Let him be animated. Her work does her credit. Each must answer the question. Every heart knows its own sorrows. Which was his choice? Hers is finished, thine is to do. This is what I feared. To be trusted, we must be Ridiculed, despised, per They are discouraged. He was condemned. secuted, 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. Who can preserve himself? The book is his; it was Whom have we served? 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 shall 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 competenсу. 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 Their talents are was plunged into new Of his talents much might He can acquire no virtue, more brilliant than useful. Notwithstanding his poverty, 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. Let him that standeth, take 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 of speech. Calm was the day, and the We may expect a calm afscene delightful. ter a storm. To prevent passion, is ea- Think much, and speak 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 judg. ment yet a while. Many persons are better than we suppose them to be. The few and the many have their preposses sions. Few days pass without some clouds. Much money is corrupting. little. He has seen much of the world, and been much carressed. 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 judgement. 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 I will submit, for I know O! for better times. Both of them deserve 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: 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 case 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 case, 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, mode |