UNDER RULE VIII.—OF ADJECTIVES.
"But he found me, not singing at my work, ruddy with health, vivid with cheerfulness; but pale," &c.—DR. JOHNSON: Murray's Sequel, p. 4. "I looked up, and beheld an inclosure, beautiful as the gardens of paradise, but of a small extent."—HAWKESWORTH: ib., p. 20. "A is an article, indefinite, and belongs to 'book.'"—Bullions cor. "The first expresses the rapid movement of a troop of horse over the plain, eager for the combat."—Id. "He [, the Indian chieftain, King Philip,] was a patriot, attached to his native soil; a prince, true to his subjects, and indignant of their wrongs; a soldier, daring in battle, firm in adversity, patient of fatigue, of hunger, of every variety of bodily suffering, and ready to perish in the cause he had espoused."—W. Irving.
"For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead,
Dost in these lines their artless tale relate."
—GRAY: Mur. Seq., p. 258.
"Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest;
Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood."
—GRAY: Enf. Sp., p. 245.
"Idle after dinner [,] in his chair,
Sat a farmer, ruddy, fat, and fair."
—Murray's Gram., p. 257.