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48 ENGLISH GRAMMAR.<br />

certainty and readiness as not to obscure the sense; as,<br />

"We walked by faith, not by sight" (977, &c.)<br />

RULE 2.-An ellipsis is not allowable when it would<br />

obscure the sentence, weaken its force, or be attended<br />

with any impropriety (97!), &c.)<br />

SUI3STANTIVES IN APPOSITION.<br />

667. RULE I.-Substantives denoting the same person<br />

01' thing, agree ~'n case (162); as:-<br />

" Cicero the orator."-" I Paul have written it."-" We, the people of<br />

the United States."-" re woods and wilds."_u This was said to us men."<br />

-" The river Thamcs."-" Jane and Eliza, Mary's cousins."-"Tha chief<br />

(If the princes, he who defied the enemy," &c.-" That was related of Dr.<br />

II "est, him who trnDslat,~d Pindar."<br />

668. The word nnn~xed is said to be in apposition with the otber, and<br />

is added to express some attribute, description, o~ appellation, belonging<br />

to it. The "'

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