Part 2 — CHAPTER XI.—INTERJECTIONS.
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CORRECTIONS IN THE USE OF INTERJECTIONS.
"Of chance or change, O let not man complain."—Beattie's Minstrel, B. ii, l. 1. "O thou persecutor! O ye hypocrites!"—Russell's Gram., p. 92. "O thou my voice inspire, Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire!"—Pope's Messiah. "O happy we! surrounded by so many blessings!"—Merchant cor. "O thou who art so unmindful of thy duty!"—Id. "If I am wrong, O teach my heart To find that better way."—Murray's Reader, p. 248. "Heus! evocate huc Davum."—Ter. "Ho! call Davus out hither."—W. Walker cor. "It was represented by an analogy (O how inadequate!) which was borrowed from the ceremonies of paganism."—Murray cor. "O that Ishmael might live before thee!"—Friends' Bible, and Scott's. "And he said unto him, O let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak."—Alger's Bible, and Scott's. "And he said, O let not the Lord be angry."—Alger; Gen., xviii. 32. "O my Lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word."—Scott's Bible. "O Virtue! how amiable thou art!"—Murray's Gram., p. 128. "Alas! I fear for life."—See Ib. "Ah me! they little know How dearly I abide that boast so vain!"—See Bucke's Gram., p. 87. "O that I had digged myself a cave!"—Fletcher cor. "Oh, my good lord! thy comfort comes too late."—Shak. cor. "The vocative takes no article: it is distinguished thus: O Pedro! O Peter! O Dios! O God!"—Bucke cor. "Oho! But, the relative is always the same."—Cobbett cor. "All-hail, ye happy men!"—Jaudon cor. "O that I had wings like a dove!'—Scott's Bible. "O glorious hope! O bless'd abode!"—O. B. Peirce's Gram., p. 304. "Welcome friends! how joyous is your presence!"—T. Smith cor. "O blissful days!—but, ah! how soon ye pass!"—Parker and Fox cor.
"O golden days! O bright unvalued hours!— What bliss, did ye but know that bliss, were yours!"—Barbauld cor.
"Ah me! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron!"—Hudibras cor.