to repent of nothing, and to meet with no Obstruction.

7. In the last Campaign he got abundance of Glory.

8. The envious Man is abundantly punished, though no one should take Revenge.

Quædam casus admittunt nominum, &c.

SOME Adverbs govern the same Case as the Nouns (Adjective) do, from whence they are derived. Thus, as the Adjective inutilis governs a Dative Case, (by Adjectiva quibus commodum, &c.) the Adverb inutiliter, derived from it, governs the same. So propiùs and proximè, from the Preposition prope governing an Accusative Case, govern the same.

1. The way for a rich Man, whose Estate is well gotten, to be happy, is to live soberly, generously, and friendly to all Men.

2. He was cloathed in all respects like his Brother.

3. It is the part of a wise Man to oppose every irregular Desire.

4. When I left the Province, many came out to meet me; and a Multitude as I came nearer the City.

5. I thought it my Duty, to march an Army as near as possible to the Enemy.

6. He was of so sweet a Disposition, that no one came more readily than he to serve a Friend; whom he would assist, if it was in his Power, moré faithfilly than a Brother.

7. It becomes us, the higher we are, to behave ourselves the more humbly.

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8. Only stay here, and I will be back again before you can conceive it possible.

9. Some Men have been so inconsistent, as to be able to speak the best of all, while they live the worst of all.

Adverbia diversitatis, &c.

THESE two Adverbs of Diversity, aliter and secus, and also these two Prepositions, ante and post, have sometimes an Ablative Case after them.

1. As he had so great, and more powerful Enemies, his Success happened much otherwise than I expected.

2. Many a Man thinks much otherwise of himself than what his Neighbours, who can only judge from Appearance, think of him.

3. I am surprised you should so soon change your Mind; for it now seems very different from what it was.

4. No Credit is to be given to his Words, who denieth the same Thing this Hour, which he most strongly affirmed a little before.

5. It is the part of an exalted Genius, to discern by Reason what will follow; and to determine before-hand what will happen on either side; and whatever should happen, what is best to be done.

6. I was ordered to be in School at seven, but I came a good while before, and not long after came Brother.

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7. If your Son had not died at this Time, he must, in a few Years after, have undergone that common Fate to which he was born.

8. He left me a Legacy, and many Years after I recovered my Money.

Instar et ergò, &c.

INSTAR (signifying Equality and Proportion) and ergò (signifying for the sake of, or, upon the account of,) taken adverbially, require a Genitive Case.

1. There is no need of Punishment to excite a Man of Spirit to his Duty; for he will disdain to be treated like a Horse or Mule, that will not stir without the Whip or Goad.

2. Though your Letter was as large as a Volume, it was very acceptable, and I shall often peruse it. 3. Tell me where I shall find Anchises? For his sake are we come hither.

4. Know that I have made you this Present on account of your Diligence and Virtue; and I expect you to persevere in your Duty through Gratitude.

Construction of Conjunctions.

Conjunctiones copulativæ, &c.

Conjunctions copulative, (as et, que, quoque, ac, atque, &c.) also Conjunctions disjunctive, (as, aut, vel, ve, seu, &c.) require the Nouns they come between, to be of the same Case, and the

Verbs they come between, to be of the same Mood and Tense.

Note. The Reason of this is, because some Word, to complete the Sense, is understood; as in the Rule, et Platonem, i. e. et docuit Platonem.

1. Order, and Resolution, and Constancy, and the like to these, come under the Rank of those Virtues, that require not only an Operation of the Mind, but certain Action: for by applying a certain Rule and Regularity to those Things that occur in Life, we preserve Virtue and Decency.

2. All Virtue consists either in the Perception of Truth, and in Sagacity; or in cultivating Society, by rendering to every one their Due; or in the Greatness and Firmness of an elevated and unsubdued Mind; or in observing Order, and a proper Mean and Temperance in all our Words, and in all our Actions.

3. As a Man may be eloquent, though he be silent; and strong, though his Hands be tied; so he may be grateful, who only is willing to return a Kindness, though he hath no other Witness of his Good-will but himself.

4. No Creature but Man perceives the Beauty, the Gracefulness, and the Harmony of Parts, in those Objects which are discerned by the Sight: which Idea, conveyed by Nature and Reason from the Eyes to the Mind, it thinks that Beauty, and Regularity, and Order, are to be observed. both in Councils and Actions; and takes care to do nothing indecent or effeminate, or to act or think wantonly in any Occurrence of Life, either when we deliberate or execute.

5. The Man, who most clearly perceives what is the real Truth in every Subject, and, who can most acutely and most readily see and explain the Reason, is wont justly to be accounted most prudent and most wise.

6. Men, in order to determine their Resolution, must either examine or consult, whether the Thing in question conduces to the Utility or Enjoyment of Life; to the Improvement of their Estate and Wealth; to their Interest and Power, by which they may profit themselves, or their Relations all which Deliberations fall under the Title of Utility.

7. The Man who does not repel, nor withstand an Injury offered to his Neighbour, (if he can con-, veniently,) is as much in Fault as if he deserted. his Friend or Country,

8. It is the part of a great and brave Spirit, to be persuaded that a Man ought not to admire, nor to wish for, nor to court any Thing, but what is virtuous and becoming; nor to sink under Oppression; nor yield to any Perturbation of Mind, or of Fortune.

Nisi yariæ constructionis ratio,, &c.

UNLESS the reason of a different Construction requires otherwise; as in the Example given, Emi librum centussi et pluris-Centussi is the Ablative Case, by Quibusdam verbis subjicitur, &c. and pluris the Genitive, by Excipiuntur hi Genitivi, &c. with regard to Verbs, when one of the Verbs has one Sign of the Tense before it, and the other another; as had and did, was and will.