We see but dimly through the mists and vapours,
Amid these earthly damps.

Near at hand, from under the sheltering trees, the farmer gladly beholds his pastures. In the midst of the most serene day of summer, the sky being clear and unclouded, a loud peal of thunder was distinctly heard, apparently in the west.

The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,

Went roaring up the chimney wide.

Gently, most gently, on thy victim's head,
Consumption, lay thine hand!

LESSON XXIII.

Construct six sentences with one or more modifying words attached to the Predicate, and six with one or more modifying phrases attached to the Predicate.

LESSON XXIV.

Attach modifying words or phrases to the Predicates in the following sentences :

The river was ...... was wounded

swoln. The stars were The squirrel bounded

stone, giving way, buried the poor fellows.

shining. The dog The whole mass of The noble stag was The picture was visited the grave The noise of Return

beautiful. John's book was found...... They
The poor child

battle rolled

......

They found him

There are many hidden treasures

10. The Object of a Transitive Verb forms part of the Predicate of a sentence. Any word or combination of words that can form the Subject can also form the Object; and the Object may be qualified exactly in the same way as the Subject, as,

They drank the good, old WINE. The soldiers saluted CÆSAR, the commander of the legions, as king. All men respect THE MAN of probity. They heard THE SOUND reverberating from rock to rock.

LESSON XXV.

Name the Objects in each of the following sentences, and point out the qualifying words or phrases :

They admired the lovely prospect. They chased the large white butterfly. He pitied the lonely poor. They stoned him. He loved to read the poets. He greatly disliked to be driven. They pursued the enemy, exhausted with fighting, and longing for rest. You shall have the choice of all the seals. I saw the school-boy, whistling to keep his courage up. To-day he puts forth the tender leaves of hope. Let us tell sad stories of the death of kings. I spake of being taken by the insolent foe. The king's sceptre shows the force of temporal power. I show you sweet Cæsar's wounds; poor, poor dumb mouths. They still retained the predatory habits of their forefathers. He found the work not even half performed. They stoned the martyr, calling upon God, and lifting his hands to heaven.

11. To Analyze a Simple Sentence, is simply to name first the Subject and then the Predicate.

To Parse a Simple Sentence logically, is to name first the Simple Subject and then the Simple Predicate, and thereafter to arrange the other words of the sentence according as they stand related to the Subject or the Predicate.

Analyze and parse logically the sentences in the following Exercises :

LESSON XXVI.

The king wept. The old man retired. The fire was bright. The sun was shining. The dog followed his master. Seeing is believing. Weeping may ease the overcharged heart. To tell the truth is always best. The south wind blew softly. The gentle breeze fanned his withered cheek. The sunshine of summer was streaming in through the window. The young lambs were frisking in the meadows. The poetry of earth is never dead. Hast thou a charm to stay the morning star? Do you hear the children weeping? They are weeping in the play-time of the others, in the country of the free.

LESSON XXVII.

The dogs,

The long weary journey quite exhausted the horses. losing the scent, again approached the river's brink. We looked into the pit prepared to receive the dead. The large and well ventilated hospital was full of patients in every stage of illness. Let them hear each other breathing for a moment, mouth to mouth. They know the grief of man, without his wisdom. Every door is barred with gold. The captain, having completed all his arrangements, and having ex

amined the chart, quietly dropped down the river. One by one, the sweet sounds slowly departed. Wild, timid hares were drawn from the woods to share his home-caresses. The king is come to marshal us, all in his armour drest.

LESSON XXVIII.

Another secular period is now about to commence. To the last century belong most of the distinguished names in our country's annals. In the course of a December tour in Yorkshire, I rode for a long time in one of the public coaches, on the day preceding Christmas. I had three fine rosy-cheeked schoolboys for my fellow-passengers inside, full of the manly health so characteristic of England.

Upon a barren steep,

Above a stormy deep,

I saw an Angel, watching the wild sea.

On the Sabbath-day,

Through the churchyard old and gray,
Over the crisp and yellow leaves,

I held my rustling way.

LESSON XXIX.

