feather_," &c., POPE)

_Become_, &c., whether they demand the auxiliary _am_ or _have_

_Besides_, prep., in what cases proper to be used after _else_ or _other_,
in lieu of _than_

_Between_, cannot refer to more than two things
--_Between_ or _betwixt_, how differs in use from _among_ or _amongst_
--_Between, betwixt_, derivation of, from Sax.

_Bible, the Holy_, application of the name
--what is shown by Italics in the text of
--quotations in, how indicated
--abrupt transitions in
--its general accuracy of lang.
--in the lang. of, _ye_ and _you_, in what constructions not found

_Bid_, as commanding, or as promising, its construction with the infin.

_Blair, Dr._, unjustly censures Addison's frequent use of _that_, as a
relative

_Blank verse_, as distinguished from rhyme

_Blunders_, as readily copied, as originated, by makers of school-books
--_literary_, Crit. N. concerning

_Bombast_, as opposed to purity, PREC. against _Books_, mentioned by name,
rule for capitals

_Both_, as conjunc., corresponding to _and_
--as adj.
--derivation of, acc. to DR. MURR.

_Brace_, its purpose

_Breve_, or _stenotone_, for what used

_Brevity_ of expression, sought in the ordinary business of life

_Brokenness_, or _hitching_, as a fault of style, PREC. censuring

_But, save, as well as_, construc. of two nouns connected by
--_But_, how has acquired the signif. of _only_
--in ambiguous construc. ("_There cannot be_ BUT _one_," &c., KAMES)
--as used for _that_, contrary to its import
--derivation of, from Sax.
--_But_ and _save_, whether they ever govern the obj. case as
prepositions
--_Cannot but_, construc. and signif. of
--_Not but_, to what equivalent, and the class of _but_

C.

C, name and plur. numb. of
--sounds of
--where silent
--with cedilla placed under (c)
--written for a number
--_Ch_, sounds of
--_Arch_, sound of, before a vowel, and before a conson.
--_Ck_, final, for double _c_

_Cadence_, explained
--faulty, precept against, by RIPP.
--MURR. direction concerning

_Cadmus_, carried the Phoenician alphabet into Greece

_Caesura_, signif. and application of
--_Caesural_ or _divisional pause_; _demi-caesuras_, or _minor rests_;
(see _Pauses_)

_Can_, verb, varied
--derivation and signif. of
--_Can not_ and _cannot_, with what distinction used
--_Ca