The guilty mind cannot avoid many melancholy" apprehensions.

If we injure others, we must expect retalia

tion.

Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

Peace and honour are the sheaves of virtue's harvest.

The black earth, every where obvious on the surface of the ground, we call mould.

The Roman pontiff claims to be the supreme head of the church on earth.

High seasoned food vitiates the palate, and occasions a disrelish for plain fare.

The conscious receiver is as bad as the thief. Alexander, the conqueror of the world, was, in fact, a robber and a murderer.

The Divine Being is not only the Creator, but the Ruler and Preserver of the world.

Honest endeavours, if persevered in, will finally be successful.

He who dies for religion, is a martyr; he who suffers for it, is a confessor.

In the paroxysm of passion, we sometimes give occasion for a life of repentance.

The mist which envelops many studies, is dissipated when we approach them.

The voice is sometimes obstructed by a hoarseness, or by viscous phlegm.

The desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the

rose.

The fruit and sweetmeats set on table after the

meat, are called the dessert.

We traversed the flowery fields, till the falling dews admonished us to return.

SECTION 6.

THERE is frequently a worm at the root of our most flourishing condition.

The stalk of ivy is tough, and not fragile.

The roof is vaulted, and distils fresh water from every part of it.

Our imperfections are discernible by others, when we think they are concealed.

They think they shall be heard for their much speaking.

art.

life.

True criticism is not a captious, but a liberal

Integrity is our best defence against the evils of

No circumstance can license evil, or dispense with the rules of virtue.

We may be ciphers in the world's estimation, whilst we are advancing our own and others' value.

peace.

The path of virtue is the path of A diphthong is the coalition of two vowels to form one sound.

However forcible our temptations, they may be resisted.

I acknowledge my transgression; and my sin is

ever before me.

The college of cardinals are the electors of the pope.

He had no colourable excuse to palliate his conduct.

Thy humorous vein, thy pleasing folly,

Lie all neglected, all forgot.

If we are so conceited as obstinately to reject all advice, we must expect a dereliction of friends. Chronology is the science of computing and adjusting the periods of time.

In groves we live, and lie on mossy beds,

By crystal streams, that murmur through the meads.

It is a secret cowardice which induces us to compliment the vices of our superiors, to applaud the libertine, and laugh with the profane.

The lark each morning waked me with her sprightly lay.

There are no fewer than thirty-two species of the lily.

We owe it to our visilers as well as to ourselves, to entertain them with useful and sensible conversation.

Sponsors are those who become sureties for the children's education in the Christian faith.

The warrior's fame is often purchased by the blood of thousands.

Hope exhilarates the mind, and is the grand elixir, under all the evils of life.

The incense of gratitude, whilst it expresses our duty, and honours our benefactor, perfumes and regales ourselves.

PART III,

SYNTAX.

CHAPTER I.

CONTAINING CORRECTIONS OF THE FALSE SYNTAX, ARRANGED UNDER

THE RULES.

RULE I.

See Volume I. Page 198.

DISAPPOI

ISAPPOINTMENTS sink the heart of man; but the renewal of hope gives consolation.

The smiles that encourage severity of judgment, hide malice and insincerity.

He dares not act contrary to his instructions. Fifty pounds of wheat contain forty pounds of

flour.

The mechanism of clocks and watches was totally unknown a few centuries ago.

The number of the inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland, does not exceed sixteen millions.

Nothing but vain and foolish pursuits delights some persons