Note.-Under the heading "Inflections" may be inserted, if the teacher deem it necessary, additional particulars to those given in the foregoing example, e.g., in regard to the verb, it may be stated whether it is regular (weak) or irregular (strong), and the three principal parts of all irregular (strong) verbs may be given. In regard to the adjective, the mode of forming the comparative and superlative degrees may be stated, etc.

REVISAL.

Parse fully the words in the following Exercises :

EXERCISE LXXXVII.

Autumn days are shining, and on the sea-beach there are often seen a young lady and a white-haired gentleman. With them, or near them, are two children, boy and girl. And an old dog is generally in their company. The white-haired gentleman walks with the little boy, talks with him, helps him in his play, attends upon him, watches him, as if he were the object of his life. If he be thoughtful, the white-haired gentleman is thoughtful too; and sometimes when the child is sitting by his side, and looks up in his face, asking him questions, he takes the tiny hand in his, and holding it, forgets to answer.—Dickens.

EXERCISE LXXXVIII.

Tired Nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep!
He, like the world, his ready visit pays

Where fortune smiles; the wretched he torsakes,
Swift on his downy pinions flies from woe,
And lights on lids unsullied by a tear!- Young.

EXERCISE LXXXIX.

When the troops had retired, the Macdonalds crept out of the caverns of Glencoe, ventured back to the spot where the huts had formerly stood, collected the scorched corpses from among the smoking ruins, and performed some rude rites of sepulture. The tradition runs that the hereditary bard of the tribe took his seat on a rock which overhung the place of slaughter, and poured forth a long lament over his murdered brethren and his desolate home. Eighty years later that sad dirge was still repeated by the population of the valley.-Macaulay.

EXERCISE XC.

But pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed;
Or like the snow-fall in the river,

A moment white, then melts for ever;
Or like the borealis race,

That flit ere you can point their place;
Or like the rainbow's lovely form
Evanishing amid the storm.-Burns.

EXERCISE XCI.

She gave a brief command in Gaelic to her attendants, two of whom seized upon the prostrate suppliant, and hurried him to the brink of a cliff which overhung the flood. He set up the most piercing and dreadful cries that fear ever uttered:-I may well term them dreadful, for they haunted my sleep for years afterwards. As the murderers, or executioners (call them as you will) dragged him along, he recognised me even in that moment of horror, and exclaimed, in the last articulate words I ever heard him utter, "Oh, Mr. Osbaldiston, save me! save me!"Scott.

EXERCISE XCII.

Some feelings are to mortals given,
With less of earth in them than heaven;
And if there be a human tear

From passion's dross refined and clear,

A tear so limpid and so meek,

It would not stain an angel's cheek,

'Tis that which pious fathers shed

Upon a duteous daughter's head!-Scott.

EXERCISE XCIII.

Morning rose upon an altered scene.

The sun had set upon as proud a fleet as ever sailed from the gay shores of France. Now only torn and blackened hulls marked the position they had then occupied: and where their Admiral's ship had been, the blank

sea sparkled in the sunshine. Two ships of the line and two frigates escaped, only to be captured soon afterwards; but within the bay the tri-colour was flying on only one ship.— Warburton.

EXERCISE XCIV.

Good name, in man and woman,

Is the immediate jewel of their souls,

Who steals my purse, steals trash; 'tis something, nothing. 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands.

But he that filches from me my good name,

Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.-Shakespeare.

EXERCISE XCV.

Whilst I was thus musing, I cast mine eye towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him, he applied it to his lips and began to play upon it. The sound of it was exceeding sweet, and wrought into a variety of tunes that were inexpressibly melodious, and altogether different from anything I had ever heard.— Addison.

EXERCISE XCVI.

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture in the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar;

I love not man the less but nature more,

From these our interviews, in which I steal
From all I may be, or have been before,

To mingle with the universe, and feel

What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal.

Byron.

Correct the errors (if any) in the following Exercises, and give in each case a reason for the correction you make :

EXERCISE XCVII.

Various rumours has been spread abroad. You was cordially welcomed. In the museum, was exhibited several relics of antiquity. His arguments were, as appears, most convincing. The king, he is good, who, if he had been wise, he would not have give such an answer. The king had wrote several letters to the secretary. Here is a person denies all that you have said. The secretary and the treasurer has arrived. The distinguished poet and author have come. Twenty-four pence is two shillings. Us being exceedingly tossed, they lightened the ship.

nose.

EXERCISE XCVIII.

Joy and temperance and repose shuts the door on the doctor's You cannot obtain a greater share than me. I wonder who they have asked to the party. Neither the ship nor the cargo were saved. Who should you suppose I met on the road? The truth of these reports have never been called in question. John and his sister have not learnt his lesson. Contentment, with godliness, are great gain. The shepherd with his dog were seen crossing the moor. To speak incorrectly, or to pronounce

wrongly, are glaring defects. O thou, that with surpassing glory, Every man were required to fight men were posted on either bank of

looks from out yon sky. bravely. Large bodies of the river.

EXERCISE XCIX.

Virtue and vice are opposite to each other-this is acceptable to the good, that is detested. The nation are powerful by sea and land. Many a vessel were lost in that storm. Neither of the four were ever seen again. If either of the jurors disagrees with the opinion of the rest, no verdict can be given. Each of these distinguished authors have their own admirers. The bulk of the army were lost in the snow. Meet me at Smith the bookseller. Have you read Tennyson and Browning's poems? He said that he had read Cicero's, the orator's, speeches. He was unable to come because he could neither shut his shop or find a substitute. Every tree is known by its fruit. The men's heads were stuck on the spikes of the gate. He gained the king, as well as the people's, approbation. He refused the governor's, as he was styled, offer of pardon. The inquisitive is generally talkative.

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EXERCISE C.

A lampoon or a satire do not carry in them robbery or murder. Who did you give the message to? Avarice or cruelty were discernible in all their actions. They received his sister and he with great cordiality. The wicked ceases from troubling, and the weary is at rest. He was the greatest orator of the two. She sung exceeding beautiful. At last there remained only my father and me. Rapine of every kind were the privileges of the feudal lords. Let each esteem other better than themselves. It is not me who he is in love with. His worship and strength is in the clouds. Lord Byron's appearance at that time was the finest I ever saw it. They had their faults like we all have.

EXERCISE CI.

Between you and I, there is little hope that I will succeed.
What shall we say, since silent now is he,

Who when he spoke, all things would silent be.

You may take either of the nine. And Nadab and Abihu took either of them his censer. He will be aided by one whom he little thinks is able to help him. As to his general conduct, he deserved punishment as much, or more than his companion. The king, than who a braver man never lived, died last year. The Chinese laugh at European institutions which are lain out by rule and line. You are in no danger of him. Methinks I see a mighty nation renewing her youth. The porch was the same width with the temple. Extravagance as well as parsimony are to be avoided.