upon him, (30)
notwithstanding his (_e_) _writing_ on the Revelation, and his (_e_)
_affecting_ to enter on all occasions into controversy, (_e_)
asserting in particular that the Pope was Antichrist."

(_a_) "expulsion from." (_b_) "a pretended sentence to death--a
pretence that was soon manifested by his pardon and liberation."
(_c_) Begin a new sentence: "'The secretary's pretended
confession,' it was said, 'was &c.'" (_d_) "the suspicion that
the king favoured Popery." (_e_) The juxtaposition of the two
verbal nouns, "writing" and "affecting," with the participle
"asserting," is harsh. Write, "For, notwithstanding that he
affected controversy, and attacked the Pope as Antichrist in his
treatise on the Book of Revelation, the king was still
suspected."

90. "The opinion that the sun is fixed was once too (_a_) (1)
_universal_ to be easily shaken, and a similar prejudice has often
(_b_) _rendered_ the progress of new inventions (15 _a_) _very slow_,
(19) arising from the numbers of the believers, and not (36) the
reasonableness of the belief."

(_a_) Write "general." Show the absurdity of appending "too" to
"universal." (_b_) What single word can be substituted for
"rendered slow"?

91. "The rest of the generals were willing to surrender
unconditionally, (30) _depressed by this unforeseen calamity_; (4)
_only_ the young colonel, who retained his presence of mind,
represented to them that they were increasing the difficulties of a
position in itself very difficult (19) (15, _a_) _by their conduct_."

92. "To (_a_) (31) _an author who_ is, in his expression of any
sentiment, wavering between _the_ (_b_) _demands of_ perspicuity and
energy (of which _the_ (_c_) (40 _a_) _former of course_ requires the
first care, lest (40 _a_) he should fail of both), and (37) doubting
whether the (_d_) phrase _which_ (8) _has_ (_e_) _the_ most force and
brevity will be (_f_) readily _taken_ (_g_) _in, it may_ (_h_) (3) _be
recommended to use_ both (_d_) expressions; first, (_h_) _to expound_
the sense sufficiently to be clearly understood, and then (_i_) _to_
contract it into the most compendious and striking form."

(_a_) Write "When an author &c." (_b_) Can be omitted. (_c_)
Assimilate the constructions: "Of which the former must, of
course, be aimed at first, lest both be missed." (_d_) Use
"expression" or else "phrase" in _both_ places. (_e_