commences, we see displayed the insipid formalities of the prelusive scene.”—­Kirkham cor. “It forbade the lending of money, or the sending of goods, or the embarking of capital in anyway, in transactions connected with that foreign traffic.”—­Brougham cor. “Even abstract ideas have sometimes the same important prerogative conferred upon them.”—­Jamieson cor. “Ment, like other terminations, changes y into i, when the y is preceded by a consonant.”—­Kirkham’s Gram., p. 25.  “The term PROPER is from the French propre, own, or the Latin proprius; and a Proper noun is so called, because it is peculiar to the individual or family bearing the name.  The term COMMON is from the Latin communis, pertaining equally to several or many; and a Common noun is so called, because it is common to every individual comprised in the class.”—­Fowler cor.

“Thus oft by mariners are showed (Unless the men of Kent are liars)
Earl Godwin’s castles overflowed, And palace-roofs, and steeple-
spires.”—­Swift cor.

LESSON VII.—­ADVERBS.

“He spoke to every man and woman who was there.”—­L.  Murray cor. “Thought and language act and react upon each other.”—­Murray’s Key, p. 264.  “Thought and expression act and react upon each other.”—­Murray’s Gram., 8vo, p. 356.  “They have neither the leisure nor the means of attaining any knowledge, except what lies within the contracted circle of their several professions.”—­Campbell’s Rhet., p. 160.  “Before they are capable of understanding much, or indeed any thing, of most other branches of education.”—­Olney cor. “There is no more beauty in one of them, than in an other.”—­L.  Murray cor. “Which appear to be constructed according to no certain rule.”—­Dr. Blair cor. “The vehement manner of speaking became less universal.”—­Or better:—­“less general.”—­Id. “Not all languages, however, agree in this mode of expression.”  Or:  “This mode of expression, however, is not common to all languages.”—­Id. “The great occasion of setting apart this particular day.”—­Atterbury cor. “He is much more promising now, than he was formerly.”—­L.  Murray cor. “They are placed before a participle, without dependence on the rest of the sentence.”—­Id. “This opinion does not appear to have been well considered.”  Or:  “This opinion appears to have been formed without due consideration.”—­Id. “Precision in language merits a full explication; and merits it the more, because distinct ideas are, perhaps, but rarely formed concerning it.”—­Dr. Blair cor. “In the more sublime parts of poetry, he is less