LEARN AND WRITE Words derived from Latin roots:- -Pono, positus, I place. in-ter-pose', to place or come | de-pos'-it, to place, to lay up. between. trans-pose', to change places. to resist. com-pose', to place together, to soothe. ex-pose', to place in sight, to lay bare. Pons, a bridge. pont'-age, a toll paid on bridges. | pon'-toon, a bridge of boats. Populus, the people. pop-u-la'-tion, the people of a pop'-u-lar, liked by the people. place. pop'-u-lous, full of people. de-pop'-u-late, to take away the people. GRAMMAR. SENTENCES. Wednesday. LEARN AND WRITE— (2.) The Adjective Sentence. Adjectives are words which qualify nouns. Adjective sentences also qualify nouns by enlarging(1.) The Subject; as, The temple, which Solomon built, was destroyed. (2.) The Object; as, Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the temple, which Solomon built. (3.) Another Noun in the sentence; as, Haman was hung on the gallows, which he had set up for Mordecai. COMPOSITION. Write three sentences, and enlarge the Subjects by Adjective sentences; and write three more, and enlarge the Objects in the same way. Underline the enlargements. Thursday. WORK THESE SUMS Find the value of (1.) 23 +101 +3.901+016+0065 + 3·1465. 99 409 (4.) €1 + 900 + 51000 + 7180 + 111% + 110000. LEARN AND WRITE CHARLES I.--(continued). HISTORY. 6. Fifth Parliament (1640).—This lasted nineteen years, and is called the Long Parliament. In three weeks Laud and Strafford were committed to the Tower, and only left it again to be executed. Friday. Unseemly quarrels between the King and Parliament were constantly taking place, and in 1642 they came to open disagreement, and the Civil War began. 7. Civil War (1642-1649).-This was a war between the King and his Parliament. The country was divided into two parties, the Royalists and the Parliamentarians; or, Cavaliers and Roundheads. The Cavaliers were the nobility and gentry of the land, and the Roundheads were the middle and lower classes of the people. The King, Prince Rupert, and others, commanded the Royalists, and Sir Thomas Fairfax, Oliver Cromwell, and others, the Parliamentarians. The principal battles were 1. Edge Hill, Warwickshire. 2. Chalgrove Field, Oxfordshire. The Parliamentarians were defeated in both. 3. Newbury, Berks (1643), in which the Royalists were defeated. LEARN AND WRITE MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, AND LAKES. GEOGRAPHY. The principal ranges of Mountains in Africa are— The Atlas Mountains, near the western coast; the Mountains of Abyssinia, 15,000 feet high; the Kong Mountains, north of Guinea; the Mountains of the Moon, running across the Continent; the Mountains of Lupata, near the eastern coast; and the Snow Mountains, in Cape Colony. These seem to form the Borders of an extensive Table land, of which Central Africa is supposed to consist. The principal Rivers are The Nile, 3,000 miles long, flowing into the Mediterranean; the Senegal and Gambia, flowing into the North Atlantic Ocean; the Niger, flowing into the Gulf of Guinea; the Zaire, Congo, and Orange Rivers, flowing into the South Atlantic Ocean; and the Zambezi, flowing into the Indian Ocean. The chief Lakes are Lakes Tchad, Maravi, and Dembea; and Victoria Nyanza, and Albert Nyanza, forming the sources of the Nile. Potens, powerful. om-nip'-o-tent, all powerful. GRAMMAR. po'-tent, strong, powerful. | tentate, a im'-po-tent, powerless, unable. Wednesday. Analyze the following sentences, thus Thursday. (1.) ((a.) The man lives next door Principal sentence to (b). (2.) { who built the house (a.) I feel Adjective sentence to (a), enlarging the subject. Principal sentence to (b). Noun sentence to (a), supplying the place of an object. The man, who built the house, lives next door. I feel that I was wrong. Gideon led the army, which defeated the Midianites. He swore that he would be revenged. I know where he is. I know when the train started. No one can tell where Moses was buried. The men, who murmured, died in the wilderness. The trestle work, which the train went over, was of the slightest construction. Parse the last of the above sentences. WORK THESE SUMS Find the value of (1.) 21.046 16.921; 4.007-2.854; 9.1-6.8472. (4.) 10-100; 180 - 1000; 10 LEARN AND WRITE 13 10000. CHARLES I.-(continued.) HISTORY. The Scotch now entered into an agreement with the Parliament, and promised to aid it with 21,000 men. the King was assisted by regiments from Ireland. As a set off, 4. Nantwich, Cheshire (1644).-Royalists defeated. 5. Marston Moor, Yorkshire (1644) -The Royalists were utterly routed, and chiefly by Oliver Cromwell, and his famous "Ironsides." Friday. 6. Naseby, Northamptonshire (1645).-Complete defeat of the Royalists. The King's letters and private papers were captured. Rowton Moor, Chester (1645).—Royalists defeated. While the King was thus defeated in England, his cause was prospering in Scotland under Montrose; but in 1645 he was defeated at Philiphaugh, near Selkirk. In 1646, Charles, fearing he should be taken prisoner, gave himself up to the Scotch at Newark, who delivered him to the Parliament. He was kept a prisoner till January, 1649, when he was brought to trial for having "levied war against the Parliament and the people," and was condemned and beheaded at Whitehall. He was the first English king put to death by his subjects. LEARN AND WRITE— AFRICA.-CLIMATE, &c. GLOGRAPHY. As Africa lies for the most part in the Torrid Zone, its climate is hotter than that of any of the other continents. A great part of the soil is desert, and cultivation can only be carried on along the banks of the large rivers. It has two seasons, the dry and the rainy; but in the desert of Sahara, and in Egypt, rain is scarcely known. Where the country is well watered, vegetation is very luxuriant, and trees of enormous size are found. People cross the deserts in companies, called caravans, for mutual protection against robbers, and the camel is their chief beast of burden. The coffee tree is a native of Abyssinia, and the vine, sugarcane, cotton, and date, grow in different parts. The wild animals are very numerous, and include almost all the different species known in the old world. Write what you know of Sir Isaac Newton, Prince Consort, or Lord Nelson. LEARN AND WRITE Words derived from Latin roots :-Pravus, wicked. de-prave', to make wicked. de-prav'-i-ty, great wickedness. Precor, I pray. dep'-re-cate, to pray against. | im'-pre-cate, to pray for, to curse. ap-pre-hend', to seize, to under- | pris'-on, a place for seized or com-pre-hend', to seize the re-pri'-sal, something seized for meaning of. injuries done. com-press', to press together. Premo, pressus, I press. pres'-sure, act of pressing. mark. Wednesday. Analyze the following sentences: crush. GRAMMAR. The I see the golden helmet, that shines far off like flame. widowed mother prayed that God would spare her sightless child. Some of them ate fish, that had been hung up in smoke. They expected every morning that he would spring on them. LEARN THE SPRING JOURNEY. Oh! green was the corn as I rode on my way, I felt a new pleasure, as onward I sped, To gaze where the rainbow gleam'd broad over head. Through sunshine and show'r may our progress be ev'n, Thursday. WORK THESE SUMS Find the continued product of— (1.) 35 × 2.5 × 25 × 025. |