on which he prefers,
and for which he is specially fitted."--_Wayland, Wells, and Weld, cor._
"There was a chance _for_ him _to recover_ his senses." Or: "There was a
chance _that he might recover_ his senses."--_Wells and Macaulay cor._
"This may be known by _the absence of_ any connecting word immediately
preceding it."--_Weld cor._ "There are irregular expressions occasionally
to be met with, which usage, or custom, rather than analogy,
_sanctions_."--_Id._ "He added an anecdote of _Quin_ relieving Thomson from
prison." Or: "He added an anecdote of _Quin_ as relieving Thomson from
prison." Or: "He added an anecdote of Quin's relieving _of_ Thomson from
prison." Or better: "He _also told how Quin relieved_ Thomson from
prison."--_Id._ "The daily labour of her hands _procures_ for her all that
is necessary."--_Id._ "_That it is I, should_ make no change in your
determination."--_Hart cor._ "The classification of words into what _are_
called the Parts of Speech."--_Weld cor._ "Such licenses may be explained
_among_ what _are_ usually termed Figures."--_Id._
"Liberal, not lavish, is kind Nature's _hand_."--_Beattie_.
"They fall successive, and successive _rise_."--_Pope_.
LESSON III.--ANY PARTS OF SPEECH.
"A Figure of Etymology is _an_ intentional deviation _from_ the usual form
of a word."--_See Brown's Institutes_, p. 229. "A Figure of Syntax is _an_
intentional deviation _from_ the usual construction of a word."--_See
Brown's Inst._, p. 230. "Synecdoche is _the naming_ of the whole of _any
thing_ for a part, or a part for the whole."--_Weld cor._ "Apostrophe is a
_turning-off_[547] from the regular course of the subject, to address some
person or thing."--_Id._ "Even young pupils will perform such exercises
with surprising interest and facility, and will unconsciously gain, in a
little time, more knowledge of the structure of _language_, than _they_ can
acquire by a drilling of several years in the usual routine of
parsing."--_Id._ "A few _rules_ of construction are employed in this
_part_, to guide _the pupil_ in the exercise of parsing."--_Id._ "The name
of _any_ person, object, or thing, _that_ can be thought of, or spoken of,
is a noun."--_Id._ "A dot, resembling our period, is used between every
_two words_, as well as at the close of _each verse_."--_W. Day cor._
"_The_ casting _of_ types in matrices was invented by Peter Schoeffer, in
1452."--_Id._ "On perusing it, he said, that, so far [_was it_
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