16. They are very happy, who hold such a Course of Life, as to live in Business without Danger, and in Retirement with Dignity.

17. They are greatly mistaken, who at the same Time expect two very different Things-the Pleasure of Idleness, and the Rewards of Virtue.

18. Virtue is never barbarous, uncouth, or haughty: she provides for and protects the whole Race of Mankind; which she would not do, if she was a Stranger to general Benevolence.

19. Tho' every Thing else be lost, yet Virtue seems able to support herself.

20. They are not truly good, who do not detest the bad. *?;, ཙྩུ

21. A Father cannot leave a more noble Monument behind him, than a Son, the Image of his Virtue, Constancy, and Piety..

22. They who do an Injury, are more unhappy than they who suffer it.

23. Whoever commends the conquered, extols the Glory of the Conqueror.

24. Fortune generally spoils the natural Disposition of Men.

25. Nothing is so generous, so noble, so munificent, as to relieve the poor, raise up the afflicted, instruct the ignorant, and deliver the oppressed.

Verba neutra, &c.:

VERBS (intransitive, or) Neuter may have an Accusative after them of their own Signification: that is, when the Verb, and the Substantive following the Verb, relate to one another in Signification ; as, servire servitutem, &c.

1. There are some, who in their Greatness are ever complaining, what a Life they live!

2. I am but five and fifty years old, and am I thought to live too long?

3. I will make you remember it as long as you live.

4. Must I then serve an eternal Slavery?

5. The Servant that would serve his Master well, must lay up many Things in his Mind, which he thinks will please his Master, both when he is present, and in his Absence.

Sunt quæ figuratè, &c,

THERE are some Verbs Neuter that figuratively (i. e. by Enallage, Synecdoche, or an Ellipsis) have an Accusative Case after them; quod ad, quoad, or the like, being understood.

1. Go farther off, you smell of Onions.—All Men cannot smell of exotic Ointments, if you do.

2. He that cannot resolve to live a Saint, is never likely to die a Martyr.

Verba rogandi, et docendi, &c.

VERBS of asking, (as rogo, posco, flagito, oro, obsecro,) of teaching, (as doceo, edoceo, dedoceo, erudio, &c.) of clothing, (as induo,) of concealing, (as celo,) also of admonishing, and exhorting, govern two Accusatives; one of the Person, and another of the Thing asked, &c.

1. ASKING.

1. I earnestly entreat this Favor of you in my own Right.

2. If I answer you what you asked me, how can you call it trifling?

3. I desire we may be Friends: I demand Peace of you.

4. To demand a Gift of any one, is what the Populace themselves are seldom guilty of, unless instigated thereto; however, I cannot forbear, I will not say to demand of you, but to remind you of Favor, which you long since gave me Reason to expect.

2. TEACHING,

1. It is a tiresome Task to teach Children their Letters, and much more difficult to unteach them any bad Habit.

2. Leisure teaches young Men all manner of Epil, 3. He would have taught me Music, but I was unwilling to lose so much Time.

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4. What great Obligations do we owe to those, who teach us all the good Arts that render Life pleasant and honorable!

3. CLOTHING.

1. He put on himself a scarlet Robe, which flowed down to the Ground.

4. CONCEALING.

1. You was ill advised, when you concealed your Misfortune from me and your Father.

1. We should have forgot that Affair, if the Place had not reminded us of it.

2. This too I advise you :—that you affect not to be particular, either in your Dress, or manner of Life, like those who seek not any real Profit, but only to be taken Notice of.

Hujusmodi verba, &c.

VERBS of this Sort, even in their Passive Voice, have an Accusative Case after them...

1. The poor were so distressed, that the Farmers were required to produce their Corn at such a Price.

2. He was clothed in a Vest embroidered with Gold.

3. From the ill Effects of Luxury to our Health and Estate, we are taught Temperance.

Nomina Appellativa, &c.

NOUNS Appellative, i. e, common Names of Places, (as Town, School, Church,) commonly take a Preposition before them, when they come after Verbs that signify Motion.

1. On a certain Day of the Year, at six o'clock we go to School, and at eleven we go from School to Church.

2. He that travels into foreign Parts, without knowing the Language used in the Place he goes to, goes to School, not to travel.

3. From Scotland we came to the Town of Berwick, and so into England.

4. How unfortunate was it for me, said the Parasite, to go to the Forum to-day! for I have lost. my Dinner.

V. Verbs governing an Ablative Case.

Quodvis verbum admittit, &c.

ALL manner of Verbs admit an Ablative Case of the Word which signifies the Instrument, Cause, or Manner, by which a Thing is done: the Sign is by, with, or for, not expressed by a Preposition.

J. A Man must not give with his Hand, and deny with his Looks: he doubles the Gift, who gives quickly and willingly.

2. He is blind who cannot see with the Eyes of his Understanding.

3. Treasures ill-gotten are like Heaps of Chaff, or Clouds of Smoke, soon dissipated before the Wind.

4. As the Dew restores those Herbs, which are parched by the Beams of the Sun, so the least