15. Nature of herself is prone to Humanity, Mercy, and Clemency.

16. A Fool has all Viees, but he is not prone to all by Nature: Some are inclined to Petulance, some to Avarice, and some to Luxury.

17. There are two Things whereby we do amiss: either the Mind hath, contracted a. Malignity from false Opinions; or if not, it is inclined thereto: and from this wrong Bias, or from specious Appearance, it is soon corrupted.

18. Men are so prone to believe ill of others, that any, the slightest Jealousy will, if once it be spread abroad, serve for that Purpose.

19. Anger is prone to Rashness: for while it is intent upon harming the Enemy, it sees not its own Advantage.

20. A serious and severe Behaviour, no doubt, has its Weight: but Friendship ought to be more remiss, more free, more endearing, and more prone to all manner of Politeness.

21. The World thinks him stupid who is patient; and without Sense of Honor, who passes by Injuries but the more Understanding any Man hath, the slower he is to Anger.

22. They performed exceeding well, considering they were fresh Soldiers, and unexperienced in War.

Verbalia in bilis, &c.

VERBALS, (or Adjectives derived from Verbs, and) ending in bilis, of a Passive Signification, as also Participles in dus, govern a Dative Case of the Thing or Person.

Note. The Difference between a Participial and a Participle, is, that the former has no Respect to any particular Tense or Time; but the latter carries with it the Sense of Time future: as, Memorandus, in the Rule, signifies ever memorable, fit to be mentioned at all Times; but the Participle Memorandus, signifies to be mentioned hereafter.

1. The Skin of the Rhinoceros is so hard, that no Arrow can pierce it.

2. How many warlike Nations, and strong Cities, that stood invincible to Attacks and Sieges, hath Luxury overcome!

3. Tho' no one could overcome him by Force, yet he had a Heart apt to yield to humble Entreaties.

4. Inward Wounds of the Mind are not curable by outward Salves applied to the Body.

5. After a Life well-spent, he lived and died beloved of all Men.

PARTICIPIALS.

1. God, as a pure Being, is by Man to be worshipped with a pure Mind.

2. Poverty is then justly to be condemned by all, when it is joined with Pride and Ill-manners.

3. He died indeed to be lamented by many, but to be lamented by none more than myself.

Adjectives governing an Accusative Case.

Magnitudinis Mensura, &c.

THE Measure of Quantity, (as, an Inch, Foot, Yard, Ell, &c.) is put after the Adjectives that signify Dimension, (as, long, broad, thick,) in an Accusative Case; and sometimes in a Genitive, or Ablative. When in an Accusative, the Preposition ad is understood; as in the Rule, Alta centum pedes, i. e. Alta ad centum pedes. When in the Ablative, the Prepositions, à, ab, or de, are understood; as, Latus pedibus tribus; i. e. Latus à pedibus tribus. When in the Genitive, there is an Ellipsis of some such Word as latitudine, longitudine; as, Lata pedum denûm; i. e. Latitudine pedum denum.

1. Accusative.

1. A Wall an hundred Feet high, and thirty Feet thick, will defend a Town well: especially if it be encompassed with a Ditch, sixty Feet wide, and thirty Feet deep.

2. The Roof between the Pillars, was an hundred and twenty Feet broad, and sixty Feet long. 3. The Walls of Babylon, the capital City of Egypt, it is said, were three hundred Feet high, and seventy Feet thick.

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II. Ablative.

1. That must have been a noble City, whose Walls were two hundred Feet high, and fifty broad.

2. The Pillars of the Gallery, with their Squares and Chapiters, were a fourth Part of its Diameter high.

3. In my Father's Garden is a River more than twelve Feet wide.

III. Genitive.

1. That Ship cannot but be very strong, which is made of Planks thirty Inches broad, and twenty Inches thick.

2. The Buttresses which supported the Rafters, were eighteen Feet broad.

Accusativus aliquando, &c.

AN Accusative Case is sometimes put after both Adjectives and Participles, when the Preposition secundùm seems to be understood..

1. In this one Thing indeed, he was not so considerate as he ought to have been; but in all respects he was truly a prudent and careful Master of a Family.

2. It is an agreeable Sight, to see the industrious Bees, returning home in the Evening, besmeared on the Thighs with wild Thyme.

3. He was like his Brother in Voice and Complexion, but a Cripple in his Limbs,

Adjectives governing an Ablative Case.

Adjectiva quæ ad Copiam, &c.

Adjectives which relate to Plenty, (as, rich, full, laden with, fruitful of, &c. in Latin, dives, plenus, onustus, fertilis, &c.) or relating to Want, (as, poor, destitute, void of, &c. in Latin, pauper, indigens, egenus, vacuus, expers, &c.) govern an Ablative Case, and sometimes a Genitive.

I. Adjectives signifying Plenty.

With an Ablative Case.

1. It is strange that a Man cannot be content, when he is rich both in Land and in Money put out to Use.

2. What can be a more beautiful Sight, than the Heavens full of Splendor?

3. The Conversation of a great Part of Men is designing and insidious, full of Flattery and Falsehood, of good Words and ill Offices.

4. How happy am I, to have such a Preceptor, who is easy of Access, free, and full of the Humanity he teaches.

5. The Ship that came in laden with Corn, was very acceptable to the Poor.

6. Where the Soil is rich, and abounding in