They were summoned occasionally by their kings when compelled by their wants and by their fears to have recourse to their aid.

This measure will only be endured by the Unionist party so long as it is perfectly harmless and useless.

I cannot blame thee, who am myself attacked with weariness. His conduct surprised his English friends that had not known him long.

This is the man's farm who you saw in the market to-day.

He leads her to his father's palace and are bid "Begone"; she takes him to her father's cottage, and he greets them calmly, as lofty visitants.

The times which followed this event were very troublous.

I hear that the man that stole these jewels has been apprehended.

Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

The position we are taking at any rate meets the approval of our own conscience.

Men look with an evil eye upon the good that is in others; and think that their reputation obscures them, and that their commendable qualities do stand in their light; and therefore they do what they can to cast a cloud over them, that the bright shining of their virtues may not obscure them.

There are many that, though naturally generous, act as if they were selfish, and that, while they are liberal of aid, will not suffer the smallest infringement of their comfort.

Hope is the characteristic trait of our youthful period, which is of great service in giving us courage to attack and overcome the hardships of life.

A veteran Highlander was reminded on his death-bed that it was the time to forgive all his enemies, even he who had most injured him.

It is only his business to deal with the purely legal aspect of ⚫

the case.

The next winter which you will spend in town will give you opportunities of making a more prudent choice.

Solomon, the son of David, who had been a man of war, was chosen instead of his father to build the temple.

These books are the ones which you are to take to the library this afternoon.

I met the watchman that told me that there had been a fire. She told her daughter that if she really had a preference for that particular kind of goods she would call at the store and get her a gown from it before they were gone.

The man, who just went away, is a representative of the Villiers Endowment Company that is reputed very wealthy. This is the proposal by which I shall stand; yours is an expedient with which I have no patience

At school I studied geometry, that I found useful afterwards. They are trying to make that that is essentially impossible possible, and to make that that is essentially intolerable tolerable.

The younger members, that are naturally (1) impatient with our slow processes, are all anxious to see this bill disposed of.

There are several here that will subscribe heartily to that noble charity.

William was industrious but slow; Henry bright and quick; so the one always had friends, while the other was appreciated.

Sir Henry Havelock in all his Christian spirit, which were thus religion.

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duties manifested a truly done as a part of his

I shall not say anything to unduly prolong a debate which is now, I believe, near its conclusion.

Cæsar crossed the Rubicon that was in effect à declaration of war.

The absence of large public buildings in this city is one of the things which seems so strange to me,

2. Rewrite the following, correcting or studying alternative expressions as directed by the notes and references.

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THEY a have a new Union School building (33)b in the town that I spent my early student days in (36), which d is a model edifice, large and stately, and fitted up with all of the modern conveniences. It (34) was (22) long needed. The old Academy [that, which, 35] used to accommodate higher classes, looks very insignificant by the side of it. When I saw it (34) last, I could but wonder if it was (20) not shrank (4) to smaller [size, bulk dimensions, volume 2]; it hid away so [modestly, unassumingly, unobtrusively, 2]h in its corner of the park, as if it was (20) trying to [repudiate, reject, disown, deny, 1] the part it had took (4) in the town'si affairs. But it (34) has no [reason, occasion, cause, 2] to be ashamed of its past. To many a one who are (30)k now in active life it is [really, actually, positively, veritably, 1, 2] a historic spot. We can think of [illustrious, celebrated, eminent, prominent, 2]1 men who were once schoolboys in it (34), and of others, just as good men perhaps, that (30) are known to friendship [if, though] m m not to the world. Many years must pass before the former (34) can gather those associations that (36) cluster about it (34); years enough for the present generation of [children, youth, boys and girls, 2] to reach (23)o maturity (5) and do (23) successful work and [win, get, gain, achieve, 2] (23) distinction. By that time the new shall (21) in its turn be old, and perhaps be despised as insignificant.

