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then uere conplaintl How efsctual 4 reaac'
ly for the wrong q, z ~ d s.

then uere coraplaintl Howcfsctual 4 reaac'
sly for the wrong B & ss q s;
To express the writer's idea, ihs wore e
Il = should be is and the wore, q should pc
the. IL exclaims, ironically, are dhey 70
deed Delivered up, then 70 be sufs ! {. q 10
reasonable 10 complain. Not, I. 1v'uld be,
which implies the cooditiop /! they are dsi
llsered. a remedy means 10 geneFl any
remedy, but 10 order 70 form arelaionto
the pa,sicslar remedy before mentioned
The phrase should end with the w,rds Is
his. There is also fault 10 the cspnec.
ton uf the two cxclsmations. Bob OF
them arc iyopica!, wherefore the latcr
mounts 10 denisl,hst the remedy isSei-
tscfus.. Ii follows nevertheless q phrase
in which the efficacy Of ,beremsdy y Pre-.
sopposed. The writer's idea may be az.
Pressed thus: :. indeed With renu!y
80 eaecsual. how unreasonable 60 con.
'plaio. & ss
e An American vessel bound to ar Enropc-
an port has two, three Or four native 4 rn'rla
cans impressed by British men Of war" S..
This is a vulgarism. which We sho,!d
suppose might have been avoided b. a
professor of rhetoric. TIE verb to- bavc
is risher used Us an auxiliary for tho teuar .
CT other verbs, or else it expresses pcs.
session. II taken 10 the former sense, the
sen,eo ce means an American vssse. has
Impressed b. means Of a British man CT
wa, and 10 the latter sense il reans an
An.cr;csa vessel possesse. seanef imP,ess
Cd BY British man of war, rkesess .hs az
thor meant to say: Two, ,hree orfeur De.
eve Americans arc impressed, bya Bfi;isai
m2n OF war. from AZ American vessel.
= Sometimes their lordships. in. a vein Of
humor, &c. Sometimes n s.erner tone,
they say, &c.
Is a vein q humsr then stern tonef
Sometimes they cody return that there
is no such man on board the ship; and what
has become Of him, the agones Of a wife and
children, in his native land, may DE left 10 cpn-
lecture"
The professors meaning may and must
g be left,o conjecture" ior j. has hithero
e|uded ali orr a.tsrnp,s TO discover il. Fer.
hsns ;As professor ;nteoded this IS q foe
s,rekr nf bis arr sarposirg, IS one OF ctr
CRITICS observes, taas . vr4ne ana ohstr, {
expression is se, TO be admired by score
because i. conveys The seuse they relish The
rscsl by o,hers as concise and compreheo ;.
siye. because il SUCCESS variaus mean ngs
al once. =
I" The second ioirf alton which Mr. Picker
ing defends the pgctentioRs Of Great Erlt.ia,
&c. sa
We do NOT defend person upon point,
bui against cha-ge. We say (netsphoJi.
cal!y} defend on this or that g.ouad or psia-
ciple, but then we speak OF the means nl
detencc Of the justification, not Of The
,cliarge.
g The right as on the question Of Impress
ment so on This it surrenaers at discretion"
Here is harsh inversion; besides the
words so on this should be LEI. OUT, or else
the sentence should run thus, As Oh ,he
question of ies2ressment, SO or this, il sur.
renders The right.
Gorsiag with confscation the greediaess
OF confscation Of her cruizcrs."
This would be more torciblc as we'll IS
moreelsgan. iii: stood simply, I" Cog pg
with cor hsea:ion The gree d,ness ct is crui.
4zers. BESIDES, greeainrss q eor6scanou
is 10 itself improper. Wetcaunot say ,hat
a wolfe is greedy effood. He is greedy
from The want of food and Perhaps IL may
be said 10 he > rleoossm IS will appear
from the following example. With the
iatses, Of his Aock he gofged the greedi.
ness o! those Wohes-~ for Mutton