“In some very ancient languages, as the Hebrew, which have been employed chiefly for expressing plain sentiments in the plainest manner, without aiming at any elaborate length or harmony of periods, this pronoun [the relative] occurs not so often.”—­L.  Murray’s Gram., 8vo, p. 127.

“Before I shall say those Things, (O conscript Fathers) about the Public Affairs, which are to be spoken at this Time; I shall lay before you, in few Words, the Motives of the Journey, and the Return.”—­Brightland’s Gram., p. 149.

   “Of well-chose Words some take not care enough. 
    And think they should be (like the Subject) rough.”
        —­Ib., p. 173.

    “Then having shewed his wounds, he’d sit (him) down.”
        —­Bullions, E. Gram., p. 32.

UNDER RULE II.—­OF INCLUDED POINTS.

“Then Jael smote the Nail into his Temples, and fastened it to the Ground:  (for he was fast asleep and weary) so he died.  OLD TEST.”—­Ward’s Gram., p. 17.

[FORMULE.—­Not proper, because this parenthesis is not marked as terminating with a pause equal to that which precedes it.  But, according to Rule 2d above, “The curves do not supersede other stops; and, as the parenthesis terminates with a pause equal to that which precedes it, the same point should be included, except when the sentences differ in form.”  Therefore, a colon should be inserted within the curve after weary.]

“Every thing in the Iliad has manners (as Aristotle expresses it) that is, every thing is acted or spoken.”—­Pope, Pref. to Homer, p. vi.

“Those nouns, that end in f. or fe (except some few I shall mention presently), form plurals by changing those letters into ves:  as, thief, thieves; wife, wives.”—­Bucke’s Gram., p. 35.

“As, requires as; (expressing equality) Mine is as good as yours. As,—­so; (expressing equality) As the stars, so shall thy seed be. So,—­as; (with a negative expressing inequality) He is not so wise as his brother. So.—­that; (expressing consequence) I am so weak that I cannot walk.”—­Bullions, E. Gram., p. 113; Pract.  Les., p. 112.

   “A captious question, sir (and yours is one,)
    Deserves an answer similar, or none.”—­Cowper, ii. 228.

MIXED EXAMPLES OF ERROR.

“Whatever words the verb TO BE serves to unite referring to the same thing, must be of the same case; Sec.61, as, Alexander is a student.”—­Bullions, E. Gram., p. 75.  “When the objective is a relative or interrogative, it comes before the verb that governs it.  Sec.40, R. 9. (Murray’s 6th rule is unnecessary.)”—­Id., ib., p. 90.  “It is generally improper (except in poetry,) to omit the antecedent to a relative;