The Portland gazette., 1818-07-14
6. Adiectives ofyalue, likeness ,unIikeness,

6 If the world be worth thy winning
J Think, o think, it worth enjoying"
s'Vice sinks in her allurements, j. ungilt,
And looks like other objects, black by night"
------'' Mighty winds,
That sweep the skirt of some far spreading wood
Of ancient growth, make music, not unlike
The dark OF ocean on his winding shore"
7. The indnltiye mode, or part of a sentence
often stands as the object ola verb.
= The broken soldier kindly bade to stay,
Sat by his fire, and talk'd the night away;
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales OF sorrow donei
Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields
were won.''
-s' The morning shines, and the fresh field
Calls us we lose the prime, to mark how spring
Our tender plants, how blows the citron grove,
What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed,
How nature paints her colours, how the bee
Sits on the bloom, extracting liquid sweet"
8. Conjunctons of the nature Of Preposi-
tions govern the objective case.
----s' Heav'n wakes with all his eyes
Whom to behold but thee ?''---
---ss Whom nave | in heaven but thee
and there is none upon earth, that | desire be-
sides thee.''
None highersat."
See .Nurrays Grammar, Page 1874, Hal. Ed.
As has commonly been considered con
junction /; yet there are instances N which
some doubt arises, relative to the properties
of this word as in the following examples,
He oacated as chaplain. He went as super
cargo. He performed his duty as master.
When, indeed, we reflect, that even the same
connective really differs 10 IFS qualities, &C
cordng to its situation in sentence, the
doubt IS absoiyed and we have toll assurance
that its claims, to The class ln which 1t is pia-
ced by our best grammarlans, are supported.
Although Gs may, IN some degree, Partake Vi
the nature oI proposition in such cases, for
propositions do Imply conneNlon, yet not sui
iicientiy 50 TO assume government because,
he was received as an excellent scholar, and
he was received for an excellent scholar,
might import different ideas.
is, in some respects, has been thought a
relative pronoun; and, as such, has received
the able support Of Mr.. M5RRAY ;-as, let
such as presume to advise others, look well
to their owa conduct The federal cons4u-
ton is, such, as manitests the greatest jurls-
prudence. Such actions, as you describe,
are very dishonorabie e--When such, and sim
liar phrases occur, perhaps better mode OF
parong the word under consideration could
not be adopted. 1t is, however, strongly ap-
pretended, that these kinds Of expression
cannot, with safety, be recommended. / am
far from wishing an author in his style to con-
hne himself within the bounds OF monoton0us
| tormaily. Freedom of thought, varity and
scope oI language are the lie Of any compo-
sltiUn.
The rules Of Syntax il Murray's Grammar
with the critical remarks annexed, display
great talents and learning, and are sufficiently
extended 20 point out the concord and regimen
IN most sentences in our standard English
Classics. These, which are here added. and
the observations made, are particularly FOL
the benefit OF the young learner--to shew him
something more OF the nature, beauty, extent
and power Of language.
TO torn Syntax, which would give au.
thority to the pecuIiarties Of every writer
ancient or modem, would be beyond the a.
biliy Of any mere man. Gould this, indeed
be done, no valuable end would be answered
because the work Itself would be too unwieIdy
to be useful. J.