The costermonger trusts not the poet.
How wrong, therefore, it is to call him a green grocer.
Verbs of complying with and of opposing govern a dative case, as
Nunquam obtemperat tiro hodiernus magistro:
A modern apprentice never obeys his master.
Verbs of threatening and of being angry govern a dative case, as
Utrique latronum mortem est minitatus:
He threatened death to both of the robbers,—
By presenting a pistol right and left at each of them. This when done by some well-disposed sailor in a melodrame, constitutes a situation of thrilling interest.
