a of _having leisure upon your hands_
is absurd.

382. "Seven lads were present, and he gave them _all_ a book:" say, _gave
them each_ a book. _All_ refers to a number of persons or things taken
_collectively_, as _one body_; _each_ refers to _every individual_,
separately considered.

383. "Lend me your _umberell_:" say, _umbrella_. The former pronunciation,
however, is allowed by _poetic license_, as in the following, adapted from
Thomas Moore:--

"Oh, ever thus from childhood's hour,
Has chilling fate upon me fell!
There always comes a soakin' shower
When I hain't got an _umbrell_."

384. We lately met a grammarian, who had just made a tour through the
mines, conjugating, or, rather, cogitating thus: "Positive, _mine_;
comparative _miner_; superlative, _minus_!"

385. "Put not thy secret into the mouth of the _Bosphorus_, for it will
betray it to the ears of the Black Sea."--(_Oriental Proverb._) Pronounce
_Bosphorus_ as if written _Bosforus_, and not _Bos-porous_.

386. Be careful to use the hyphen (-) correctly: it joins compound words,
and words broken by the ending of a line. The use of the hyphen will
appear more clearly from the following example: "_many colored_ wings"
means _many_ wings which are _colored_; but "_many-colored_ wings" means
"wings of _many colors_."

387. "I am _afraid_ it will rain:" say, _I fear_. _Afraid_ expresses
terror; _fear_ may mean only _anxiety_.

388. Never say _o-fences_ for _offences_; _pison_ for _poison_;
_co-lection_ for _collection_; _voiolent_ for _violent_; _kivver_ for
_cover_; _afeard_ for _afraid_; _debbuty_ for _deputy_. The last three
examples are very common.

389. "It is a mere _cipher_:" never spell _cipher_ with a _y_.

390. "I was _necessitated_ to do it:" a poor expression, and often made
worse by _necessiated_ being used: say, I was _obliged_, or _compelled_,
to do it.

391. "Gibbon wrote the _Rise_ and Fall of the Roman Empire:" pronounce
_Rise_, the noun, so as to rhyme with _price_; _Rise_, the verb, rhymes
with _prize_.

392. "He joined his _regiment_ last week:" never say, _ridgiment_ for
_regiment_.

393. "He bought a _gimlet_:" never spell the last word _gimblet_, as many
do.

394. "He is a supporter of the _Government_:" beware of omitting the _n_
in the second syllable of _Government_--a very common practice.

395. "Received this day _of_ Mr. Brown ten dollars:" say, "Received this
day _from_," &c.

396. "Of whatever