“They accounted him honest, which he certainly was not.”—­Fetch’s Comp.  Gram., p. 89.  “Be accurate in all you say or do; for it is important in all the concerns of life.”—­Brown’s Inst., p. 145.  “Every law supposes the transgressor to be wicked; which indeed he is, if the law is just.”—­Ib. “To be pure in heart, pious, and benevolent, which all may be, constitutes human happiness.”—­Murray’s Gram., p. 232.  “To be dexterous in danger, is a virtue; but to court danger to show it, is weakness.”—­Penn’s Maxims.

UNDER NOTE XIV.—­SENTENCES FOR ANTECEDENTS.

“This seems not so allowable in prose; which the following erroneous examples will demonstrate.”—­Murray’s Gram., p. 175.  “The accent is laid upon the last syllable of a word; which is favourable to the melody.”—­Kames, El. of Crit., ii, 86.  “Every line consists of ten syllables, five short and five long; from which there are but two exceptions, both of them rare.”—­Ib., ii, 89.  “The soldiers refused obedience, which has been explained.”—­Nixon’s Parser, p. 128.  “Caesar overcame Pompey, which was lamented.”—­Ib. “The crowd hailed William, which was expected.”—­Ib. “The tribunes resisted Scipio, which was anticipated.”—­Ib. “The censors reproved vice, which was admired.”—­Ib. “The generals neglected discipline, which has been proved.”—­Ib. “There would be two nominatives to the verb was, which is improper.”—­Adam’s Lat.  Gram., p. 205; Gould’s, 202.  “His friend bore the abuse very patiently; which served to increase his rudeness:  it produced, at length, contempt and insolence.”—­Murray’s Gram., Vol. i, p. 50; Emmons’s, 25.  “Almost all compounded sentences, are more or less elliptical; some examples of which may be seen under the different parts of speech.”—­Murray’s Gram., p. 217; Guy’s, 90; R G. Smith’s, 180; Ingersoll’s, 153; Fisk’s, 144; J.  M. Putnam’s, 137; Weld’s, 190, Weld’s Imp.  Ed., 214.

UNDER NOTE XV.—­REPEAT THE PRONOUN.

“In things of Nature’s workmanship, whether we regard their internal or external structure, beauty and design are equally conspicuous.”—­Kames, El. of Crit., i, 269.  “It puzzles the reader, by making him doubt whether the word ought to be taken in its proper or figurative sense.”—­Ib., ii, 231.  “Neither my obligations to the muses, nor expectations from them, are so great.”—­Cowley’s Preface.  “The Fifth Annual Report of the Anti-Slavery Society of Ferrisburgh and vicinity.”—­Liberator, ix, 69.  “Meaning taste in its figurative as well as proper sense.”—­Kames, El. of Crit., ii, 360.  “Every measure in which either your personal or political character is concerned.”—­Junius, Let. ix.  “A jealous, righteous God has often