be perfet: ther cummith more after, longyng to it: the which more comynly can not be perfect by itself without at the lest summat of it: that gothe a fore. A parenthesis is with tway crokyd virgils: as an olde mone, & a neu bely to bely: the whiche be set theton afore the begynyng, and thetother after the latyr ende of a clause: comyng within another clause: that may be perfet: thof the clause, so comyng betwene: wer awey and therfore it is sowndyne comynly a note lower, than the vtter clause. yf the sentens cannot be perfet without the ynner clause, then stede of the first crokyde virgil a streght virgil wol do very wel and stede of the later must nedis be a come. A playne poynt is with won tittll thiswyse, & it cumeth after the ende of al the whole sentens betokinyng a longe rest. An interrogatif is with tway titils; the vpper rysyng this wyse? & it cumeth after the ende of a whole reason: wheryn ther is sum question axside. the whiche ende of the reson, triying as it were for an answare: risyth vpwarde. we haue made these rulis in englisshe: by cause they be as profitable, and necessary to be kepte in euery mother tunge, as in latin. Sethyn we (as we wolde to god: euery precher wolde do) haue kepte owre rulis bothe in owre englisshe, and latyn: what nede we, sethyn owre own be sufficient vnogh: to put any other exemplis."

No. V.

A judicious friend, who has perused my proof sheets, suggests that the examples in the body of the work, are not sufficiently numerous: to remedy this defect, extracts, from different authors, are copied to a letter and to a point, and in juxtaposition the same extracts are placed, pointed in accordance with the principles contended for.

Before the work of an author is quoted as an authority for pointing, we ought to know that he attended to the pointing of some one edition of that work, and that that edition has been followed in the one we make use of: the names of the authors of the following quotations, are only added to shew that the extracts have been collected from many different quarters :

God having designed man for a sociable creature, made him not only with an inclination, and under a necessity to have fellowship with those of his own kind; but furnished him also with language which was to be the great instrument, and common tye of society. Man therefore had by nature his organs so fashioned, as to be fit to frame articulate sounds, which we call words. But this was not enough to produce language; for parrots, and several other birds, will be taught to make articulate sounds distinct enough, which yet, by no means, are capable of language.-Locke.

If musick be the food of love, play on,
Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.-
That strain again;-it had a dying fall:
O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet South,
That breathes upon a bank of violets,

Stealing and giving odour.-Shakspeare.

It was a fixed maxim in this reign [William the Conqueror] as well as in some of the subsequent, that no native of the island should ever be advanced to any dignity, ecclesiastical, civil, or military. The king, therefore, upon Stigand's deposition, promoted Lanfranc, a Milanese monk, celebrated for his learning and piety, to the vacant see. This prelate was rigid in defending the prerogatives of his station; and after long process before the Pope, he obliged Thomas, a Norman monk, who had been appointed to the see of York, to acknowledge the primacy of the Archbishop of Canterbury.-Hume.

In quadrupeds, the deficiency of teeth is usually com

God having designed man for a sociable creature, made him not only with an inclination, and under a necessity to have fellowship with those of his own kind; but furnished him also with language, which was to be the great instrument and common tye of society. Man therefore had by nature his organs so fashioned, as to be fit to frame articulate sounds, which we call words;-but this was not enough to produce language; for parrots and several other birds, will be taught to make articulate sounds distinct enough, which yet by no means, are capable of language.-Locke.

If musick be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken and so die.-
That strain again ;—it had a dying fall:
O! it came o'er my ear like the sweet South,
That breathes upon a bank of violets,

Stealing and giving odour.-Shakspeare.

It was a fixed maxim in this reign [William the Conqueror] as well as in some of the subsequent, that no native of the island should ever be advanced to any dignity, ecclesiastical, civil, or military;-the king therefore, upon Stigand's deposition, promoted Lanfranc, a Milanese monk, celebrated for his learning and piety, to the vacant see. Lanfranc was rigid in defending the prerogatives of his station; after long process before the Pope, he obliged Thomas, a Norman monk, who had been appointed to the see of York, to acknowledge the primacy of the Archbishop of Canterbury.-Hume.

In quadrupeds, the deficiency of teeth is usually com

pensated by the faculty of rumination. The sheep, deer, and ox tribe are without fore teeth in the upper jaw. These ruminate. The horse and ass are furnished with teeth in the upper jaw, and do not ruminate. In the former class the grass and hay descend into the stomach nearly in the state in which they are cropped from the pasture or gathered from the bundle. In the stomach they are softened by the gastric juice, which in these animals is unusually copious.-Paley.

The pleasantest part of a man's life is generally that which passes in courtship, provided his passion be sincere, and the party beloved kind with discretion. Love, desire, hope, all the pleasing motions of the soul rise in the pursuit.-Addison.

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The camel labours with the heaviest load,
And the wolf dies in silence,-not bestow'd
In vain should such example be; if they,
Things of ignoble or of savage mood,
Endure and shrink not, we of nobler clay

May temper it to bear,-it is but for a day.-Byron.

Were women admitted to plead in courts of judicature, I am persuaded they would carry the eloquence of the bar to greater heights than it has yet arrived at. If any one doubt this, let him but be present at those debates which frequently arise among the ladies of the British fishery. Addison.

Swift alluding, in a letter, to the frequent instances of a broken correspondence after a long absence, gives the

pensated by the faculty of rumination :-the sheep, deer, and ox tribe are without fore teeth in the upper jaw; these ruminate :-the horse and ass are furnished with teeth in the upper jaw and do not ruminate. In the former class the grass and hay descend into the stomach, nearly in the state in which they are cropped from the pasture or gathered from the bundle; in the stomach they are softened by the gastric juice, which in these animals is unusually copious.-Paley.

The pleasantest part of a man's life is generally that which passes in courtship; provided that his passion be sincere, and the party beloved kind with discretion :love, desire, hope, all the pleasing motions of the soul, rise in the pursuit.-Addison.

mute

The camel labours with the heaviest load,
And the wolf dies in silence ;-not bestow'd
In vain should such example be; if they,
Things of ignoble or of savage mood,
Endure and shrink not, we of nobler clay

May temper it to bear ;—it is but for a day.—Byron.

Were women admitted to plead in courts of judicature, I am persuaded they would carry the eloquence of the bar to greater heights than it has yet arrived at; if any one doubt this, let him but be present at those debates which frequently arise among the ladies of the British fishery. Addison.

Swift alluding (in a letter) to the frequent instances of a broken correspondence after a long absence, gives the

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