...nor without enjoyment.' — GALT'S Sir Andrew Wylie, vol. iii. p. 56. [Read ' passed neither,' &c.] ' But he was neither fitted by abilities nor disposition...answer the wishes of his mother and sister who longed,' &c. — Miss AUSTEN, Sense and Sensibility, vol. ip 31. [Read, ' not fitted by either . . . or,' &c.]...

...Christianity, ch. vp 182. [Best perhaps corrected by reading ' not' for ' neither,' and ' or' for ' nor.'] ' But he was neither fitted by abilities nor disposition...answer the wishes of his mother and sister who longed,' &c.—Miss AUSTEN, Sense and Sensibility, vol. ip 31. [Read, 'not fitted by either . . . or,' &c.]...

...Improperly placed they produce an ill-balanced effect, like a pair of crookedly-hung pictures: (1) He was neither fitted by abilities nor disposition to answer the wishes of his mother and sister. (2) He is neither disposed to sanction bloodshed nor deceit. (3) I am neither an ascetic in theory...

...English," gives many striking examples of violations of the rule, among which are the following: — "But he was neither fitted by abilities nor disposition to answer the wishes of his mother and sister," etc. — Miss Austen, Sense and Sensibility. [Read, " not fitted by either, . . . or," etc.] " Processions...

...suspicion of politics or personalities. Her days neither passed in indolence nor without enjoyment. He was neither fitted by abilities nor disposition to answer the wishes of his mother and sister. We must neither forget the temper of the man nor of the age in which he lived. Neither the name of...

...there. Some mothers might have encouraged the intimacy from motives of interest, for Edward Ferrars was the eldest son of a man who had died very rich;...— they hardly knew what. They wanted him to make a ima figure in the world in some manner or other. His mother wished to interest him in political concerns,...

...there. Some mothers might have encouraged the intimacy from motives of interest, for Edward Ferrara was the eldest son of a man who had died very rich;...his education had given it solid improvement. But be was neither fitted by abilities nor disposition to answer the wishes of his mother and sister, who...

...motives of prud<;rco, fur, except a. trifling sum, the whole of iiis i'otLUiiu depeudcci ou the will ol his mother. But Mrs. Dashwood was alike uninfluenced...— they hardly knew what. They wanted him to make a fin« *.. figure in the w°'rld in some manner or other. Hi> mother wished to interest him in political...

...was too diffident to do justice to himself; but when his natural shyness was overcome, his behaviour gave every indication of an open, affectionate heart....had given it solid improvement. But he was neither (itled by abilities nor disposition to answer the wishes of his mother and sister, who longed to see...

...sister Eleanor, widow of the eldest son of William Marshall, the Regent, in marriage. Grammar. (c.) He was neither fitted by abilities nor disposition to answer the wishes of his mother and sister. (d.) The University of Dublin Commissioners. (e.) "Rome shall perish," said the Druid: "her fate, is...