a mark.”—­Ingersoll cor. “Modesty makes large amends for the pain it gives the persons who labour under it, by the prejudice it affords every worthy person, in their favour.”—­Id. “Irony is a figure whereby we plainly intend something very different from what our words express.”—­Bucke cor. “Catachresis is a figure whereby an improper word is used in stead of a proper one.”—­Id. “The man whom you met at the party, is a Frenchman.”—­Frost cor.

UNDER RULE III.—­OF MORE THAN TWO WORDS.

“John, James, and Thomas, are here:  that is, John, and James, and Thomas, are here.”—­Cooper cor. “Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.”—­Bullions, E. Gram., p. 116.  “To Nouns belong Person, Gender, Number, and Case.”—­Id., ib., p. 9.  “Wheat, corn, rye, and oats, are extensively cultivated.”—­Bullions cor. “In many, the definitions, rules, and leading facts, are prolix, inaccurate, and confused.”—­Finch cor. “Most people consider it mysterious, difficult, and useless.”—­Id. “His father, and mother, and uncle, reside at Rome.”—­Farnum cor. “The relative pronouns are who, which, and that.”—­Bullions, E. Gram., p. 23. “That is sometimes a demonstrative, sometimes a relative, and sometimes a conjunction.”—­Bullions cor. “Our reputation, virtue, and happiness, greatly depend on the choice of our companions.”—­Day cor. “The spirit of true religion is social, kind, and cheerful.”—­Felton cor. “Do, be, have, and will, are sometimes principal verbs.”—­Id. “John, and Thomas, and Peter, reside at Oxford.”—­Webster cor. “The most innocent pleasures are the most rational, the most delightful, and the most durable.”—­Id. “Love, joy, peace, and blessedness, are reserved for the good.”—­Id. “The husband, wife, and children, suffered extremely.”—­L.  Murray cor. “The husband, wife, and children, suffer extremely.”—­Sanborn cor. “He, you, and I, have our parts assigned us.”—­Id.

   “He moaned, lamented, tugged, and tried,
    Repented, promised, wept, and sighed.”—­Cowper.

UNDER RULE IV.—­OF ONLY TWO WORDS.

“Disappointments derange and overcome vulgar minds.”—­L.  Murray cor. “The hive of a city or kingdom, is in the best condition, when there is the least noise or buzz in it.”—­Id. “When a direct address is made, the noun or pronoun is in the nominative case, independent.”—­Ingersoll cor. “The verbs love and teach, make loved and taught, in the imperfect and participle.”—­Id. “Neither poverty nor riches were injurious to him.”—­Murray’s Gram., 8vo, p. 152.  “Thou or I am in fault.”—­Id., p. 152.  “A verb is a word that expresses action or being.”—­P.