. The comic English grammar; a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . ate opinion is that Pyramus and Thisbewere a couple of negroes. We shall be told that itis one utterly irreconcileable with the descriptionof them given in the Metamorphoses. No matter— The lunatic, the lover, and the poet,Are of imagination all compact. And considering that the lover— Sees Helens beauty in a brow of Egypt, we do not see why Abyssinian charms should notbe transformed by a poet into those of so, having proved (to our own satisfaction 156 THE COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR. at least) that th
. The comic English grammar; a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . ate opinion is that Pyramus and Thisbewere a couple of negroes. We shall be told that itis one utterly irreconcileable with the descriptionof them given in the Metamorphoses. No matter— The lunatic, the lover, and the poet,Are of imagination all compact. And considering that the lover— Sees Helens beauty in a brow of Egypt, we do not see why Abyssinian charms should notbe transformed by a poet into those of so, having proved (to our own satisfaction 156 THE COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR. at least) that the beautiful Thisbe was a Hot-tentot Venus, we will resume the considerationof conjunctions. RULE XIX. Some conjunctions govern the indicative; somethe subjunctive mood. In general, it is right touse the subjunctive, when contingency or doubtis impHed: as, If I xccrc to say that the moonis made of green cheese. If I were a wiseacre.^^ If I were a Wiltshire-man. A lady, unlessshe he toasted, is never drunk. And when she is toasted, those who are drunkare generally the SYNTAX. loT Those conjunctions which have a positive andabsolute signification, require the indicative mood:as, He who fasts may be compared to a horse:for as the animal eats not a bit, so neither does theman partake of a morsel. The rustic is de-luded by false hopes, for his daily food is gam-mon. Every philosopher has his weak points, and inthe Sylva Sylvarum may be found some gammonof Bacon. RULE XX. When a comparison is made between two ormore things, the latter noun or pronoun is notgoverned by the conjunction than or as, but agreeswith the verb, or is governed by the verb or prepo-sition, expressed or understood: as, The Frenchare a lighter people than we, (that is than weare,) and yet we are not so dark as they,that is, as they are. I should think thatthey admire me more than them, that is, thanthey admire them. It is a shame, Martha !you were thinking more of that young officer thanme, that i
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