new object surprises them, terrifies them, and makes a strong impression on their minds.”—­Dr. Blair cor. “His argument required a more full development, in order to be distinctly apprehended, and to have its due force.”—­Id. “Those participles which are derived from active-transitive verbs, will govern the objective case, as do the verbs from which they are derived.”—­Emmons cor. “Where, in violation of the rule, the objective case whom follows the verb, while the nominative I precedes it.”—­L.  Murray cor. “To use, after the same conjunction, both the indicative and the subjunctive mood, in the same sentence, and under the same circumstances, seems to be a great impropriety.”—­Lowth, Murray, et al. cor. “A nice discernment of the import of words, and an accurate attention to the best usage, are necessary on these occasions.”—­L.  Murray cor. “The Greeks and Romans, the former especially, were, in truth, much more musical than we are; their genius was more turned to take delight in the melody of speech.”—­Dr. Blair cor. “In general, if the sense admits it early, the sooner a circumstance is introduced, the better; that the more important and significant words may possess the last place, and be quite disencumbered.”—­Murray et al. cor.; also Blair and Jamieson.  “Thus we find it in both the Greek and the Latin tongue.”—­Dr. Blair cor. “Several sentences, constructed in the same manner, and having the same number of members, should never be allowed to come in succession.”—­ Blair et al. cor. “I proceed to lay down the rules to be observed in the conduct of metaphors; and these, with little variation, will be applicable to tropes of every kind.”—­Dr. Blair cor. “By selecting words with a proper regard to their sounds, we may often imitate other sounds which we mean to describe.”—­Dr. Blair and L. Mur. cor. “The disguise can scarcely be so perfect as to deceive.”—­Dr. Blair cor. “The sense does not admit of any other pause, than one after the second syllable ‘sit;’ this therefore must be the only pause made in the reading.”—­Id. “Not that I believe North America to have been first peopled so lately as in the twelfth century, the period of Madoc’s migration.”—­Webster cor. “Money and commodities will always flow to that country in which they are most wanted, and in which they will command the most profit.”—­Id. “That it contains no visible marks of certain articles which are of the utmost importance to a just delivery.”—­Sheridan cor. “And Virtue, from her beauty, we call a fair and favourite maid.”—­Mack cor. “The definite article may relate to nouns of either number.”—­Inf.  S. Gram. cor.