ere is no remedy."--_G. Brown_. "He turned all his thoughts to
_the_ composing of laws for the good of the State."--_Rollin cor._

UNDER NOTE XVI.--PARTICIPLES, NOT NOUNS.

"It is salvation to be kept from falling into a pit, as truly as to be
taken out of it after falling in."--_Barclay cor._ "For in receiving and
embracing the testimony of truth, they felt their souls eased."--_Id._
"True regularity does not consist in having but a single rule, and forcing
every thing to conform to it."--_Phil. Museum cor._ "To the man of the
world, this sound of glad tidings appears only an idle tale, and not worth
attending to."--_Say cor._ "To be the deliverer of the captive Jews, by
ordering their temple to be rebuilt," &c.--_Rollin cor._ "And for
preserving them from being defiled."--_Discip. cor._ "A wise man will
_forbear to show_ any excellence in trifles."--_Kames cor._ "Hirsutus had
no other reason for valuing a book."--_Johnson, and Wright, cor._ "To being
heard with satisfaction, it is necessary that the speaker should deliver
himself with ease." Perhaps better: "_To be_ heard, &c." Or: "_In order to
be_ heard, &c."--_Sheridan cor._ "And, to the _end of_ being well heard and
clearly understood, a good and distinct articulation contributes more, than
_can even the greatest_ power of voice."--_Id._

"_Potential_ purports, _having power or will_;
As, If you _would_ improve, you _should_ be still."--_Tobitt cor._

UNDER NOTE XVII.--VARIOUS ERRORS.

"For the same reason, a neuter verb cannot become passive."--_Lowth cor._
"_A_ period is _a_ whole sentence complete in itself."--_Id._ "_A_ colon,
or member, is a chief constructive part, or _the greatest_ division, of a
sentence."--_Id._ "_A_ semicolon, or half-member, is a _smaller_
constructive part, or _a_ subdivision, of a sentence or _of_ a
member."--_Id._ "A sentence or _a_ member is again subdivided into commas,
or segments."--_Id._ "The first error that I would mention is, too general
_an_ attention to the dead languages, with a neglect of our own
_tongue_."--_Webster cor._ "One third of the importations would supply the
demands of _the_ people."--_Id._ "And especially in _a_ grave
_style_."--_Murray's Gram._, i, 178. "By too eager _a_ pursuit, he ran a
great risk of being disappointed."--_Murray cor._ "_The_ letters are
divided into vowels and consonants."--_Mur. et al. cor._ "_The_ consonants
are divided into mutes and semivowels."--_Iidem_. "The first of t