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Let him be animated.

Be you

entreated.

Let them be prepared.
It can be enlarged.
You may be discovered.
He might be convinced.
It would be caressed.
I may have been deceived.
They might have been ho.
noured.

To be trusted, we must be virtuous.

To have been admired, availed him little. We should have considered.

To see the sun is pleasant. To live well is honourable. To have conquered himself

was his highest praise. Promoting others' welfare, they advanced their own interest.

He lives respected. Having resigned his office, he retired. They are discouraged. He was condemned. The book is his; it was mine.

These are yours, those are

ours.

Our hearts are deceitful. Your conduct met their approbation.

None met who could avoid ,it.

His esteem is my honour. Her work does her credit. Each must answer the question.

Every heart knows its own

sorrows.

Which was his choice?
It was neither.

Hers is finished, thine is to do.

This is what I feared. Ridiculed, despised, persecuted, he maintained his principles.

Being reviled, we bless. Having been deserted, he became discouraged. The sight being new, he startled.

This uncouth figure startled him.

I have searched, I have found it.

They searched those rooms; he was gone.

That is the thing which I desired.

Who can preserve himself? Whose books are these? Whom have we served? Some are negligent, others industrious.

One may. deceive one's self. All have a talent to improve.

Can any dispute it?
Such is our condition.

SECT. VI.

Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, and Interjection.

I have seen him once, per

haps twice. Thirdly, and lastly, I shall conclude.

This plant is found here, and elsewhere.

Only to-day is properly

ours.

The task is already per formed.

We could not serve him then, but we will hereafter.

We are wisely and happily directed. He has certainly been diligent, and he will probably succeed. How sweetly the birds sing!

Why art thou so heedless? He is little attentive, nay, absolutely stupid.

We in vain look for a path

between virtue and vice. He lives within his income.

We often resolve, but sel- The house was sold at a

dom perform.

He is much more promising now than formerly. When will they arrive Where shali we stop? Mentally and bodily, we are curiously and wonderfully formed They travelled through France, in haste, towards Italy.

From virtue to vice, the progress is gradual. By diligence and frugality, we arrive at competency.

We are often below our

wishes, and above our desert. Some things make for him, others against him.

great price, and above its value.

She came down stairs slowly, but went briskly up again.

His father, and mother, and

uncle, reside at Rome. We must be temperate, if

we would be healthy. He is as old as his class

mate, but not so learned. Charles is esteemed, because he is both discreet and benevolent. We will stay till he arrives.

He retires to rest soon,

that he may rise early. We ought to be thankful, for we have received much.

By this imprudence, he was plunged into new difficulties.

Without the aid of charity, he supported himself with credit.

Of his talents much might be said; concerning his integrity, nothing. On all occasions, she behaved with propriety. Neither prosperity nor adversity has improved him.

He can acquire no virtue, unless he make some sacrifices.

Let him that standeth take

heed lest he fall. If thou wert his superior, thou shouldst not have boasted.

He will be detected, though he deny the fact. If he has promised, he should act accordingly. She will transgress, unless she be admonished.

If he were encouraged, he would amend. Though he condemn me, I will respect him.

Their talents are more bril

liant than useful. Notwithstanding his po verty, he is a wise and worthy person. Though he is often advised, yet he does not reform. Reproof either softens or hardens its object. Though he is lively, yet he is not volatile.

O peace! how desirable thou art!

I have been often occupi

ed, alas! with trifles. Strange! that we should be

so infatuated. O! the humiliations to

which vice reduces us. If our desires are moderate, our wants will be few. Hope often amuses, but seldom satisfies us. Hark! How sweetly the woodlark sings! Ah! the delusions of hope. Hail, simplicity! source of genuine joy.

Behold how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! Welcome again! my long lost friend.

SECT. VII.

A few instances of the same word's constituting several of

the parts

Calm was the day, and the scene delightful. We may expect a calm af

ter a storm.

To prevent passion, is ea

sier than to calm it. Better is a little with 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. He laboured to still the tumult.

Still waters are commonly deepest.

Damp air is unwholesome. Guilt often casts a damp over our sprightliest hours. Soft bodies damp the sound much more than hard

ones.

Tho' she is rich and fair,

yet she is not amiable. They are yet young, and must suspend their judgment yet awhile. Many persons are better than we suppose them to be.

of speech.

The few and the many have their prepossessions. Few days pass without some clouds.

Much money is corrupting. Think much, and speak 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. Behave yourselves like

men.

We are too apt to like pernicious company. He may go or stay as he likes. They strive to learn. He goes to and fro. To his wisdom we owe our privilege.

The proportion is ten to

one.

He has served them with

his utmost ability. When we do our utmost,

no more is required. I will submit, for I know it brings peace.

It is for our health to be temperate.

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 be bright-
er than to-day.

SECT. VIII.

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 ; loat, sheaf, self, muff, knife, stuff, wife, staff, wolf, half, calf, shelf, life.

Write the following in the genitive case plural: brother, child, man, woman, foot, tooth, ox, mouse, goose, perny.

Write the following nouns in the nominative and possessive cases plural: wile, chief, die, staff, city, river, proof, archer, master, crutch, tooth, mouth, baker, distaff

Write the possessive singular and plural of the pro-nouns, 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.

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