The treasury of knowledge and library of reference / [Samuel Maunder].

  • Maunder, Samuel, 1785-1849
Date:
1848
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    THE FOLLOWERS OP MOHAMMED ARE PROHIBITED TO DRINK EITHER WINE OR SPIRITS, EX. —IN ALL ASIA THE RULERS ARB DESPOTIC. divitled into several degrees.’ ‘ What reason have the army for proceeding in this manner ? ' ‘ The eongregalion were these instances respectively, a different verb and pronoun should have been used ; revising the sentences, he would perceive Wlien two nouns, or a noun and a pro- ; noun, meaning the same person or tiling,' is, in the same case : thus, “ And Joseph was brought down to Egypt, and sold to Potiphar, on Egyptian, captain of the criiorfl nn HhnmnL “ rj-n/l Lnt.h quence of one of the individuals appointed under the wHVs declining to act. I am thy servant Jesse the JiethleltemiU's young- 4. Little eicplanatory circumstances should never occur between the possessive case and the word which usually follows it: “ There are several handsome mosques witliin the fort; but no buildings worth notice in its vicinity, except Gholaum a hill to the south.” Better, “ except the tomb of Gholaum Shah, the founder of the city, on a hill to the south.” guard, an officer of Pliaraoh.*’ “ God hath made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler tluoughout the land of Egypt.” When two nouns, or a pronoun and a noun, or a relative and a noun, come to- gether, the latter denoting the property or , possession of the former, the latter requires that the former be in the possessive case:! as, “ And the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake.” | 1. “ Tliis case is generally resolvable into the objective with the preposition of, as, ‘ the king’s sceptre,’ or, ‘ the sceptre of the king ; ’ ‘ his head,' or, ‘ the head of liim.’ I have said generally, for it is not always thus resolvable. For example, the Christian sabbath is sometimes named ; ‘ the Lord’s day,’ but, ‘ the day of the Lord ’ conveys a very different idea, and denotes ‘ the day of judgment’ lOrom- bie.) “Aman o/[t.e. addicted to] plea- sure is a man of [i. e. liable to] pains.” 2. When several nouns in the possessive case, immediately following each other, are governed by a subject as the common i property of them all, the sign of the pos- sessive case is annexed only to the last; os, ‘‘The Peshwa, Nizam, Rajah of Travan- core, and Coorg Kajah's forces, amounted to about forty thousand men : ” but when a subject belongs individually to several nouns, the possessive sign must lie an- nexed to each ; thus, ‘‘ Among the many things which I brought off from the ship, were pens, ink, and paper ; and several parcels in the captain's, mate's, gunner's, and carpenter's keeping.” 3. When a name consists of more terms than one, the last only admits the sign of tlie possessive cose; as, ‘‘ Who has not read Robinson Crusoe's adventures t When a short explanatory tenn is sub- joined to a name, the sign may w an- nexed to either of them ; as. He lives at Cooper the stationer's, or at Cooj^r s the stationer.” If there arc more explanatory terms than one, the sign must be nfnxctl to tlie name ■, as, ‘‘ The books may be had nt.lf i<rra//’s, the liookBcllcr and publisher. When the words arc so connected lus not to admit a pause before the conclusion i or when words in apposition immediately follow each other, the sign should be placed at or near the end ; thus, “ He was Pronouns must always represent cor- rectly the nouns for whuch they stand, in person, gender, number, and case; as, ‘‘ The moment a woman steps out of her proper sphere, she ceases to be, in propor- tion to her deviation from the path pre- scribed to her, either amiable or respect- able. AH men think all men mortal but themselves. Improve each moment as it flies.” The neuter pronoun it is associated, by : a peculiar idiom, with nouns and pro- noims, whatever is their gender or num- ber ; as, “ /t is not troops, it is not trea- sures, that are the support of a kingdom ; biit/riends.” RULE XI. The relatives icho, which, and that, al- ways belong to an antecedent noun or pronoun, expressed or understood; as, “ He who gathereth in summer is a wise son, but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. That charity is most useful which promotes industry.” 1. As the relative is always of the same person ns the antecedent, the verb must agree with it accordingly ; thus, ‘‘ I who nm desirous of instruction, disdain not to listen to any one who has knowledge to communicate. Who art tliou, O man I that presumest on thine own wisdom ?” “ He who incrcaseth his riches, incrcasetli liis cares.” 2. Sometimes a whole clause is antece- dent to the relative ; os ‘‘ If there is but a step between us and death ; if death may come upon us in a moment; which num- berless instances prove ; surely it behoves us to be prepared for its approacli.” 3. When the relative and its antecedent come together, and are nominatives to different verbs, the relative is nominative to the former, and tlie antecedent to the latter ; as, ‘‘Ils who remintls a man of a benefit, dfmands it again ; nor must we tell others of it; iik that hath conferred a benefit, vost he silent.” 4. “ Priestley has remarked, that the pronouns whoever and whosoner have sometimes a double construction ; as in the two following examples ‘ Giistas-us Adolphus was so far from thinking it derogated from the dignity of a gentleman, or the honour of an ofllccr, to rcftisc a challenge, that he punished with death i whoever presumed to decide a quarrel with | : t ! 1 key. THROUGHOUT A.SIA THE RULERS ARE DESPOTIC. KEY THE FOLLOWERS OP MOHAMMED ARE PROHIIlITED FROM DRINKING EITHER WINK OR SPIRITS,