?
He might have completed his task sooner, but he could not do it
better.
The most ignorant and the most savage tribes of men, when they have
looked round on the earth, and on the heavens, could not avoid
ascribing their origin to some invisible, designing cause, and felt
a propensity to adore their Creator.
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CRITICAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS.
OBSERVATION 1. The following absurd phrases so common in the sacred desk
and elsewhere, should be carefully avoided by all who regard common
sense:--"Sing the _two first_ and _three last_ verses." Just as if there
could be more than _one_ first and _one_ last. There may be a _first
two_, a _second two_, &c.; a _first three_, a _second three_, a _last
three_. "Within the _two last_ centuries;" "The second syllable of the
_three first_ words;" "The _three first_ of these orthoepists have no
rule by which their pronunciation is regulated:"--"the _last two_
centuries;" "the _first three_ words;" "the _first three_ of these
orthoepists."
2. Adjectives should not be used to express the manner of action.
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