Though he is lively, yet Hark! how sweetly the A few instances of the same word's constituting several of the parts of speech. Calm was the day, and the scene delightful. We may expect a calm after a storm. To prevent passion, is easier than to calm it. He laboured to still the tumult. Still waters are commonly deepest. Damp air is unwhole sonie. Better is a little with Guilt often casts a damp content, than a great deal with anxiety. The gay and dissolute think little of the miseries, which are stealing softly after them. A little attention will rectify some errors. Though he is out of danger, he is still afraid. over our sprightliest hours. Soft bodies damp the sound much more than hard ones. Though she is rich and fair, yet she is not amiable. They are yet young, and must suspend their judgment yet a while. Many persons are better Behave yourselves like than we suppose them to be. The few and the many have their preposses sions. men. We are too apt to like pernicious company. He may go or stay as he likes. Few days pass without They strive to learn. Think much, and speak The proportion is ten to little. He has seen much of the world, and been much caressed. His years are more than hers; but he has not more knowledge. The more we are blessed, the more grateful we should be. The desire of getting more is rarely satisfied. He has equal knowledge, but inferior judgment. She is his inferior in sense, but his equal in prudence. Every being loves its like. We must make a like space between the lines. O! for better times. I have a regard for him. He is esteemed, both on his own account, and on that of his parents. Both of them deserve praise. Yesterday was a fine day. I rode out yesterday. I shall write to-morrow. To-morrow may brighter than to-day. B be SECTION 8. Nouns, Adjectives, and Verbs, to be declined, compared, and conjugated. WRITE, in the nominative case plural, the following nouns: apple, plum, orange, bush, tree, plant, convenience, disorder, novice, beginning, defeat, protuberance. Write the following substantives, in the nominative case plural: cry, fly, cherry, fancy, glory, duty, boy, folly, play, lily, toy, conveniency. Write the following nouns in the possessive case singular boy, girl, man, woman, lake, sea, church, lass, beauty, sister, bee, branch. Write the following in the nominative case plural: loaf, sheaf, self, muff, knife, stuff, wife, staff, wolf, half, calf, shelf, life. Write the following in the possessive case plural: brother, child, man, woman, foot, tooth, ox, mouse, goose, penny. Write the following nouns in the nominative and possessive cases plural: wife, chief, die, staff, city, river, proof, archer, master, crutch, mouth, baker, distaff. Write the possessive singular and plural of the pronouns, I, thou, he, she, it, who, and other. Write the objective cases, singular and plural, of the pronouns, I, thou, he, she, it, and who. Compare the following adjectives: fair, grave, bright, long, short, tall, white, deep, strong, poor, rich, great. Compare the following adjectives: amiable, moderate, disinterested, favourable, grateful, studious, attentive, negligent, industrious, perplexing. Write the following adjectives in the comparative degree: near, far, little, low, good, indifferent, bad, worthy, convenient. Write the following adjectives in the superlative degree feeble, bold, good, ardent, cold, bad, base, little, strong, late, near, content. Conjugate the following verbs in the indicative mood, present tense: beat, gain, read, eat, walk, desire, interpose. Conjugate the following verbs in the potential mood, imperfect tense: fear, hope, dream, fly, consent, improve, controvert. Conjugate the following verbs in the subjunctive mood, perfect tense: drive, prepare, starve, omit, indulge, demonstrate. Conjugate the following words in the imperative mood: believe, depart, invent, give, abolish, contrive. Write the following verbs in the infinitive mood, present and perfect tenses: grow, decrease, live, prosper, separate, incommode. Write the present, perfect, and compound participles, of the following verbs: confess, disturb, please, know, begin, sit, set, eat, lie, lay. Conjugate the following verbs, in the indicative mood, present and perfect tenses of the passive voice: honour, abase, amuse, slight, enlighten, displease, envelop, bereave. Conjugate the following verbs, in the indicative mood, pluperfect and first future tenses: fly, con trive, know, devise, choose, come, see, go, eat, grow, bring, forsake. Write the following verbs in the present and imperfect tenses of the potential and subjunctive moods: know, shake, heat, keep, give, blow, bestow, beseech. Write the following verbs in the indicative mood, imperfect and second future tenses, of the passive voice: slay, draw, crown, throw, defeat, grind, hear, divert. Write the following verbs in the second and third persons singular of all the tenses in the indicative and subjunctive moods: approve, condemn, mourn, freeze, know, arise, drive, blow, investigate. Form the following verbs in the infinitive and imperative moods, with their participles, all in the passive voice: embrace, draw, defeat, smite. SECTION 9. Promiscuous Exercises in Etymological Parsing. IN In your whole behaviour, be humble and obliging. Virtue is the universal charm. True politeness has its seat in the heart. We should endeavour to please, rather than to shine and dazzle. Opportunities occur daily for strengthening in ourselves the habits of virtue. Compassion prompts us to relieve the wants of others. A good mind is unwilling to give pain to either man or beast. |