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the	phrase	properly	means,	"New	scenery	in	England;"	but	New-England	scenery
is	scenery	in	New	England.	"'Many	coloured	wings,'	means	many	wings	which
are	coloured;	but	'many-coloured	wings'	means	wings	of	many	colours."—Blair's
Gram.,	p.	116.
IMPROPRIETIES	FOR	CORRECTION.
FALSE	SYNTAX	UNDER	RULE	IX.
EXAMPLES	UNDER	NOTE	I.—AGREEMENT	OF	ADJECTIVES.
"I	am	not	recommending	these	kind	of	sufferings	to	your	liking."—BP.
SHERLOCK:	Lowth's	Gram.,	p.	87.
[FORMULE.—Not	proper,	because	the	adjective	these	is	plural,	and	does	not
agree	with	its	noun	kind,	which	is	singular.	But,	according	to	Note	1st	under
Rule	9th:	"Adjectives	that	imply	unity	or	plurality,	must	agree	with	their	nouns
in	number."	Therefore,	these	should	be	this;	thus,	"I	am	not	recommending	this
kind	of	sufferings."]
"I	have	not	been	to	London	this	five	years."—Webster's	Philos.	Gram.,	p.	152.
"These	kind	of	verbs	are	more	expressive	than	their	radicals."—Dr.	Murray's
Hist.	of	Lang.,	Vol.	ii,	p.	163.	"Few	of	us	would	be	less	corrupted	than	kings	are,
were	we,	like	them,	beset	with	flatterers,	and	poisoned	with	that	vermin."—Art
of	Thinking,	p.	66.	"But	it	seems	this	literati	had	been	very	ill	rewarded	for	their
ingenious	labours."—Roderick	Random,	Vol.	ii,	p.	87.	"If	I	had	not	left	off
troubling	myself	about	those	kind	of	things."—Swift.	"For	these	sort	of	things
are	usually	join'd	to	the	most	noted	fortune."—Bacon's	Essays,	p.	101.	"The
nature	of	that	riches	and	long-suffering	is,	to	lead	to	repentance."—Barclay's
Works,	iii,	380.	"I	fancy	they	are	these	kind	of	gods,	which	Horace
mentions."—Addison,	on	Medals,	p.	74.	"During	that	eight	days	they	are
prohibited	from	touching	the	skin."—Hope	of	Israel,	p.	78.	"Besides,	he	had	not
much	provisions	left	for	his	army."—Goldsmith's	Greece,	i,	86.	"Are	you	not
ashamed	to	have	no	other	thoughts	than	that	of	amassing	wealth,	and	of
acquiring	glory,	credit,	and	dignities?"—Ib.,	p.	192.	"It	distinguisheth	still	more
remarkably	the	feelings	of	the	former	from	that	of	the	latter."—Kames,	El.	of
Crit.,	Vol.	i,	p.	xvii.	"And	this	good	tidings	of	the	reign	shall	be	published
through	all	the	world."—Campbell's	Gospels,	Matt.,	xxiv,	14.	"This	twenty	years
have	I	been	with	thee."—Gen.,	xxxi,	38.	"In	these	kind	of	expressions	some
words	seem	to	be	understood."—Walker's	Particles,	p.	179.	"He	thought	these
kind	of	excesses	indicative	of	greatness."—Hunt's	Byron,	p.	117.	"These	sort	of
fellows	are	very	numerous."—Spect.,	No.	486.	"Whereas	these	sort	of	men
cannot	give	account	of	their	faith."—Barclay's	Works,	i,	444.	"But	the	question
is,	whether	that	be	the	words."—Ib.,	iii,	321.	"So	that	these	sort	of	Expressions
are	not	properly	Optative."—Johnson's	Gram.	Com.,	p.	276.	"Many	things	are
not	that	which	they	appear	to	be."—Sanborn's	Gram.,	p.	176.	"So	that	every
possible	means	are	used."—Formey's	Belles-Lettres,	p.	iv.
			"We	have	strict	statutes,	and	most	biting	laws,
				Which	for	this	nineteen	years	we	have	let	sleep."—Shak.
				"They	could	not	speak;	and	so	I	left	them	both,
				To	bear	this	tidings	to	the	bloody	king."—Id.,	Richard	III.
UNDER	NOTE	II.—OF	FIXED	NUMBERS.
"Why,	I	think	she	cannot	be	above	six	foot	two	inches	high."—Spect.,	No.	533.
"The	world	is	pretty	regular	for	about	forty	rod	east	and	ten	west."—Ib.,	No.
535.	"The	standard	being	more	than	two	foot	above	it."—BACON:	Joh.	Dict.,	w.
Standard.	"Supposing	(among	other	Things)	he	saw	two	Suns,	and	two
Thebes."—Bacon's	Wisdom,	p.	25.	"On	the	right	hand	we	go	into	a	parlour	thirty
three	foot	by	thirty	nine."—Sheffield's	Works,	ii,	258.	"Three	pound	of	gold	went
to	one	shield."—1	Kings,	x,	17.	"Such	an	assemblage	of	men	as	there	appears	to
have	been	at	that	sessions."—The	Friend,	x,	389.	"And,	truly,	he	hath	saved	me
this	pains."—Barclay's	Works,	ii,	266.	"Within	this	three	mile	may	you	see	it
coming."—SHAK.:	Joh.	Dict.,	w.	Mile.	"Most	of	the	churches,	not	all,	had	one
or	more	ruling	elder."—Hutchinson's	Hist.	of	Mass.,	i,	375.	"While	a	Minute
Philosopher,	not	six	foot	high,	attempts	to	dethrone	the	Monarch	of	the
universe."—Berkley's	Alciphron,	p.	151.	"The	wall	is	ten	foot
high."—Harrison's	Gram.,	p.	50.	"The	stalls	must	be	ten	foot	broad."—Walker's
Particles,	p.	201.	"A	close	prisoner	in	a	room	twenty	foot	square,	being	at	the
north	side	of	his	chamber,	is	at	liberty	to	walk	twenty	foot	southward,	not	to
walk	twenty	foot	northward."—LOCKE:	Joh.	Dict.,	w.	Northward.	"Nor,	after
all	this	pains	and	industry,	did	they	think	themselves	qualified."—Columbian
Orator,	p.	13.	"No	less	than	thirteen	gypsies	were	condemned	at	one	Suffolk
assizes,	and	executed."—Webster's	Essays,	p.	333.	"The	king	was	petitioned	to