Books and other items printed in Gaelic from 1841 to 1870 > Double grammar, of English and Gaelic, in which the principles of both languages are clearly explained

252 ENGLISH SYNTAX.
and tide waits for no man. Wisdom, virtue, and hap¬
piness dwells with the golden mediocrity. Out of the
same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing.
2. Peter or his brother are to go. Either the boy or
the girl were present. There are in many minds neither
knowledge nor understanding. Neither John nor Richard
have come. The modest virgin, the prudent wife, or
the careful matron, are much more serviceable in life
than petticoated philosophers. It must be confessed
that a lampoon or a satire do not carry in them robbery
or murder. Man is not such a machine as a clock or
a watch, which move merely as they are moved.
3. The council were not unanimous. The committee
has agreed upon that. The Parliament are composed
of king or queen, lords, and commons. The multitude
eagerly pursues pleasures as its chief good. Some
people is busy, and yet does very little. When the
nation complain, the rulers should listen to their voice.
4. To be carnally minded are death, but to be spirit¬
ually minded are life and peace. To do unto others as
we would they should do unto us, constitute the principle
of virtue. To be temperate in eating and drinking, to
use exercise in the open air, and to preserve the mind
from tumultuous emotions, is the best preservative of
health.
That it is our duty to promote the purity of our minds
and bodies, to be just and kind to our fellow creatures,
and to be pious and faithful to Him who made us, admit
not of any doubt in a rational and well informed mind.
YKRB AND ITS OBJECT.
Rule X.—A transitive verb governs its object in the
objective case ; as,
We love them. They hate us. John struck the desk.
Neuter or Intransitive verbs govern a word of like signification
with themselves in the objective ; as,
I live a pleasant life. You run a race.
Correct—I admire she. He taught I. Vice ruins