backed the wagon off the bank. Mr. D's life was in great danger for a moment. Fortunately one wheel struck a stone, which stopped the wagon just as it was going down, and Mr. D. used the whip and lines so well that he made the horse start farward again, and draw the wagon out of danger. He gave thanks to God for his narrow Escape. Mr. Z. has been sick a long time. He is better but will never recover his former health and strength. Uneducated deaf mutes do not know their own names. Some even do not know their own ages. We know gold by its great weight and yellow color. If you go out of the light into a dark place, you will see nothing for a minute or two. Thus it is that one who is hid in a dark room or cave can see one who comes in before the other sees him. When David was hid in a cave, Saul came into the cave, David saw Saul, but Saul did not see David, thongh so near that he cut off Saul's skirt. At Waterloo Napoleon attacked the English under Wellington, with great skill, and his troops fought with desperate courage; but 30,000 Prussians came up, and overpowered the French. This was Napoleon's last battle, He gave himself up to the English, and they kept him a close prisoner on the Island of St. Helena, where he died in 1821. One Sunday, during divine service, in a church in Baltimore, the galleries were heard to crack. The congregation was seized by a panic, and rushed for the doors, throwing down and trampling on each other. Many persons were injured, some of whom never recovered. A thoughtless girl, on her wedding day, to teaze her bridegroom, hid herself in a large old chest. The lid had a spring lock which shut fast of itself, and the poor girl was suffocated to death. Her parents and her lover searched the whole house, and the grounds around it; but never thought of the old chest. Her mother died of grief, and her lover, in despair, went to the wars and fell in battle. Many years afterward they had occasion to move the old chest. It fell in pieces, and disclosed a slender skeleton with a bridal ring on the fleshless finger. When the theatre at Richmond, Va. was burnt in 1811, more than sixty persons lost their lives; among whom were the Governor of Virginia, and many ladies. Lesson 151. Tautologies. David was a good man; but he committed one great crime. 'The Turks have had possession of Jerusalem for several hundred years. Mr. P. spoke a few words to his son, who went out and brought a basket of apples. The Americans performed great exploits in Mexico. Mr. N. preached a good sermon last Sunday. John and Peter ran a race. John broke his nose, and Peter tore his pantaloons. There are people in Poland who have lived all their lives in the salt-mines, deep under ground. Difficult Idioms. "This pistol will do your business." “Do your worst. I don't fear you." "I will have my revenge on you.” Mr. X. makes love to every girl he meets. You are all against me. part? The wagon Will no body take my is broken. Who is to bear the loss? Lesson 152. Table of the most common Idiomatic Phrases formed by Abstract Nouns with Verbs. Explanations. 1. In some of the more difficult phrases, the verbs are in Italics. 2. The pronoun (one) represents a person, and is to be supplied by a noun or pronoun, either in the singular or plural, It did me no good. Your composition does you honor. Mr. P. has given the boys leave to go to the river. 3. Where this pronoun is in Italics, it represents a dative which may usually be transferred after the abstract noun, with to1, especially when the object represented by (one) is described by several words; e. g. Do good to all men. Your letters give much pleasure to your friends. Mr. X. pays great attention to the ladies. This, however, cannot well be done when there is an infinitive closely connected with the noun. He gave you no cause to dislike him. 4. Where one is not in Italics, it represents an objective, which, when the verb is put in the passive, becomes a nominative; e.g. I caught him in the fact. He was caught in the fact. Murderers are put to death. They set me at liberty.. I was set at liberty. 5. One's represents a possessive, either of a noun or pro1 In a few cases, the preposition is for. Set her a copy. Set a copy for her. noun. He kept his temper. Keep God's commandments. I have lost my patience. I ask your pardon. We 6. The preposition, at the end of many phrases, is necessary to connect the phrase with an object, and is omitted when the object is not expressed. This omission is marked by enclosing it in brackets: e. g. Take care [of]. often say, Take care, simply; and often take care of your self; Take care of the looking glass, &c. I have a good appetite. I had no appetite for dinner. 7, The same expedient, of enclosing in a parenthesis, marks that the words so enclosed may be omitted: e. g. Do (one) no good. We say: It will do no good, and, it will do you no good. He kept at a distance. He kept me at a dis tance. 8. It, and a thing represent things. Keep (it) a secret. Keep this story a secret. 9. A phrase ending in that is to be followed by a finite verb. I have no doubt that some deaf mutes can learn to speak. 10. The mark (V) implies that the phrase usually is or may be followed by an infinitive. Take your own time to do it. You have no right to question me. 11 The mark (-ing) denotes that a participle usually follows. See the phrases in Section XI.-Lesson 153-4. He has a habit of looking down when any one speaks to him. 12. Many of the phrases admit adjectives, and negatives between the verb and abstract noun: e. g. I have very little I have great need of money. to say. Accept an offer Ask no favors Ask a favor (of) Ask pardon of |