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A wolf let into the sheepfold, will devour the sheep, It we let a wolf into the fold, the sheep will be devoured. The wolf will devour the sheep, if the sheep fold be left open.

Awolf being let into the sheepfold, the sheep will be devoured.

If the fold be not left carefully shut, the wolf will devour the sheep.

There is no defence of the sheep from the wolf, unless it be kept out of the fold.

A slaughter will be made amongst the sheep, if the wolf can get info the fold.

The preceding examples show that the form of expressing a sentiment may be properly varied, by turning the active voice of verbs into the passi ve, and the nominative case of nouns into the objective; by altering the connexion of short sentences, by different adverb and conjunctions, and by the use of prepositions; by applying adjectives and adverbs instead of substantives, and vice versa; by using the case absolute in place of the nominative and verb, and the participle instead of the verb; by reversing the correspondent parts of the sentence; and by the negation of the contrary, instead of the assertion of the thing first proposed. By these, and other modes of expression, a great variety of forms of speech, exactly or nearly of the same import, may be produced; and the young student furnished with a considerable store for his selection and use.

When the business of transposing the parts of sentences, and of varying the forms of expression, becomes familiar to the student, he may be employed in reducing the parti culars of a few pages, to general heads; and in expanding sentiments generally expressed, into their corres pondent particulars; and by making these operations more or less general, and more or less particular, a considerable variety will be introduced into this part of the Exercises.

An employment of the kind here proposed, will not only make the learner skilful in the meaning and appli. cation of terms, and in the nature of a concise and of a copious style; but it will also teach him to think with order and attention ; to contract or expand his views at pleasure; and to digest the sentiments of other persons, or his own, in the manner best adapted to assist his judg ment and memory.

THE END.

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