To-morrow's sunand then I disengage myself from the bashful passive, and stalk about the roomto-morrow's sun shall gild the altar at which my vows shall be paid thee!

Tried, however, by the usual criterion,the naming of the "agent" which, it is said, "a verb passive necessarily implies,"what may at first seem progressive passives, may not always be found such.

By this means, as well as by personal influence and exhortation, "Disaffected" were controlled and ultimately converted into good Muslim; for the more cautious of themthose who waited to see how events would shapesoon assured themselves of Mahomet's capacity, and the weakly passive were caught in the swirl of enthusiasm surrounding the Prophet that continually drew unto itself all conditions of men within its ever-widening circle.