a mean spirited action.”—­Grammar of Alex.  Murray, the schoolmaster, p. 124.  “There is, indeed, one form of orthography which is a kin to the subjunctive mood of the Latin tongue.”—­Booth’s Introd. to Dict., p. 71.  “To bring him into nearer connexion with real and everyday life.”—­Philological Museum, Vol. i, p. 459.  “The common place, stale declamation of its revilers would be silenced.”—­Ib., i, 494.  “She formed a very singular and unheard of project.”—­Goldsmith’s Rome, p. 160.  “He had many vigilant, though feeble talented, and mean spirited enemies.”—­ROBERTS VAUX:  The Friend, Vol. vii, p. 74.  “These old fashioned people would level our psalmody,” &c.—­Music of Nature, p. 292.  “This slow shifting scenery in the theatre of harmony.”—­Ib., p. 398.  “So we are assured from Scripture it self.”—­Harris’s Hermes, p. 300.  “The mind, being disheartened, then betakes its self to trifling.”—­R.  Johnson’s Pref. to Gram.  Com. “Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them.”—­Beacon, p. 115:  SCOTT, ALGER, FRIENDS:  John, xx, 23.  “Tarry we our selves how we will.”—­Walker’s English Particles, p. 161.  “Manage your credit so, that you need neither swear your self, nor want a voucher.”—­Collier’s Antoninus, p. 33.  “Whereas song never conveys any of the above named sentiments.”—­Rush, on the Voice, p. 424.  “I go on horse back.”—­Guy’s Gram., p. 54.  “This requires purity, in opposition to barbarous, obsolete, or new coined words.”—­Adam’s Gram., p. 242; Gould’s, 234.  “May the Plough share shine.”—­White’s Eng.  Verb, p. 161.  “Which way ever we consider it.”—­Locke, on Ed., p. 83.

   “Where e’er the silent (e) a Place obtains,
    The Voice foregoing, Length and softness gains.”
        —­Brightland’s Gr., p. 15.

UNDER RULE II.—­OF SIMPLES.

“It qualifies any of the four parts of speech abovenamed.”—­Kirkham’s Gram., p. 83.

[FORMULE.—­Not proper, because abovenamed is here unnecessarily made a compound.  But, according to Rule 2d, “When the simple words would only form a regular phrase, of the same meaning, the compounding of any of them ought to be avoided.”  Therefore, above and named should here have been written as two words.]

“After awhile they put us out among the rude multitude.”—­Fox’s Journal.  Vol. i, p. 169.  “It would be ashame, if your mind should falter and give in.”—­Collier’s Meditations of Antoninus, p. 94.  “They stared awhile in silence one upon another.”—­Rasselas, p. 73.  “After passion has for awhile exercised its tyrannical sway.”—­Murray’s Gram., ii, 135 and 267.  “Though set within the same general-frame of intonation.”—­Rush, on the Voice, p. 339.  “Which do not carry any of the natural vocal-signs of expression.”—­Ib.,