.Nature, as far as art can do it, should be imitated. . Such as I have give I unto thee. A A .... Adj About. Adv VARIABLE OFFICES OF WORDS. 101 Among the words of similar Orthography that differ in their Etymology, are the following: Webster wrote a Dictionary-Walker wrote another. Wild winds and mad waves drive the vessel a wreck. country. the He is above forty years of age. After.....Conj.. He came after you left. After .Adj He was .To redeem in such the after part a rebel as As... .Conj.. -Wesley. of the ship. me. As... Adv rejoice at his unexpected prosperity. . And ere another evening's close. .And ere we could arrive [at] the point proposed. They traveled for pleasure. He cannot be a scholar, for he will not study. Like causes produce like effects. At the near approach of the star of day. We live near the springs. Books were never near so numerous. .He can debate on neither side of the question. .The boy could neither read nor write. The next generation. Adjectives should be placed next their substantives The off ox should keep the furrow. William fell off the load. VIRTUE only makes us happy. Only observe what a swarm is running after her. . On the opposite bank of the river. We stood opposite the Exchange. It was past mid-day. . Still waters reflect a milder light. "The firmament grows brighter With every golden grain, Falls on the azure plain."-G. Duffield, Jr. "He sang the fond, The wild imaginings of his young heart, For which he gave up home, and friends, and all; The breaking bubble, the sad heart, the fame, "The walls That close the Universe with crystal in, Amid the sound and bloom, Of many a green and blessed isle, Each wandering bark, and pathway dim With one portentous glare. A dark, and waving canopy!"-Southey. "O liberty! I wait for thee, To break this chain and dungeon bar; With voice like God's, and visage like a star." Placide "A sound system of government requires the perc to read, and inform themselves upon political subjects; eine they are the prey of every quack, every impostor, and every agitator, who may practise his trade in the country."-Ld. Brougham. "His Lordship knew full well, that the circulation of Newspapers would create a spirit of inquiry, that wouli search all the hidden abominations of royalty; would rouse to free thought the slaves of custom and despotic favor; would strip from titled oppressors the gaudy covering which dazzles the unthinking multitude; would develope a moral power, that would sweep away every stronghold of error and wrong." H. T. B—. "Greece has had most abundant cause to mourn on account of the wide-spread influence of this great enemy of the human race."-Dwight. "Our ablest patriots are looking out on the deep exed with storms, with great forebodings and failings of heart, for fear of the things that are coming upon us."-Bucher. "It has been the work of the Coalition to destroy all; to place Italy again under the galling yoke of Austria; to take from her, with political liberty, civil and religious freedom, and even freedom of thought; to corrupt her morals, and to heap upon her the utmost degree of degradation."—Sismonai. "What we do at home, we do for Europe, and in Europe." Mitchell. "After some hours' carnage, during which the streets ran with blood, peace was restored."--Sumner. "I firmly believe, that the salvation of our country is the hope of the world."-Howes. Suddenly the clouds broke and the storm rolled off toward Franconia, to burst upon the plains of Saxony."—Schiller. "With peculiar satisfaction I add, that information has been -received from an agent deputed on our part to Algiers, importing that the terms of a treaty with the Dey and regency of that country have been adjusted in such a manner as to authorize the expectation of a speedy peace, and the restoration of our unfortunate fellow-citizens from a grievous captivity." Washington. "The Barbary States, after the decline of the Arabian power, seem to be enveloped in darkness, rendered more palpable by the increasing light among the Christian nations."-Sumner. |