To restore the knowledge of God has been the aim of the prophets of every age. On the right, amid a profusion of thickets, knolls, and crags, lay the bed of a broad mountain lake, lightly curled into tiny waves by the breath of the morning breeze, each glittering in its course under the influence of the sunbeams.

All in a hot and copper sky,

The bloody sun, at noon,

Right up above the mast did stand,

No bigger than the moon.

Up from the meadows, rich with corn,
Clear, from the cool September morn,
The clustered spires of Frederick stand,
Green-walled by the hills of Maryland.

LESSON XXX.

In July 1797, Scott, disappointed at the failure of his first poem, wearied with another campaign at the bar, and with a little of his lovesickness still unmelted about his heart, turned his thoughts towards his favourite south of Scotland again.

At church, with meek and unaffected grace,
His looks adorned the venerable place.

Ever and evermore

Upon the steep life-shore
Of death's dark main,

Bare to the bitter skies,

His mournful task he plies

In vain, in vain!

THE COMPLEX SENTENCE.

1. A Complex Sentence in its simplest form consists of two Simple Sentences combined, so that the one is dependent on or subordinate to the other.

I shall help you, if I can, is a Complex Sentence. I shall help you is the Principal Sentence. If I can is the Dependent or Subordinate Sentence. -I have sold the horse, which you saw, is a Complex Sentence. I have sold the horse is the Principal Sentence. Which you saw is the Dependent or Subordinate Sentence.

2. A Complex Sentence can never have but one Principal Sentence, though it may have several Dependent or Subordinate Sentences.

The man, whom you saw yesterday, told me that his sister, who left home last week, had just returned, is a Complex Sentence. The man told me is the Principal Sentence. Whom you saw yesterday, that his sister had just returned, who left home last week, are Dependent or Subordinate Sentences.

3. The members of a Complex Sentence are called Clauses. That which contains the main assertion is called the Principal Clause; those which contain the dependent or subordinate assertions are called Subordinate Clauses.

LESSON XXXI.

Name the Principal Clause and the Subordinate Clause or Clauses in the following sentences:

The man, who was hurt yesterday, is considerably better. He killed the snake, which he found on the hill-side. He informed him that his services were no longer required. He asked him when he had come. His father arrived before he was aware. As the king was speaking, the battle began. Call upon me, when you have any time to spare.

The bird that soars on highest wing
Builds on the ground her lowly nest.
And she that doth most sweetly sing,.

Sings in the shade, when all things rest.

Had he been anxious, he could have finished his task long before the master arrived. The sun, which seems to perform its daily stage through the sky, is, in this respect, fixed and immovable. I thought to stand where banners waved. The old man took it from the boy, who stood expectant by.

4. Subordinate Clauses are of three kinds,-the Noun Clause, the Adjective Clause, and the Adverbial Clause.

5. (a.) A Noun Clause is one which, in reference to the Principal Clause, supplies the place of a Noun.

He said that you were not to go. He said is the Principal Clause; that you were not to go is the Subordinate Clause, and it supplies the place of a Noun. What did he say? That you were not to go.—Who did it cannot be divined. Cannot be divined is the Principal Clause; who did it is the Subordinate Clause. What cannot be divined? Who did it-i.e., the doer of it.

(b.) As in the Simple Sentence the Noun generally occupies the place of the subject or of the object, so in the Complex Sentence the Noun Clause generally occupies the place of the subject or of the object.

(c.) The Noun Clause is generally connected with the Principal Clause by the Conjunction that; by a Relative or Interrogative Pronoun, such as who, what; or by an Interrogative Adverb, such as where, when, how. N.B.-The Conjunction that is frequently omitted.

LESSON XXXII.

Name the Noun Clauses in the following Exercise, and state whether they take the place of the subject or of the object:

I know that your father has come. Every one has heard how miserably he has failed. Can you tell me where they have laid him? They reported what they had seen. That the story was false was beyond a doubt. I have learned by sad experience that the way of transgressors is hard. Where have you been? was the first question asked. He left home without informing his family where he intended to go. You perceive how miserably I have been deceived. Why he should storm so was inexplicable.