The very examples which have hitherto been given to prove that do may be a substitute for other verbs, are none of them in point, and all of them have been constantly and shamefully misinterpreted.

" "Ole miss ain't gwine ter do nuffin' to him," said Isham, in a gruff and troubled tone.

This is Thy doing, to Thee be all the praise.

If thou doest well, is there not acceptance?

All this is just and forcible; and surely nothing can be easier than to confute the Methodist by shewing that his very 'no-doing', when he comes to explain it, is not only an act, a work, but even a very severe and perseverant energy of the will.

All ye had t' do was t' lean back an' let 'er sail.

Then the doing of your work shall be No miracle.

"The doing of easy things is generally dull work.

One effect of this is of course that the author's recitals of the many real wrongs of Indian tribes utterly fail to impress us, because she lays quite as much stress on those that are non-existent, and on the equally numerous cases where the wrong-doing was wholly the other way.

A blind man's doings are always more or less a mystery to the world.

In the evenings, when gathered about the huge iron stove in the bar-room of the hotel, and the doings, good or bad, of "Old Hickory" were the theme of discussion, one and all sat quiet, listening with admiration, if not with conviction, to the conversation of the youthful politician, who at that time was a great admirer of General Jackson.

Our intuitive doing of right, or sorrow for wrong, is the result of inherited conditions.

"Forgive me, Baroness, if I am somewhat failing in respect, but the doings of this young man have become some concern of mine.

Hayle's doings were more often than not an enigma to him.