Thou great First Cause, least understood! Who all my sense confin'd To know but this, that thou art good, And that myself am blind; Yet gave me in this dark estate, &c. What art thou, speak, that, on designs unknown, The following examples are adapted to the notes and observations under RULE V. 1. Whoever entertains such an opinion, he judges erroneously. The cares of this world they often choke the growth of virtue. Disappointments and afflictions, however disagreeable, they often improve us, 2. Moses was the meekest man whom we read of in the Old Testament. Humility is one of the most amiable virtues which we can possess. They are the same persons who assisted us yesterday. The men and things which he has studied have not improved his morals. 3. Howsoever beautiful they appear, they have no real merit. In whatsoever light we view him, his conduct will bear inspection. On whichsoever side they are contemplated, they appear to advantage. However much he might despise the maxims of the king's administration, he kept a total silence on that subject. 4. Which of them two persons has most distinguished himself? None more impatiently suffer injuries, than those that are most forward in doing them. 5. He would not be persuaded but what I was greatly in fault. These commendations of his children, appear to have been made in somewhat an injudicious manner. 6. He instructed and fed the crowds who surrounded him. Sidney was one of the wisest and most active governors, which Ireland have enjoyed for several years. He was the ablest minister which James ever possessed. The court, who gives currency to manners, ought to be exemplary. I am happy in the friend which I have long proved. 7. The child whom we have just seen, is wholesomly fed, and not injured by bandages or clothing. He is like a beast of prey, who destroys without pity. 8. Having once disgusted him, he could never regain the favour of Nero, who was indeed another name for cruelty. Flattery, whose nature is to deceive and betray, should be avoided as the poisonous adder. Who of those men came to his assistance? 9. The king dismissed his minister without any inquiry; who had never before committed so unjust an action. There are millions of people in the empire of China, whose support is derived almost entirely from rice. 10. It is remarkable his continual endeavours to serve us, notwithstanding our ingratitude. It is indisputably true his assertion, though it is a paradox. 11. Ah! unhappy thee, who art deaf to the calls of duty, and of honour. Oh! happy we, surrounded with so many blessings. RULE VI. The relative is the nominative case to the verb, when no nominative case comes between it and the verb: as, "The master who taught us;" "The trees which are planted." When a nominative comes between the relative and the verb, the relative is governed by some word in its own member of the sentence: as," He who preserves me, to whom I owe my being, whose I am, and whom I serve, is eternal.” See Vol. 1. p. 159, and the Key, Part 3. Chap. 1. Rule 6. We are dependent on each other's assistance! whom is there that can subsist by himself? If he will not hear his best friend, whom shall be sent to admonish him? They who much is given to, will have much to answer for. It is not to be expected that they, whom in early life, have been dark and deceitful, should afterwards become fair and ingenuous. They who have laboured to make us wise and good, are the persons whom we ought to love and respect, and who we ought to be grateful to. The persons, who conscience and virtue support, may smile at the caprices of fortune. From the character of those who you associate with, your own will be estimated. That is the student who I gave the book to, and whom, I am persuaded, deserves it. 1. Of whom were the articles bought? Of a mercer; he who resides near the mansion house. Was any person besides the mercer present? Yes, both him and his clerk. Who was the money paid to? To the mercer and his clerk. Who counted it? Both the clerk and him. RULE VII. When the relative is preceded by two nominatives of different persons, the relative and verb may agree in person with either, according to the sense; as, "I I am the man who command you;" or, "I am the man who commands you." See Vol. 1. p. 160, and the Key, Part 3. Chap. 1. Rule 7. I acknowledge that I am the teacher, who adopt that sentiment, and maintains the propriety of such measures. Thou art a friend that hast often relieved me, and that has not deserted me now in the time of peculiar necd. I am the man who approves of wholesome discipline, and who recommend it to others; but I am not a person who promotes useless severity, or who object to mild and generous treatment. I perceive that thou art a pupil, who possesses bright parts, but who hast cultivated them but little. Thou art he who breathest on the earth with the breath of spring, and who covereth it with yerdure and beauty. I am the Lord thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, and who lead thee by the way thou shouldst go. Thou art the Lord who did choose Abraham, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees. RULE VIII. Every adjective, and every adjective pronoun, belongs to a substantive; expressed or understood: as, "He is a good as well as a wise man;""Few are happy;" that is "persons;" "This is a pleasant walk;" that is, "this walk is," &c. Adjective pronouns must agree, in number, with their substantives, as "This book, these books; that sort, those sorts; another road, other roads." See Vol. 1. p. 161, and the Key, Part 3. Chap. 1. Rule 8. These kind of indulgences soften and injure the mind. Instead of improving yourselves, you have been playing this two hours. Those sort of favours did real injury, under the appearance of kindness. The chasm made by the earthquake was twenty foot broad, and one hundred fathom in depth. How many a sorrow should we avoid, if we were not industrious to make them! He saw one or more persons enter the garden. The examples which follow, are suited to the notes and observations under RULE VIII. 1. ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS. 1. Charles was extravagant, and by this mean became poor and despicable. It was by that ungenerous mean that he obtained his end. Though a promising measure, it is a mean which I cannot adopt. This person embraced every opportunity to display his talents; and by these means rendered himself ridiculous. Joseph was industrious, frugal, and discreet; and by this means obtained property and reputation. 2. Religion raises men above themselves; irreligion sinks them beneath the brutes: that, binds them down to a poor pitiable speck of perishable earth; this, opens for them a prospect to the skies. More rain falls in the first two summer months, than in the first two winter ones: but it makes a much greater show upon the earth, in those than in these; because there is a much slower evaporation. Rex and Tyrannus are of very different characters. The one rules his people by laws to which they consent; the other, by his absolute will and power: this is called freedom, that, tyranny. 3. Each of them, in their turn, receive the benefits to which they are entitled. My counsel to each of you is, that you should make it your endeavour to come to a friendly agreement. By discussing what relates to each particular, in their order, we shall better understand the subject. Every person, whatever be their station, are bound by the duties of morality and religion. Every leaf, every twig, every drop of water, teem with life. Every man's heart and temper is productive of much inward joy or bitterness. Whatever he undertakes, either his pride or his folly disgust us. Every man and every woman were numbered. Neither of those men seem to have any idea, that their opinions may be ill-founded. When benignity and gentleness reign within, we are always east in hazard from without: every person, and every occurrence, are beheld in the most favourable light. On either side of the river was there the tree of life. II. ADJECTIVES. 4. She reads proper, writes very neat, and composes accu rate. He was extreme prodigal, and his property is now near exhausted. They generally succeeded; for they lived conformable to the rules of prudence. We may reason very clear, and exceeding strong, without knowing that there is such a thing as a syllogism. He had many virtues, and was exceeding beloved. |