?"--_Bible cor._ "And we,
_methought_, [or _thought I_] looked up to him from our hill"--_Cowley
cor._ "I fear thou _dost_ not think _so_ much of _the_ best things as thou
_ought_."--_Memoir cor._ "When this work was commenced."--_Wright cor._
"Exercises and _a_ Key to this work are _about_ being prepared."--_Id._
"James is loved by John."--_Id._ "Or that which is exhibited."--_Id._ "He
was smitten."--_Id._ "In the passive _voice_ we say, 'I am loved.'"--_Id._
"Subjunctive Mood: If I _be_ smitten, If thou _be_ smitten, If he _be_
smitten."--_Id._ "I _shall_ not be able to convince you how superficial the
reformation is."--_Chalmers cor._ "I said to myself, I _shall_ be obliged
to expose the folly."--_Chazotte cor._ "When Clodius, had he meant to
return that day to Rome, must have arrived."--_J. Q. Adams cor._ "That the
fact has been done, _is doing_, or will be done."--_Peirce cor._ "Am I _to
be_ instructed?"--_Wright cor._ "I _choose_ him."--_Id._ "John, who
_respected_ his father, was obedient to his commands."--_Barrett cor._

"The region _echoes_ to the clash of arms."--_Beattie cor._

"And _sitst_ on high, and mak'st creation's top
Thy footstool; and _beholdst_ below thee--all."--_Pollok cor._

"And see if thou _canst_ punish sin and let
Mankind go free. Thou _failst_--be not surprised."--_Idem._

LESSON III--MIXED EXAMPLES.

"What follows, _might better have been_ wanting altogether."--_Dr. Blair
cor._ "This member of the sentence _might_ much better have been omitted
altogether."--_Id._ "One or _the_ other of them, therefore, _might_ better
have been omitted."--_Id._ "The whole of this last member of the sentence
_might_ better have been dropped."--_Id._ "In this case, they _might_ much
better be omitted."--_Id._ "He _might_ better have said 'the
_productions_.'"--_Id._ "The Greeks _ascribed_ the origin of poetry to
Orpheus, Linus, and Musaeus."--_Id._ "It _was_ noticed long ago, that all
these fictitious names have the same number of syllables."--_Phil. Museum
cor._ "When I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, I
_determined_ to send him."--_Bible cor._ "I _would_ rather be a doorkeeper
in the house of my God."--_Id._ "As for such, I wish the Lord _would open_
their eyes." Or, better: "_May_ the Lord _open_ (or, I _pray_ the Lord _to_
open) their eyes."--_Barclay cor._ "It would _have_ made our _passage_ over
the river very difficult."--_Walley cor._ "We should not _have_ b