upon as he proceeds in committing the grammar to memory.”—­Nutting cor. “A verb signifying an action directly transitive, governs the accusative.”—­Adam et al. cor. “Or, any word that can be conjugated, is a verb.”—­Kirkham cor. “In these two concluding sentences, the author, hastening to a close, appears to write rather carelessly.”—­Dr. Blair cor. “He simply reasons on one side of the question, and then leaves it.”—­Id.” Praise to God teaches us to be humble and lowly ourselves.”—­Atterbury cor. “This author has endeavoured to surpass his rivals.”—­R.  W. Green cor. “Idleness and pleasure fatigue a man as soon as business.”—­Webster cor.” And, in conjugating any verb,”—­or, “And in learning conjugations, you must pay particular attention to the manner in which these signs are applied.”—­Kirkham cor. “He said Virginia would have emancipated her slaves long ago.”—­Lib. cor. “And having a readiness”—­or, “And holding ourselves in readiness”—­or,” And being in readiness—­to revenge all disobedience.”—­Bible cor. “However, in these cases, custom generally determines what is right.”—­Wright cor. “In proof, let the following cases be taken.”—­Id. “We must marvel that he should so speedily have forgotten his first principles.”—­Id. “How should we wonder at the expression, ‘This is a soft question!’ “—­Id. “And such as prefer this course, can parse it as a possessive adjective.”—­Goodenow cor. “To assign all the reasons that induced the author to deviate from other grammarians, would lead to a needless prolixity.”—­Alexander cor. “The Indicative Mood simply indicates or declares a thing.”—­L.  Murray’s Gram., p. 63.

UNDER NOTE II.—­OF VERBS INTRANSITIVE.

“In his seventh chapter he expatiates at great length.”—­Barclay cor. “He quarrels with me for adducing some ancient testimonies agreeing with what I say.”—­Id. “Repenting of his design.”—­Hume cor. “Henry knew, that an excommunication could not fail to produce the most dangerous effects.”—­Id. “The popular lords did not fail to enlarge on the subject,”—­Mrs. Macaulay cor. “He is always master of his subject, and seems to play with it:”  or,—­“seems to sport himself with it.”—­Blair cor. “But as soon as it amounts to real disease, all his secret infirmities show themselves.”—­Id. “No man repented of his wickedness.”—­Bible cor. “Go one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left,”—­Id. “He lies down by the river’s edge.” Or:  “He lays himself down on the river’s brink”—­W.  Walker cor. “For some years past, I have had an ardent wish to retire to some of our American plantations.”—­Cowley cor. “I fear thou wilt shrink from the payment of it.”—­Ware cor. “We never retain an idea, without acquiring some combination.”—­Rippingham cor.