ilion _were_
dark _waters_ and thick _clouds_."

EXAMPLES OF FALSE SYNTAX.

Frequent commission of sin harden men in it.
Great pains has been taken to reconcile the parties.
So much both of ability and merit, are seldom found.
The sincere is always esteemed.
Not one of them are happy.
What avails the best sentiments, if people do not live suitably to them?
Disappointments sinks the heart of man; but the renewal of hope give
consolation.
The variety of the productions of genius, like that of the operations of
nature; are without limit.
A variety of blessings have been conferred upon us.
Thou cannot heal him, it is true, but thou may do something to relieve
him.
In piety and virtue consist the happiness of man.

O thou, my voice inspire,
Who touched Isaiah's hallowed lips with fire.
_Note_ 1. Will martial flames for ever fire thy mind,
And never, never be to Heaven resigned?

He was a man whose inclinations led him to be corrupt, and had great
abilities to manage the business.

_Note 2_. The crown of virtue is peace and honor.
His chief occupation and enjoyment were controversy.

RULE V.

When an address is made, the noun or pronoun addressed, is put in the
nominative case _independent_; as, "_Plato_, thou reasonest well;" "Do,
_Trim_, said my uncle Toby."

NOTE 1. A noun is independent, when it has no verb to agree with it.

2. Interjections require the objective case of a pronoun of the
_first_ person after them, but the nominative of a noun or pronoun
of the _second_ or _third_ person; as, "Ah! _me_; Oh! _thou_; O!
_virtue_."

RULE VI.

A noun or pronoun placed before a participle, and being independent of
the rest of the sentence, is in the nominative case _absolute_; as,
"_Shame being lost_; all virtue is lost;" "The _sun being risen_, we
travelled on."

NOTE. Every nominative case, except the case absolute and
independent, should belong to some verb expressed or understood; as,
"To whom thus _Adam_;" that is, _spoke_.

FALSE SYNTAX.

Him Destroyed,
Or won to what may work his utter loss,
All this will follow soon.

_Note_.--Two substantives, when they come together, and do not
signify the same thing, the former must be in the genitive case.

Virtue, however it may be neglected for a time, men are so constituted
as ultimately to acknowledge and respect genuine merit.

RULE VII.

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