ubtracts _from_ [_our lives_] what it adds _to_ our
lives."--_Dillwyn's Ref._, p. 8. "Bad actions mostly lead to worse"
[_actions_].--_Ib._, p. 5.

3. Of the ADJECTIVE:--"There are subjects proper for the one, and not
[_proper_] for the other."--_Kames._ "A just weight and [_a just_] balance
are the Lord's."--_Prov._, xvi, 11. True ellipses of the adjective alone,
are but seldom met with.

4. Of the PRONOUN:--"Leave [_thou_] there thy gift before the altar, and go
[_thou_] thy way; first be [_thou_] reconciled to thy brother, and then
come [_thou_] and offer [_thou_] thy gift,"--_Matt._, v, 24. "Love [_ye_]
your enemies, bless [_ye_] them that curse you, do [_ye_] good to them that
hate you."--_Ib._, v. 44. "Chastisement does not always immediately follow
error, but [_it_] sometimes comes when [_it is_] least expected."--
_Dillwyn, Ref._, p. 31. "Men generally put a greater value upon the favours
[_which_] they bestow, than upon those [_which_] they receive."--_Art of
Thinking_, p. 48. "Wisdom and worth were all [_that_] he had."--_Allen's
Gram._, p. 294.

5. Of the VERB:--"The world is crucified unto me, and I [_am crucified_]
unto the world."--_Gal._, vi, 14. "Hearts should not [_differ_], though
heads may, differ."--_Dillwyn_, p. 11. "Are ye not much better than they"
[_are_]?--_Matt._, vi, 26. "Tribulation worketh patience; and patience
[_worketh_] experience; and experience [_worketh_] hope."--_Romans_, v, 4.
"Wrongs are engraved on marble; benefits [_are engraved_] on sand."--_Art
of Thinking_, p. 41. "To whom thus Eve, yet sinless" [_spoke_].--_Milton_.

6. Of the PARTICIPLE:--"That [_being_] o'er, they part."--"Animals of
various natures, some adapted to the wood, and some [_adapted_] to the
wave."--_Melmoth, on Scripture_, p. 13.

"His knowledge [_being_] measured to his state and place,
His time [_being_] a moment, and a point [_being_] his space."--_Pope_.

7. Of the ADVERB:--"He can do this independently of me, if not
[_independently_] of you."

"She shows a body rather than a life;
A statue, [_rather_] than a breather."
--_Shak., Ant. and Cleo._, iii, 3.

8. Of the CONJUNCTION:--"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, [_and_] joy,
[_and_] peace, [_and_] long suffering, [_and_] gentleness, [_and_]
goodness, [_and_] faith, [_and_] meekness, [_and_] temperance."--_Gal._, v,
22. The repetition of the conjunction is called _Polysyndeton_; and the
omission of it, _Asyndeton_.

9. Of