2. 'Tis not enough [] no harshness gives offense;

The sound must be an echo to the sense.-Pope. 3. I have often thought [] if the minds of men were laid open, we should see but little difference between that of a wise man and that of a fool.-Addison.

Section 33.

Ellipsis of words following the conjunction as.

EXAMPLES.

1. I will marry a wife as beautiful as the houries [(a)].-Dr. Johnson.

2. Make your country the home of the skillful, the fortunate, and the happy, as well as [(a)] the asylum of the oppressed.-Patrick Henry.

(a) Supply "you would make it."

3. He [Fundanus] has lost a daughter who resembled him in her manners as well as [] in her person.

Section 34.

Ellipsis of words after the conjunction THAN.

EXAMPLES.

1. What we call fables, or parables, are no other [(a)] than allegories [(b)].

(a) Supply "thing." (b) Supply "are."

2. He sought no other pleasure, for the remainder of life, than the converse of the wise and the gratitude of the good [(a)].

(a) Supply "afford."

3. Truth is often wonderful; even more wonderful than fiction [].

4. You can not do better than to accept my offer [(a)]. (a) Supply "would be doing," and parse to accept as a noun, etc., and nom. to would be doing understood.-Rule VIII.

5. To approach the land was scarcely less dangerous than [(a)] to remain in the raging sea around them.

(a) Supply "it was dangerous,” and parse to remain in the raging sea around them as a noun, etc., in the nom. case, and in apposition with it.-Rule I.

Section 35.

Ellipsis of the noun with which an infinitive or an infinitive phrase used as a noun is put in apposition.

EXAMPLES.

1. James is ambitious [] to excel. 2. Thomas is desirous [] to learn. 3. The children were eager [] to see the exhibition. 4. These two persons are ready [] to die for each other's preservation. 5. It is time [ ] to depart.

Section 36.

Ellipsis of the noun with which a sentence used as a noun is in apposition.

EXAMPLES.

1. I was but too well assured [(a)] that Pythias would punctually return.-Fénelon.

(a) Read thus: "I was but too well assured [of this thing, namely] that Pythias would punctually return;" and parse that Pythias would punctually return as a noun in apposition with thing understood.

2. He studies [(a)] that he may improve.

(a) Supply "with this object in view, namely."

3. Children, you do not consider [], that though this may be sport to you, it is death to us.-L'Estrange.

Section 37.

Ellipsis of the nominative absolute.

EXAMPLES

1. [(a)] Original and unaccommodating, the features of his [Pitt's] character had the hardihood of antiquity. (a) Supply "he being."

2. [] Overbearing and persuasive, his object was England; his ambition, fame.-Robertson.

Section 38.

Ellipsis of the subject of a present participle.

EXAMPLES.

1. [(a)] Properly speaking, there is no such thing as chance. 2. [] Admitting your premises, your conclusion does not follow. 3. [] Considering their means, their contributions were liberal.

(a) Supply "we."

ARTICLE XXIV.

THE POSSESSIVE CASE.

Section 1.

Two or more possessives governed by the same noun.

(a) When the possessives refer conjointly to the thing possessed.

EXAMPLES.

1. David and Jonathan's friendship was wonderful (a). 2. William and Mary's reign was prosperous. 3. Thomas and Henry's parents are dead.

(a) David is a noun, etc., poss., and governed by friendship.-

Rule II. The sign of possession is omitted, because the two possessives David and Jonathan's refer conjointly to the same thing.Rule II, Note 1.

(b) When the possessives refer separately to the thing possessed.

EXAMPLES.

1. James's and George's boots fit them well (a). 2. Thomas's and Henry's parents were present. 3. Were Cain's and Abel's occupation the same? 4. This hat is either John's or James's.

(a) James's and George's are nouns, etc., in the poss. case. The signs are used in each, because the possessives James's and George's refer separately to the thing possessed.-Rule II, Note 2.

Section 2.

Possessives in apposition.

(a) When the governing noun is expressed.

EXAMPLES.

1. I left the parcel at Smith the book-seller's store (a). 2. Herod married his brother Philip's wife. 3. Herodias asked for John the Baptist's head.

(a) Smith is a noun, etc., in the poss. case, and governed by the noun store.-Rule II. The sign of possession is omitted, because book-seller's, which is in apposition with Smith, is followed by the governing noun store.-Rule II, Note 3.

(b) When the governing noun is understood.

EXAMPLES.

1. I left the parcel at Smith's, the book-seller and stationer (a). 2. I reside at Lord Stormont's, my old patron and benefactor. 3. These Psalms are David's, the sweet singer of Israel.

(a) Smith's is a noun, etc., in the poss. case, and governed by store or house understood.-Rule II.

P. M.--22.

Book-seller and stationer are nouns, etc., in the poss. case, in apposition with Smith's.-Rule I. The sign of possession is omitted according to Rule II, Note 4.

(c) When a noun in the possessive denotes occupation, and is in apposition with a preceding noun or pronoun, the governing noun being understood.

EXAMPLES.

1. Mr. Thompson's duty as a teacher is to instruct his pupils (a). 2. Your duty as a parent is to provide for the wants of your children. 3. John's duty as a son is to obey his father. 4. John's business as a farmer is to till the ground.

(a) Teacher is a noun, etc. in the poss. case, and in apposition with Mr. Thompson.-Rule I. The sign of possession is omitted, according to Rule II, Note 5.

ARTICLE XXV.

A NOUN SINGULAR PRECEDED BY TWO OR MORE ADJECTIVES CONNECTED BY AND.

Section 1.

The noun being understood after all the adjectives except the last.

EXAMPLES.

1. Intellectual [(a)] and moral culture ought to go hand in hand. They mutually assist each other.

(a) Supply "culture," and parse ought as plural, to agree with the two subjects culture and culture taken together.—Rule IX, Note I. Also, parse they as being in the plural, to agree with its two antecedents culture and culture.-Rule VI, Note 1.

2. A white [] and a black horse are grazing in the