tious, and _does_ not suit grave
writing."--_Id._ "The king of Israel and _Jehoshaphat_ the king of Judah,
sat each on his throne."--_1 Kings_, xxii, 10; _2 Chron._, xviii, 9.
"_Lysias_, speaking of his friends, promised to his father never to abandon
them."--_Murray cor._ "Some, to avoid this _error_, run into _its_
opposite."--_Churchill cor._ "Hope, the balm of life _soothes_ us under
every misfortune."--_Jaudon's Gram._, p. 182. "Any judgement or decree
might be _heard_ and reversed by the legislature."--_N. Webster cor._ "A
pathetic _harangue will screen_ from punishment any knave."--_Id._ "For the
same _reason_ the _women_ would be improper judges."--_Id._ "Every person
_is_ indulged in worshiping _as_ he _pleases_."--_Id._ "Most or all
_teachers_ are excluded from genteel company."--_Id._ "The _Christian_
religion, in its purity, _is_ the best institution on _earth_."--_Id._
"_Neither_ clergymen nor human laws _have_ the _least_ authority over the
conscience."--_Id._ "A _guild_ is a society, fraternity, or
corporation."--_Barnes cor._ "Phillis was not able to _untie_ the knot, and
so she cut it."--_Id._ "An _acre_ of land is the quantity of one hundred
and sixty perches."--_Id._ "_Ochre_ is a fossil earth combined with the
_oxyd_ of some metal."--_Id._ "_Genii_, when denoting _aerial_ spirits;
_geniuses_, when signifying persons of genius."--_Murray cor._; also
_Frost_; also _Nutting_. "Acrisius, king of Argos, had a beautiful
daughter, whose name was _Danaee_."--_Classic Tales cor._ "_Phaeeton_ was the
son of Apollo and Clymene."--_Id._--"But, after all, I may not have reached
the intended _goal_."--_Buchanan cor._ "'_Pittacus_ was offered a large
sum.' Better: '_To Pittacus_ was offered a large sum.'"--_Kirkham cor._
"King _Micipsa_ charged his sons to respect the senate and people of
Rome."--_Id._ "For example: '_Galileo_ greatly improved the
telescope.'"--_Id._ "Cathmor's _warriors_ sleep in death."--_Macpherson's
Ossian_. "For parsing will enable you to detect and correct _errors_ in
composition."--_Kirkham cor._

"O'er barren mountains, o'er the flow'ry plain,
Extends thy _uncontrolled_ and boundless reign."--_Dryden cor._

PROMISCUOUS CORRECTIONS OF FALSE SPELLING.

LESSON I.--MIXED EXAMPLES.

"A bad author deserves better usage than a bad _critic_."--_Pope (or
Johnson) cor._ "Produce a single passage, _superior_ to the speech of
Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore, _governor_ of this
state.