_ "They _gain_ much _more_
than I, by this unexpected event."--_Id._

UNDER NOTE II.--OF HETEROGENEOUS TERMS.

"Athens saw them entering her gates and _filling_ her
academies."--_Chazotte cor._ "_Neither_ have we forgot his past
_achievements_, nor _do we_ despair of his future success."--_Duncan cor._
"Her monuments and temples had long been shattered, or _had_ crumbled into
dust."--_Journal cor._ "Competition is excellent; _it is_ the vital
principle in all these things."--_Id._ "Whether provision should, or
_should_ not, be made, _in order_ to meet this exigency."--_Ib._. "That our
Saviour was divinely inspired, and _that he was_ endued with supernatural
powers, are positions that are here taken for granted."--_L. Mur. cor._ "It
would be much more eligible, to contract or enlarge their extent by
explanatory notes and observations, than _to sweep_ away our ancient
landmarks and _set_ up others."--_Id._ "It is certainly much better to
supply defects and abridge superfluities by occasional notes and
observations, than _to disorganize_ or _greatly alter_ a system which has
been so long established."--_Id._ "To have only one tune, or measure, is
not much better than _to have_ none at all."--_Dr. Blair cor._ "Facts too
well known and _too_ obvious to be insisted on."--_Id._ "In proportion as
all these circumstances are happily chosen, and _are_ of a sublime
kind."--_Id._ "If the description be too general, and _be_ divested of
circumstances."--_Id._ "He gained nothing _but commendation_."--_L. Mur.
cor._ "I cannot but think its application somewhat strained and
_misplaced_."--_Vethake cor._ "Two negatives _standing_ in the same clause,
or referring to the same thing, destroy each other, and leave the sense
affirmative."--_Maunder cor._ "Slates are _thin plates of stone_, and _are
often_ used to cover _the_ roofs of houses."--_Webster cor._ "Every man of
taste, and _of_ an elevated mind, ought to feel almost the necessity of
apologizing for the power he possesses."--_Translator of De Stael cor._
"They very seldom trouble themselves with _inquiries_, or _make any_ useful
observations of their own."--_Locke cor._

"We've both the field and honour won;
_Our foes_ are profligate, and run."--_S. Butler cor._

UNDER NOTE III.--IMPORT OF CONJUNCTIONS.

"THE is sometimes used before adverbs in the comparative _or the_
superlative degree."--_Lennie, Bullions, and Brace cor._ "The definite
article THE is frequently ap