rthy of the brave and great."--_Pope_.

LESSON III.--PARSING.

"O let not thy heart despise me! thou whom experience has not taught that
it is misery to lose that which it is not happiness to possess."--_Dr.
Johnson_.

"Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery! still thou art a bitter
draught; and though thousands in all ages have been made to drink of thee,
thou art no less bitter on that account."--_Sterne_.

"Put it out of the power of truth to give you an ill character; and if any
body reports you not to be an honest or a good man, let your practice give
him the lie. This is all very feasible."--_Antoninus_.

"Oh that men should put an enemy into their mouths to steal away their
brains! that we should, with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause, transform
ourselves into beasts!"--_Shakspeare_.

"All these afar off stood, crying, Alas!
Alas! and wept, and gnashed their teeth, and groaned;
And with the owl, that on her ruins sat,
Made dolorous concert in the ear of Night."--_Pollok_.

"Snatch'd in thy prime! alas, the stroke were mild,
Had my frail form obey'd the fate's decree!
Blest were my lot, O Cynthio! O my child!
Had Heaven so pleas'd, and I had died for thee!"--_Shenstone_.

IMPROPRIETIES FOR CORRECTION.

ERRORS RESPECTING INTERJECTIONS.

"Of chance or change, oh let not man complain."--_Bucke's Classical Gram._,
p. 85.

[FORMULE.--Not proper, because the interjection _oh_, a sign of sorrow,
pain, or surprise, is here used to indicate mere earnestness. But,
according to the list of interjections, or OBS. 2d under it, the
interjection of wishing, earnestness, or vocative address, is _O_, and not
_oh_. Therefore, _oh_ should here be _O_; thus, "Of chance or change, _O_
let not man complain."--_Beattie's Minstrel_, B. ii, l. 1.]

"O thou persecutor! Oh ye hypocrites."--_Merchant's Gram._, p. 99; _et al_.
"Oh! thou, who touchedst Isaiah's hallowed lips with fire."--_Ib._,
(_Key_,) p. 197. "Oh! happy we, surrounded by so many blessings."--_Ib._,
(_Exercises_,) p. 138. "Oh! thou, who art so unmindful of thy
duty."--_Ib._, (_Key_,) p. 196. "If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find
that better way."--_Pope's Works_. "Heus! evocate hue Davum. _Ter_. Hoe!
call Davus out hither."--_Walker's Particles_, p. 155. "It was represented
by an analogy, (Oh, how inadequate!) which was borrowed from the religion
of paganism."--_Murray's Gram._, p. 281. "Oh that Ishmael might liv