pride, or [from] contempt of the tribunal.”—­Murray’s Sequel, p. 113.  “These prosecutions against William seem to have been the most iniquitous measures pursued by the court.”—­Murray and Priestley cor. “To restore myself to the good graces of my fair critics.”—­Dryden cor. “Objects denominated beautiful, please not by virtue of any one quality common to them all.”—­Dr. Blair cor. “This would have been less worthy of notice, had not a writer or two of high rank lately adopted it.”—­Churchill cor.

   “A Grecian youth, of talents rare,
    Whom Plato’s philosophic care,” &c.—­WHITEHEAD:  E. R., p. 196.

LESSON XI.—­PROMISCUOUS.

“To excel has become a much less considerable object.”—­Dr. Blair cor. “My robe, and my integrity to Heav’n, are all I dare now call my own.”—­Enfield’s Speaker, p. 347. “For thou the garland wearst successively.”—­Shak. cor.; also Enfield.  “If then thou art a Roman, take it forth.”—­Id. “If thou prove this to be real, thou must be a smart lad indeed.”—­Neef cor. “And an other bridge of four hundred feet in length.”—­Brightland cor. “METONYMY is the putting of one name for an other, on account of the near relation which there is between them.”—­Fisher cor. “ANTONOMASIA is the putting of an appellative or common name for a proper name.”—­Id. “That it is I, should make no difference in your determination.”—­Bullions cor. “The first and second pages are torn.”  Or.  “The first and the second page are torn.”  Or:  “The first page and the second are torn.”—­Id. “John’s absence from home occasioned the delay.”—­Id. “His neglect of opportunities for improvement, was the cause of his disgrace.”—­Id. “He will regret his neglect of his opportunities for improvement, when it is too late.”—­Id. “His expertness at dancing does not entitle him to our regard.”—­Id. “Caesar went back to Rome, to take possession of the public treasure, which his opponent, by a most unaccountable oversight, had neglected to carry away with him.”—­Goldsmith cor. “And Caesar took out of the treasury, gold to the amount of three thousand pounds’ weight, besides an immense quantity of silver.” [548]—­Id. “Rules and definitions, which should always be as clear and intelligible as possible, are thus rendered obscure.”—­Greenleaf cor. “So much both of ability and of merit is seldom found.”  Or thus:  “So much of both ability and merit is seldom found."[549]—­L.  Murray cor. “If such maxims, and such practices prevail, what has become of decency and virtue?"[550]—­Murray’s