RULE 13. Of his audience.-put it on Jacob.-sprinkle them-and the shall, &c.—of Mis reputation.

Note. You were blamed; you were worthy.-where were you?-how fai were you?

RULE 14. Who hast been, &c.-who is the sixth that has lost his life by this means.

Who all my sense confinedst; or, didst confine.

Note. And who broughtest him forth out of Ur.

RULE 15. Who shall be sent, &c.-This is the man who, &c.

RULE 16. They to whom much is given, &c.-with whom you associate, &o -whom I greatly respect, &c.-whom we ought to love, and to whom, &c.They whom conscience, &c.-With whom did you walk ?-Whom did you Bee?-To whom did you give the book?

RULE 17. Who gave John those books? We-him who lives in Pearl street--My brother and he.-She and I.

RULE 18: Nole 2. Thirty luns.-twenty feet-one hundred fathoms. Note 6. He bought a pair of new shoes-piece of elegant furniture.-pah of fine horses-tract of poor land.

Note 7. Are still more difficult to be comprehended.-most doubtful, or pre carious way, &c.-This model comes nearer perfection than any I, &c.

RULE 19: Note. That sort.-these two hours.-This kind, &c.—He saw one person, or more than one, enter the garden.

Note 2. Better than himself.—is so small.―his station may be, is bound by the laws.

Note 3. On each side, &c.-took each his censer.

RULE 20. Whom did they, &c.-They whom opulence,-whom luxury, &c. ·Him and them we know, &c.-Her that is négligent, &c.-my brother and me, &c.—Whom did they send, &c.-Them whom he, &c.

RULE 21. It is I.-If I were he.—it is he, indeed.--Whom do you, &c.Who do men say, &c.-and who say ye, &c.-whom do you imagine it to have been?-it was I; but you knew that it was he.

RULE 25. Bid him come.-durst not do it.-Hear him read, &c.—makes us approve and reject, &c.-better to live-than to outlive, &c.-to wrestle. RULE 26: Note.-The taking of pains: or, without taking pains, &c.— The changing of times,--the removing and setting up of kings.

RULE 28: Note 3. He did me--I had written-he came home.-befallen my cousin he would have gone.—already risen.—is begun.—is spoken.— would have written-had they written, &c.

RULE 29: Note 1. It cannot, therefore, be, &c.—he was not often pleas ing.-should never be separated.-We may live happily, &c.

RULE 30: Note. I don't know any thing; or, I know nothing, &c.—I did not see anybody; or, I saw nobody, &c.-Nothing ever affects her.—and take no shape or semblance, &c.-There can be nothing, &c.-Neither precept nor discipline is so forcible as example.

RULE 31. For himself.-among themselves.--with whom he is, &c.-With whom did, &c.-From whom did you receive instruction ?

RULE 33. My brother and he, &c.-You and I, &c. He and I-John and

he, &c.-Between you and me, &c.

RULE 34. And entreat me, &c.—and acting differently, &c.
Note 1. But he may return-but he will write no more.

Note 2. Unless it rain.-If he acquire riches, &c.

RULE 35. Than I.-as well as he, than they.-but he.-but he and I.-but them who had gone astray.

Promiscuous Examples.-IIim who is from eternity, &c.-depends all the happiness,-which exists, &c.—the enemies whom, &c.-Is it or he whom you requested?-Though great have been, sincerely acknowledge. There was, in the metropolis.-exercising our memories. was consumed.-Afflu ence may givò-but i will not-of this world often choke.-Them that hop

and they that despise.-I intended to call last week.-the fields look fresh and gay.-very neatly, finely woven paper.-where I saw Gen. Andrew Jackson, him who.-Take the first two,-last three.-thirty feet high.—a union, a hypothesis.-I have seen him to whom you wrote, he would have some back, or returned.—understands the nature,-he rejects.-If thou study, -thou wilt become.-is not properly attended to.-He knew.-therefore, to have done it.—than the title.-very independently.-duty to do.-my friend's entering.-is the best specimen, or it comes nearer perfection than any, &c.— blow them, will go, &c.-Each of those two authors has his merit.-Reason's whole,-lie in.-strikes the mind,-than if the paris had been adjusted,-with perfect symmetry.

Satire does not carry in it.-composes the triangle.--persons' opportunities were ever.-It has been reported.-should never be.-situation in which.-is thoroughly versed in his.-are the soul,-follows little.-An army presents.

are the duties of a christian.-happier than he.—always have inclined, and which always will incline him to offend.-which require great.-Them that honour me, will I.-has opinions peculiar to itself.-that it may be said he attained monarchical.—hast permitted,-wilt deliver.was formerly propagated. the measure is,-unworthy your.-were faithless.-After I had visited. -nor shall I, consent.-Yesterday I intended to walk out, but was.—make or are thirteen, leave three.-If he go,-make the eighth time that he will have visited.--is nobler.-was possessed, or that ever can be.-one great edifice,-smaller ones.-honesty is.-it to be.-will follow me,-I shall dwell. --is gone astray.—he could not have done.—feeling a propensity.

