--ALDRICH

I delighted to loll over the quarter railing _of_ a calm day.
--IRVING.

(10) _Of reference_, equal to _about_, _concerning_, _with regard to_.

The Turk lay dreaming _of_ the hour.--HALLECK.

Boasted _of_ his prowess as a scalp hunter and
duelist.--BANCROFT.

Sank into reverie _of_ home and boyhood scenes.--_Id._

[Sidenote: _Idiomatic use with verbs._]

_Of_ is also used as an appendage of certain verbs, such as _admit_,
_accept_, _allow_, _approve_, _disapprove_, _permit_, without adding
to their meaning. It also accompanies the verbs _tire_, _complain_,
_repent_, _consist_, _avail_ (one's self), and others.

Exercise.--Find sentences with six uses of _of_.

On, Upon.

324. The general meaning of on is position or direction. _On_ and
_upon_ are interchangeable in almost all of their applications, as
shown by the sentences below:--

(1) _Place_: (_a_) Where.

Cannon were heard close _on_ the left.--PARKMAN.

The Earl of Huntley ranged his host
_Upon_ their native strand.--MRS. SIGOURNEY.

(_b_) With motion.

It was the battery at Samos firing _on_ the boats.--PARKMAN.

Thou didst look down _upon_ the naked earth.--BRYANT.

(2) _Time._

The demonstration of joy or sorrow _on_ reading their letters.
--BANCROFT.

_On_ Monday evening he sent forward the Indians.--PARKMAN.

Upon is seldom used to express time.

(3) _Reference_, equal to _about_, _concerning_, etc.

I think that one abstains from writing _on_ the immortality of
the soul.--EMERSON.

He pronounced a very flattering opinion _upon_ my brother's
promise of excellence.--DE QUINCEY.

(4) _In adjurations._

_On_ my life, you are eighteen, and not a day more.--ALDRICH.

_Upon_ my reputation and credit.--SHAKESPEARE

(5) _Idiomatic phrases_: _on fire_, _on board_, _on high_, _on the
wing_, _on the alert_, _on a sudden_, _on view_, _on trial_, etc.

Exercise.--Find sentences with three uses of _on_ or _upon_.

To.

325. Some uses of to are the following:--

(1) _Expressing motion_: (_a_) To a place.

Come _to_ the bridal chamber, Death!--HALLECK.

Rip had scrambled _to_ one of the highest peaks.--IRVING.

(_b_) Referring to time.

Full of schemes and speculations _to_ the last.--PARTON.

Revolutions, whose influence is felt _to_ this hour.--PARKMAN.

(2) _Expressing result._