“To carry off:” as, “See how the old woman in a red cloak carries off the tower,” by painters, &c.
The principal parts of a simple sentence are, the subject, the attribute, and the object.
If you want to know what subjects and objects are, you should go to the Morgue at Paris. But in Grammar—
The subject is the thing chiefly spoken of; the attribute is that which is affirmed or denied of it; and the object is the thing affected by such action.
The nominative denotes the subject, and usually goes before the verb or attribute; and the word or phrase, denoting the object, follows the verb; as, “The flirt torments her lover.” Here, a flirt is the subject; torments, the attribute or thing affirmed; and her lover, the object.
Yes, and a pretty object he is too, sometimes. But then we shall be told that he is not an object—of attachment. Alas! that is the very reason why he is an object—of compassion, or ridicule, according to people’s dispositions.
It may be also said that the flirt herself is a pretty object. All we can say is, that we never saw such a flirt, nor do we believe that we ever shall.
To torment, it seems, is the attribute of the flirt, as it is that of the ——. Well! no matter. Much good may the fellowship do her: that is all!
It strikes us, though, that we are somewhat digressing from our subject, namely Syntax, which,