his arrangement of the members and
circumstances of this sentence, confines the speaker's _search to the
sea shore;_ whereas, he meant, "A _large stone, which,_ after a long
search, I happened _to find by the sea shore,_ served me for an anchor."

"I shall only notice those called personal pronouns." I shall notice
_only_ those called personal pronouns.

10. TAUTOLOGY.--Avoid words which add no thing to the sense; such as,
"_Now_ extant, _free_ gratis, _slow_ mope, _cold_ snow, a _hot_ sun, a
_flowing_ stream, a _dull_ blockhead, _wise_ sages." "I am just going to
go there;" I am _about_ to go.

11. ABSURDITIES AND IMPROPRIETIES.--"I can learn him many things."

It ought to be, "I can _teach_ him." To _learn_, is to _acquire_ or
_receive_ information; to _teach_, means to _communicate_ it.

"I don't think it is so." You _do think_, that it is _not_ so.

_Ever, always._ "I have ever been of this mind." I have _always_ been.
_Ever_ and _always_ are not synonymous. _Ever_ refers to _one_
indefinite period of time; as, "If he _ever_ become rich:" _always_
means _at all times_.

_Excuse, pardon._ The former signifies to release from an obligation
which refers to the future; the latter, to forgive a neglect or crime
that is past. "Excuse me for neglecting to call yesterday:" _pardon_ me.

_Remember, recollect._ We _remember_ a thing which we retain in our
mind; we _recollect_ it, when, though having gone from the mind, we have
power to call it back.

_Defect, deficiency._ A thing which is incomplete in any of its parts,
is _defective;_ a total absence of the thing, is a _deficiency_.

This subject will be resumed in the appendix to this work.

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CORRECTIONS IN ORTHOGRAPHY.

From among those words which are often erroneously spelled, the
following are selected and corrected according to Johnson, and to Cobb's
Dictionary.

INCORRECT. CORRECT.
Abridgement Abridgment
abscision abcission
achievment achievement
adze addice
agriculturalist agriculturist
ancle ankle
attornies attorneys
baise baize
bason basin
bass base
bombazin bombasin
boose bouse
boult bolt
buccaneer bucanier
burthen burden
bye by
calimanco calamanco
camblet camlet
camphire