE'S] Right of Tythes, p. 236. "It seems rather lik Playing of Booty, to Please those Fools and Knaves."-Ib., Pref., p. vi. "And first I Name Milton, only for his Name, lest the Party should say, that I had not Consider'd his Performance against Tythes."-I., p. iv. "His Fancy was too Predominant for his Judgment. His Talent lay so much in Satyr that he hated Reasoning."-Ib., p. iv. "He has thrown away some of his Railery against Tythes, and the Church then underfoot."-Ib., p. v. "They Vey'd with one another in these things."—Ib., p. 220. Epamanondas was far the most accomplished of the Thebans."-Cooper's New Gram., p. 27. "Whoever and Whichever, are thus declined. Sing. and plur. nom. whoever, poss. whoseever, obj. whomever. Sing. and Plu. nom. whichever, poss. whoseever, obj. whichever."-Ib., p. 38. "WHEREEVER, adv. [where and ever.] At whatever place."-Webster's Dict. "They at length took possession of all the country south of the Welch mountains."-Dobson's Comp. Gram., p. 7. "Those Britains, who refused to submit to the foreign yoke, retired into Wales."-lb., p. 6. "Religion is the most chearful thing in the world.”— Ib., p. 43. "Two means the number two compleatly, whereas second means only the last of two, and so of all the rest."-Ib., p. 44. "Now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose sirname is Peter."—Ib., p. 96. (See Acts, x, 5.) "In French words, we use enter instead of inter; as, entertain, enterlace, enterprize.”—Ib., p. 101. "Amphiology, i. e. a speech of uncertain or doubtful meaning."—Ib., p. 103. "Surprize; as, hah! hey day! what! strange!"—Ib., p. 109. "Names of the letters: ai bee see dee ee ef jee aitch eye jay kay el em en o pee cue ar ess tee you vee double u eks wi zed."—Rev. W. Allen's Gram., p. 3. "I, O, and U, at th' End of Words require, The silent (e), the same do's (va) desire."-Brightland's Gram, p. 15. EXERCISE IX.-MIXED ERRORS. "Pos "And is written for eacend, adding, ekeing."—Dr. Murray's Hist. of Europ. Lang., Vol. i, p. 222. "The Hindus have changed ai into e, sounded like e in where."-Ib., Vol. ii, p. 121. "And therefor I would rather see the cruelest usurper than the mildest despot."-Philological Museum, Vol. i, p. 430. "Sufficiently distinct to prevent our marveling."-1b., i, 477. sessed of this preheminence he disregarded the clamours of the people."-Smollett's England, Vol. iii, p. 222. "He himself, having communicated, administered the sacrament to some of the bye-standers."-Ib., p. 222. "The high fed astrology which it nurtured, is reduced to a skeleton on the leaf of an almanac.' Cardell's Gram., p. 6. "Fulton was an eminent engineer: he invented steam boats."-Ib., p. 30. "Then, in comes the benign latitude of the doctrine of goodwill."-SOUTH: in Johnson's Dict. "Being very lucky in a pair of long lanthorn-jaws, he wrung his face into a hideous grimace."-SPECTATOR: ib. "Who had lived almost four-and-twenty years under so politick a king as his father."-BACON: ib., w. Lowness. "The children will answer; John's, or William's, or whose ever it may be."-Infant School Gram., p. 32. "It is found tolerably easy to apply them, by practising a little guess work."-Cardell's Gram., p. 91. "For between which two links could speech makers draw the division line ?"-Ib., p. 50. wonderful activity of the rope dancer who stands on his head.”—Пb., p. 56. "The brilliancy which the sun displays on its own disk, is sun shine."-Ib., p. 63. "A word of three syllables is termed a trisyllable."-Murray's Gram., p. 23; Coar's, 17; Jaudon's, 13; Comly's, 8; Cooper's, New Gr., 8; Kirkham's, 20; Picket's, 10; Alger's, 12; Blair's, 7; Guy's, 2; Bolles's SpellingBook, 161. See Johnson's Dict. "A word of three syllables is termed a trissyllable."-British Gram., p. 33; Comprehensive Gram., 23; Bicknell's, 17; Allen's, 31; John Peirce's, 149; Lennie's, 5; Maltby's, 8; Ingersoll's, 7; Bradley's, 66; Davenport's, 7; Bucke's, 16; Bolles's SpellingBook, 91. See Littleton's Lat. Dict. (1.) "Will, in the first Persons, promises or threatens: But in the second and third Persons, it barely foretels."-British Gram., p. 132. (2.) "Will, in the first Persons, promises or threatens; but in the second and third Persons, it barely foretells."Buchanan's Gram., p. 41. (3.) "Will, in the first person, promises, engages, or threatens. In The |