her noise nor
motion are concerned."--_Blair's Rhet._, p. 55. "Neither Charles nor his
brother were qualified to support such a system."--_Junius_, p. 250. "When,
therefore, neither the liveliness of representation, nor the warmth of
passion, serve, as it were, to cover the trespass, it is not safe to leave
the beaten track."--_Campbell's Rhet._, p. 381. "In many countries called
Christian, neither Christianity, nor its evidence, are fairly laid before
men."--_Butler's Analogy_, p. 269. "Neither the intellect nor the heart are
capable of being driven."--_Abbott's Teacher_, p. 20. "Throughout this
hymn, neither Apollo nor Diana are in any way connected with the Sun or
Moon."--_Coleridge's Introd._, p. 199. "Of which, neither he, nor this
Grammar, take any notice."--_Johnson's Gram. Com._, p. 346. "Neither their
solicitude nor their foresight extend so far."--_Robertson's Amer._, Vol.
i, p. 287. "Neither Gomara, nor Oviedo, nor Herrera, consider Ojeda, or his
companion Vespucci, as the first discoverers of the continent of
America."--_Ib._, Vol. i, p. 471. "Neither the general situation of our
colonies, nor that particular distress which forced the inhabitants of
Boston to take up arms, have been thought worthy of a moment's
consideration."--_Junius_, p. 174.
"Nor War nor Wisdom yield our Jews delight,
They will not study, and they dare not fight."
--_Crabbe's Borough_, p. 50.
"Nor time nor chance breed such confusions yet,
Nor are the mean so rais'd, nor sunk the great."
--_Rowe's Lucan_, B. iii, l. 213.
UNDER NOTE I.--NOMINATIVES THAT DISAGREE.
"The definite article _the_, designates what particular thing or things is
meant."--_Merchant's School Gram._, p. 23 and p. 33. "Sometimes a word or
words necessary to complete the grammatical construction of a sentence, is
not expressed, but omitted by ellipsis."--_Burr's Gram._, p. 26. "Ellipsis,
or abbreviations, is the wheels of language."--_Maunder's Gram._, p. 12.
"The conditions or tenor of none of them appear at this
day."--_Hutchinson's Hist. of Mass._, Vol. i, p. 16. "Neither men nor money
were wanting for the service."--_Ib._, Vol. i, p. 279. "Either our own
feelings, or the representation of those of others, require frequent
emphatic distinction."--_Barber's Exercises_, p. 13. "Either Atoms and
Chance, or Nature are uppermost: now I am for the latter part of the
disjunction,"--_Collier's Antoninus_, p. 181. "Their riches or pov
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