e substantive belonging to
them, either referred to, or understood."--_Ib._, 24. "Because they define
and limit the extent of the common name, or general term, to which they
either refer, or are joined.'"--_Ib._, 24. "Every new object surprises,
terrifies, and makes a strong impression on their mind."--_Blair's Rhet._,
p. 136. "His argument required to have been more fully unfolded, in order
to make it be distinctly apprehended, and to give it its due
force."--_Ib._, p. 230. "Participles which are derived from active verbs,
will govern the objective case, the same as the verbs from which they are
derived"--_Emmons's Gram._, p. 61. "Where, contrary to the rule, the
nominative _I_ precedes, and the objective case _whom_ follows the
verb."--_Murray's Gram._, 8vo, p. 181. "The same conjunction governing both
the indicative and the subjunctive moods, in the same sentence, and in the
same circumstances, seems to be a great impropriety."--_Ib._, p. 207;
_Smith's New Gram._, 173: see _Lowth's Gram._, p. 105; _Fisk's_, 128; and
_Ingersoll's_, 266. "A nice discernment, and accurate attention to the best
usage, are necessary to direct us, on these occasions."--_Murray's Gram._,
8vo, p. 170. "The Greeks and Romans, the former especially, were, in truth,
much more musical nations than we; their genius was more turned to delight
in the melody of speech."--_Blair's Rhet._, p. 123. "When the sense admits
it, the sooner a circumstance is introduced, the better, that the more
important and significant words may possess the last place, quite
disencumbered."--_Murray's Gram._, 8vo, i, p. 309; _Parker and Fox's_, Part
III, p. 88. "When the sense admits it, the sooner they are despatched,
generally speaking, the better; that the more important and significant
words may possess the last place, quite disencumbered."--_Blair's Rhet._,
p. 118. See also _Jamieson's Rhet._, p. 101. "Thus we find it, both in the
Greek and Latin tongues."--_Blair's Rhet._, p. 74. "A train of sentences,
constructed in the same manner, and with the same number of members, should
never be allowed to succeed one another."--_Ib._, p. 102; _Murray's Gram._,
8vo, Vol. i, p. 306; _Parker and Fox's Gram._, Part III, p. 86. "I proceed
to lay down the rules to be observed in the conduct of metaphors, and which
are much the same for tropes of every kind."--_Blair's Rhet._, p. 143. "By
a proper choice of words, we may produce a resemblance of other sounds
which we mean to describe.