The Bible is the best of books. New-York is the largest city in America. This pen is not very good. This is bad. This is still worse. This is the worst of all. There are many kinds of vessels. Canoes are the smallest. Ships are the largest. A. is the oldest of these pupils. Z is the youngest. Which do you like best, apples or oranges Which do you fear most the bear or the wolf? Which runs fastest the dog or the horse. 141 SECTION VI.-TENSES OF VERBS EXPRESSING TIME PRIOR OR FUTURE IN RESPECT TO A PAST TIME OR EVENT. Lesson 93. Visitor. "Is Mr. W. at home ?" Servant. "He will not return till tea-time. I went to see Mr. W. The servant told me that he had just gone out, and would not return till teatime. G. "Have you been to the post-office to-day?" P. "No sir. But I shall go there to-morrow." G. "Will you get my letters for me ?" P. "I will with pleasure." Mr. G. asked Mr. P. if he had been to the post office to-day. Mr. P. replied that he had not; but should go there to-morrow, and would get Mr. G.'s letters for him, with pleasure. A. "Have you seen Mr. S. to-day?" B. "No. But I shall see him to-morrow." I asked Mr. B. if he had seen Mr. S. that day. He said he had not, but should see him the next day. I desired him to tell Mr. S. that I wished to see him. He said he would tell him. A. "May I go to the city this afternoon ?" B. "May I go too?" P. "You cannot. You are not well enough." Albert asked Mr. P. if he might go to the city in the afternoon. Mr. P. said he might. Benjamin asked if he might go too. Mr. P. said he could not. He was not well enough. " My Dear Sister. We are all well, but mother has been sick. We expect that cousin Ellen will get married soon. Father says he will go and bring you home next July." Yesterday I received a letter from my sister, dated two weeks ago. She wrote that they were all well then, but that my mother had been sick. She said that they expected my cousin Ellen would be married soon. My father said he would come and bring me home next July. He told me I saw your brother yesterday. that he had that morning arrived from Albany, and would come and see you as soon as he could. Lesson 94. Had ever. Had never. Before. Peter had never seen a ship before he came to New-York. When I was at Mr. C.'s house, some girls looked at me very curiously. I suppose they had never seen a deaf and dumb girl before. Had you ever seen a lion before we went to the Zoological garden? Other Examples. I was very glad to meet Mr. R, I had not seen or heard of him in some years. Mr. G. saw a poor woman begging for something to eat. She said that she had not eaten a mouthful in three days. Christ raised Lazarus after he had been dead four days. I saw a man lying dead by the rail-road. They told me that he had shot himself with a pistol a short time before. 1 Mr. V. saw two men fighting like bull dogs. He asked what was the matter, and the by-standers said that one of them had called the other a liar. The teacher will give examples on the phrases "no matter," ," "what is the matter," "there is nothing the matter with him," &c. When my father had built his new house, he made a pig pen of the old log cabin. SECTION VII.-CONSTRUCTION OF THE VERB WISH. Lesson 95. 1. WISH, with the Infinitive. I wish to see my brother. Do you wish to go to the city? 2. WISH FOR, with a Noun. It is very dry. Every body wishes for rain. you wish for some peaches? Do Want. I do not want that calico. 3. With an Objective before the Infinitive. I wish you to go. I do not wish to go myself. I wish you to come and see me often. Mr. P. wishes us to improve well. * Make of, as 66 a farmer made two tubs of one old barrel." |