3. Art is long and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Funeral marches to the grave. — Longfellow. ORAL ANALYSIS This is a compound sentence, consisting of two members joined by and, a coördinate conjunction. The first member is a compound sentence, consisting of two members joined by and, a coördinate conjunction. The first member of this sentence is a simple, declarative sentence, etc. The second member is a simple, declarative sentence, etc. The second member of the sentence is a complex, declarative sentence, etc. The marks ('), (''), ('''), etc., are used when the members of a sentence are compound, to show the relative rank of the parts joined. Thus "I' Cd" and "2′ Cx D" are subordinate to "Cd," and coördinate with each other. "" 'I'"SD" and "2" SD" are subordinate to " 1' Cd" and coördinate with each other. It will be seen that it is not necessary to use these marks unless a sentence contains one or more compound members. 4. God made the country, and man made the town. Cowper. 5. Good nature will supply the place of beauty, but beauty cannot long supply the place of good nature. - Addison. 6. Difficulties strengthen the mind, as well as labor does the body. — Seneca. 7. What we know 1 here is very little; but what we are ignorant of is im 9. Napoleon's troops fought in bright fields, where every helmet caught some beams of glory, but the British soldier conquered under the cool shade of aristocracy; no honors awaited his daring, no dispatch gave his name to the applauses of his countrymen; his life of danger and hardship was uncheered by hope, his death unnoticed. - Napier. 10. Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. I. See 226, 6. - Prov. xx. 13. Compound Sentences with Common Elements EXERCISE 278. Analyze the following sentences : 1. Here the old man toiled and his children thought lessly played. ORAL ANALYSIS This is a compound sentence, consisting of two members joined by and, a coördinate conjunction, and containing an element common to both members. The first member is a simple, declarative sentence, etc. Toiled is the predi cate. The second member is a simple, declarative sentence, etc. Played is the predicate; it is modified by thoughtlessly, an adverb. Toiled and played are modified by here, an adverb. thoughtlessly adv +'Here adv 2. When the president came, the audience took their seats and the speaker began to deliver his address. 3. I slip, I slide, I gleam, I glance, Among my skimming swallows. - Tennyson. 2. You are young, and have and ce OUTLINE |! Times C Cả D tides wait P the world before you; stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many a hard thump. — Mather. 3. He who would free from malice pass his days, Partial compound sentences are analyzed like contracted compound sentences. NOTES 280. Notes are briefer than letters, and generally more formal. They are frequently used for invitations, replies, etc. Invitations should be answered promptly. The answer to an invitation given by a lady and gentleman should be addressed on the envelope to the lady only. EXERCISES 281. Copy the following notes: Mr. and Mrs. Brown request the pleasure of Mr. and Mrs. Smith's company at dinner on Monday evening, March twenty-ninth, at seven o'clock. Bird-in-Hand, 20th March. Mr. and Mrs. Smith accept with pleasure Mr. and Mrs. Brown's kind invitation for Monday evening, March twenty-ninth. Lancaster, March 22, 1897. Mr. and Mrs. Smith greatly regret that intended absence from home prevents them from accepting Mr. and Mrs. Brown's kind invitation for Monday evening, March twenty-ninth. Lancaster, March 22, 1909. Dear Mr. Monroe, Los Angeles, Cal., Can you call at my office this evening about seven? The list of books needed for the high school was handed to me yesterday, and I would like to have you examine it with me. Yours truly, J. A. FOSHAY. 282. Write the following notes: 1. An invitation to a friend to attend an evening party at your house. 2. A reply, accepting the invitation. 3. A reply, declining the invitation, with regrets. 4. A note to a friend, requesting the loan of a book. invitation to a birthday party. 5. An 283. The following subjects for letters are suggested: I. To an absent schoolmate, about school affairs. 2. From a doll to her mistress. 3. To your mother, describing your school life. 4. From a dog to his master. 5. From a spider to a fly. 6. Reply of the fly. 7. To Santa Claus. 8. To a distant cousin. 9. To a dear friend, who is very ill. 10. To a friend, giving your opinion of the political outlook. ANALYSIS. (Continued) 284. Analyze the following sentences : 1. The lightest known substance is hydrogen. 2. O Liberty! my spirit felt thee there. - Coleridge. Work and wait. 4. 3. My motto: Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day 5. The noblest mind the best contentment has. - Spenser. 6. Conscience, her first law broken, wounded lies. let no morsel from her lippes fall. 8. Chaucer. The fittest place where man can die Is where he dies for man. - Barry. 7. She 9. Tin and lead form the valuable alloy called solder. 10. What a world of merriment their melody foretells! Poe. II. I am satisfied that we are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see. Herodotus. on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean, roll!- Byron. Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; 13. The thief doth fear each bush an officer. - Shak. 12. Roll 14. To refuse to do a bad thing is to do a good one. Westlake. 15. Character is what we are; reputation, |