us, 'Whoever steals my purse steals trash;'
'Whoever does no good does harm.'"--_Ib._, p. 53 "Thus, 'Whoever sins will
suffer.' This means that any one without exception who sins will
suffer."--_Ib._, p. 53.

"Letters form syllables, syllables words, words sentences, and sentences,
combined and connected form discourse."--_Cooper's Plain and Practical
Gram._, p. 1. "A letter which forms a perfect sound, when uttered by
itself, is called a vowel, as: _a, e, i_."--_Ib._, p. 1. "A proper noun is
the name of an individual, as: John; Boston: Hudson; America."--_Ib._, p.
17.

"Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing,
but very few a generous thing."--_P. Davis's Gram._, p. 96. "In the place
of an ellipsis of the verb a comma must be inserted."--_Ib._, p. 121. "A
common noun unlimited by an article is sometimes understood in its broadest
acceptation: thus, '_Fishes_ swim' is understood to mean _all_ fishes.
'_Man_ is mortal,' _all_ men."--_Ib._, p. 13.

"Thus those sounds formed principally by the throat are called _gutturals_.
Those formed principally by the palate are called _palatals_. Those formed
by the teeth, _dentals_--those by the lips, _labials_--those by the nose,
_nasals_, &c."--_P. Davis's Gram._, p. 113.

"Some adjectives are compared irregularly; as, _Good, better, best. Bad,
worse, worst. Little, less, least._"--_Felton's Gram._, 1st Ed., p. 63;
Ster. Ed., p. 66.

"Under the fourth head of grammar, therefore, four topics will be
considered, viz. PUNCTUATION, ORTHOEPY, FIGURES, and VERSIFICATION."--
_Hart's Gram._, p. 161.

"Direct her onward to that peaceful shore,
Where peril, pain and death are felt no more!"
_Falconer's Poems_, p. 136; _Barrett's New Gram._, p. 94

BAD ENGLISH BADLY POINTED.

LESSON I.--UNDER VARIOUS RULES.

"Discoveries of such a character are sometimes made in grammar also, and
such, too, is often their origin and their end."--_Bullions, E. Gram._, p.
191.

"_Traverse_, (to cross.) To deny what the opposite party has alleged. To
traverse an indictment, &c. is to deny it."--_Id., ib._, p. 216.

"The _Ordinal_ [numerals] denote the _order_ or _succession_ in which any
number of persons or things is mentioned, as _first, second, third,
fourth_, &c."--_Hiley's Gram._, p. 22.

"Nouns have three persons, FIRST, SECOND, and THIRD. The First person is
the speaker, the Second is the one spoken to, the Third is the one spoken
of."--_Hiley's G