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.

When the "White Doe of Rylstone" was publishedno prime favorite, I confess, of my ownJeffrey wrote that it had the merit of being the very worst poem he ever saw imprinted in a quarto volume.