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Let me try and (2) P describe it (34) to you, though its interest, I am afraid,a only (25) lies to a small degree in its architecture.

The old Academy." is a plain old fashioned brick building, two stories in height, its side to the street, and whose (30, 15) end gables run up as by steps to the great chimnies (14) at the top. The front windows [that, which, 35] are high, are perhaps the most imposing feature of the building.

A door opens into a large vestibule (24) (33)o at either (2) end of the front; the left hand one leading to the large room on the first floor [that, which, 35] we called the girls' room, the other to the somewhat larger room up stairs called the principal's room. An addition, or ell,t extends directly back of this last (17) (34), three stories in height, its rooms being so much lower that the three together are only as high as the two stories of the main part. The first floor of it (34) was a species (2) of a" laboratory and apparatus room, a mysterious place to we (16) pupils. The floors above were class-rooms. A belfry (33) surmounted the main part of the edifice, [which, that, 35] to my boyish imagination was a model of graceful design, but [which, that, 35] as I [remember, recollect, recall, 2] it, must have been just about as plain as the rest.

Here I have given you a meagre sketch outside and in of the building (24); but I cannot impart to you the sentiment [which, that, 35] makes it a sacred spot to me. For that I only (25) can refer you to the places you yourselves frequent, which to you also will some time be full of sweet memories.

NOTES TO THE ABOVE. It will be noted that in many cases where relatives might have been used in the above, participial phrases or words in apposition are used instead. Nothing is said of this here, however, as it is taken up later, under the head of Rapidity. (See Rule 58.)

a. 'They," an indefinite pronoun, but quite suitable to the present simple style. — b. The word "building," in the present arrangement of the sentence, is remote from its relative "which." How can you change order so as to get antecedent and relative together? — -c. The preposition "in" by this construction is too far from its object to sound well; try the equivalent "where."-d. If you change order according to note b, is this relative necessary at all?-e. The word "of" is superfluous. Note the construction, for it is too much used.-f. By putting "it" at the end of the sentence you put a misleading word between the antecedent "Academy" and its pronoun "it" in the next sentence. Where can this phrase be better placed? —g. There is a difference between "could but " and "could not but"; which is proper here?-h. There is not much difference in the appropriateness of these words; choose the one that sounds best and is nearest your idea. —i. The possessive is admissible here, as helping the sentence to end with "affairs" (compare Rule 82).-j. "It"

is not ambiguous here, but it is better, ordinarily, at the beginning of a new paragraph to be more particular in repeating your antecedent.k. After deciding the concord here, ask yourself if the relative construction is needed at all. 1. If no men of very great fame have gone out from the school, which word will you choose?- -m. What difference of implication between 66 though " and "if"?-n. The new building cannot gather the same associations, but only the same kind; how would you express this? — o. Is this the best tense of the infinitive for a time relatively past? — p. "Try and" is a vulgarism to be guarded against; say "try to."— q. "Am afraid" is an expression much used, and perhaps not incorrect; better, however, would be “I fear.”—r. If you repeat your word in the previous sentence, "it" is sufficient here.—s. "Vestibule" is the antecedent to "the left hand one;" change order so that antecedent and pronoun shall be near together.t. It is the ell that is three stories in height; change order so as to make this clear. You need to do this when the relative is omitted just as when it is expressed. u. The "a" is superfluous; note the construction, which is very prevalent.

V. CORRELATION.

Many words or forms of expression occur in pairs, the one member of the pair suggesting and requiring the other. This mutual reference is called correlation.

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Rules for Words that have mutual Reference. — Rules for correlation go far to make themselves as soon as we bear in mind what correlation is for: namely, to help the reader balance one thought or expression over against another. Both in the thoughts thus balanced and in the means taken to pair them, the writer should work for the greatest clearness attainable.

37. Prepare for an important alternative or inference by correlating connectives.

That is, do not neglect to correlate clauses when the reader may in any way be helped by it. If there is an equally important assertion coming