PUNCTUATION.
COMMA.

Corrections of the Exercises in Punctuation.

RULE 1. Idleness is the great fomenter of all corruptions in the human heart. The friend of order has made half his way to virtue. All finery is a sign of littleness.

RULE 2. The indulgence of a harsh disposition, is the introduction to uture misery. To be totally indifferent to praise or censure, is a real defect in character. The intermixture of evil in human society, serves to exercise the suffering graces and virtues of the good.

RULE 3. Charity, like the sun, brightens all its objects. Gentleness is, in truth, the great avenue to mutual enjoyment. You, too, have your fail ings. Humility and knowledge, with poor apparel, excel pride and ignorance, under costly attire. The best men often experience disappointments. Advice should be seasonably administered. No assumed behaviour can always hide the real character.

RULE 4. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations, Continue, my dear child, to make virtue thy chief study. Canst thou expect, thou betrayer of innocence, to escape the hand of vengeance? Death, the king of terrours, chose a prime minister. Hope, the balm of life, sooths us under every misfortune. Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher, was eminently good, as well as wise. The patriarch Joseph is an illustrious example of true piety.

RULE 5. Peace of mind being secured, we may smile at misfortune. To enjoy present pleasure, he sacrificed his future case and reputation. His talents, formed for great enterprises, could not fail of rendering him conspicuous. The path of piety and virtue, pursued with a firm and constant spirit, will assuredly lead to happiness. All mankind compose one family, assembled under the eye of one common Father.

RULE 6. We have no reason to complain of the lot of man, nor of the mutability of the world. Sensuality contaminates the body, depresses the understanding, deadens the moral feelings of the heart, and degrades man from his rank in creation.

Self-conceit, presumption, and obstinacy, blast the prospect of many a youth. He is alternately supported by his father, his uncle, and his elder brother. The man of virtue and honour, will be trusted, relied upon, and esteemed. Conscious guilt renders one mean-spirited, timorous, and base. An upright mind will never be at a loss to discern what is just and true, lovely, honest, and of good report. Habits of reading, writing, and thinking, are the indispensable qualifications of a good student. The great business of life is, to be employed in doing justly, loving mercy, and walking humbly with our God. To live soberly, righteously, and piously, comprohends the whole of our duty.

In our health, life, possessions, connexions, pleasures, there are causes of decay imperceptibly working. Deliberate slowly, execute promptly. An idle, trifling society, is near akin to such as is corrupting. This unhappy person had been seriously, affectionately admonished, but in vain.

RULE 7. How much better it is to get wisdom than gold. The friend ships of the world can exist no longer than interest cements them. Eat what is set before you. They who excite envy, will easily incur censure. A man who is of a detracting spirit, will misconstrue the most innocent words that can be put together. Many of the evils which occasion our complaints of the world, are wholly imaginary.

The gentle mind is like the smooth stream, which reflects every object in its just proportion, and in its fairest colours. In that unaffected civility which springs from a gentle mind, there is an incomparable charm. The Lord, whom I serve, is eternal. This is the man we saw yesterday.

RULE 8. Idleness brings forward and nourishes many bad passions. True friendship will, at all times, avoid a rough or careless behaviour. Health and peace, a moderate fortune, and a few friends, sum up all the undoubted articles of temporal felicity. Truth is fair and artless, simple and sincere, uniform ard consistent. Intemperance destroys the strength of our bodies and the vigour of our minds.

RULE 9. As a companion, he was severe and satirical; as a friend, cap tious and dangerous. If the spring put forth no blossoms, in summer there will be no beauty, and in autumn, no fruit. So, if youth be trifled away without improvement, manhood will be contemptible, and old age, miserable. RULE 10. They believed he was dead. He did not know that I was the man. I knew she was still alive. The greatest miscry is, to be condemned by our own hearts. The greatest misery that we can endure, is, to be condemned by our own hearts.

SEMICOLON.

RULE 1. The path of truth is a plain and safe path; that of falsehood is a perplexing maze. Heaven is the region of gentleness and friendship; hell, of fierceness and animosity. As there is a worldly happiness, which God perceives to be no other than disguised misery; as there are worldly honours, which, in his estimation, are a reproach; so, there is a worldly wisdom, which, in his sight, is foolishness.

But all subsists by elemental strife;
And passions are the elements of life.

COLON.

RULE 1. The three great enemies to tranquillity, are vice, superstition and idleness: vice, which poisons and disturbs the mind with bad passions superstition, which fills it with imaginary terrours; idleness, which loads it with tediousness and disgust.

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