entist one day to a
patient. "You have already _wrenched it for me_," was the reply.

170. "He was tired of the dust of the town, and _flew_ to the pure air of
the country:" say, _fled_. _Flew_ is part of the verb _to fly_; _fled_, of
_to flee_.

171. "The first edition was not _as_ well printed as the present:" say,
_so_ well, &c.

172. "The Unabridged Dictionary was his greatest work, it being the labor
of a life-time:" pronounce _Dictionary_ as if written _Dik-shun-a-ry_;
not, as is too commonly the practice, _Dixonary_.

173. "I should feel sorry to be _beholding_ to him:" say, _beholden_.

174. "He is a _despicable_ fellow, and such an epitaph is strictly
_applicable_ to him:" _never_ place the accent in _despicable_ and
_applicable_ on the _second_ syllable, but _always_ on the _first_.

175. "Some disaster has certainly _befell_ him:" say, _befallen_.

176. Carefully distinguish between _sergeant_ and _serjeant_: both are
pronounced _sarjant_, but the _former_ is used in a military sense, and
the _latter_ applied to a lawyer. These distinctions are, however,
observed chiefly in England.

177. "She is a pretty _creature_:" never pronounce _creature_ like
_creetur_.

178. The following expression would be of special significance on coming
from a surgeon or anatomist: "Desiring to know your friend better, _I took
him apart_ to converse with him." It has been said that two persons who
_take each other apart_, frequently do so for the express purpose of
_putting their heads together_.

179. "I am very wet, and must go and _change myself_:" say, _change my
clothes_.

180. "He is taller _than me_:" say, _than I_.

181. "He is much better _than me_:" say, _than I_.

182. "You are stronger _than him_:" say, _than he_.

183. "That is the _moot_ point:" say, _disputed_ point. The other word is
inelegant, and nearly obsolete.

184. "They are at _loggerheads_": this is an extremely unpoetical figure
to express the mutual relations of two individuals who have an "honest
difference;" say, at _variance_, or use some other form of expression. It
might just as well be said, "They are at _tadpoles_!"

185. "He paid a _florin_ to the _florist_:" divide the syllables so as to
pronounce like _flor-in_ and _flo-rist_.

186. "His character is _undeniable_:" a very common expression: say,
_unexceptionable_.

187. "Bring me the _lantern_:" never spell _lantern_--_lanthorn_.

188. "The room is twelve _foot_ long, an