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Hope is a common substantive, of the neuter gender, the third person, in the singular number, and the nominative case. [Decline the substantive.] Animates is a regular verb active, indicative mood, present tense, third person singular. [Repeat the present tense, the imperfect tense, and the perfect participle; and sometimes conjugate the verb entirely.] Us is a personal pronoun, first person plural, and in the objective case. [Decline the pronoun.]

"A peaceful mind is virtue's reward."

A is the indefinite article. Peaceful is an adjective. [Repeat the degrees of comparison.] Mind is a common substantive, of the neuter gender, the third person, in the singular number, and the nominative case. [Decline the substantive.] Is is an irregular verb neuter, indicative mood, present tense, and the third person singular. [Repeat the present tense, the imperfect tense, and the participle; and occasionally conjugate the verb entirely.] Virtue's is a common substantive, of the neuter gender, the third person, in the singular number, and the possessive case. [Decline the substantive.] Reward is a common substantive, of the neuter gender, the third person, in the singular number, and the nominative case.

A bush

A tree

A flower

An apple An orange An almond

A hood

A house

A hunter

An hour

An honour

An hostler

The Garden

The fields

The rainbow

The clouds

SECTION 3.

Article and Substantive.

The scholars' duty

The horizon

Virtue

The vices

Temperance
A variety
George
The Rhine

A prince
A rivulet

The Humber

Gregory
The Pope

An abbess

An owl

A building

The weavers' company
Europe

The sciences

Yorkshire

The planets

The sun
A volume
Parchment

The pens

A disposition
Benevolence

An oversight
A design

The governess
An ornament
The girls' school
A grammar
Mathematics.

The elements

An earthquake

The king's prerogative
Africa

The continent

Roundness

A declivity

Blackness

An inclination

The undertaking Penelope Constancy

An entertainment

A fever

The stars

A comet

A miracle

A prophecy
Depravity

The constitution

The laws

Beauty

A consumption

An elevation

The conqueror

An Alexander

Wisdom

America

The Cæsars

The Thames

A river

The shadows
A vacancy
The hollow

An idea

A whim

Something

Nothing

SECTION 4.

Article, Adjective, and Substantive.

A good heart.

A wise head.

A strong body.
An obedient son.
A diligent scholar.
A happy parent.
Shady trees.
A fragrant flower.
The verdant fields.
A peaceful mind.
Composed thoughts.
A serene aspect.
An affable deportment.
The whistling winds.

A oisterous sea.
The howling tempest.
A gloomy cavern.
Rapid streams.
Unwholesome dews.
A severe winter.
A useless drone.
The industrious bees.
Harmless doves.

The careless ostrich.
The dutiful stork.
The spacious firmament.
Cooling breezes.
A woman amiable.

A dignified character. A pleasing address, An open countenance.

The candid reasoner.
Fair proposals.

A mutual agreement.
A plain narrative.
An historical fiction.
Relentless war.

An obdurate heart.
Tempestuous passions.
A temper unhappy.
A sensual mind.
The babbling brook.
A limpid stream.
The devious walk.
A winding canal.
The serpentine river.
A melancholy fact.
An interesting history.
A happier life.

The woodbine's fragrance.
A cheering prospect.
An harmonious sound.
Fruit delicious.

The sweetest incense.
An odorous garden.
The sensitive plant.
A convenient mansion.
Warm clothing.
A temperate climate.
Wholesome aliment.
An affectionate parent.

A free government.
The diligent farmer.
A fruitful field.
The crowning harvest.
A virtuous conflict.
A final reward.
Peaceful abodes.

The noblest prospect.
A profligate life.
A miserable end.
Regions gloomy.
An incomprehensible
subject.

A controverted point.
The cool sequestered vale.
A garden enclosed.
The ivy-mantled tower.
Virtue's fair form.
A mahogany table.
Sweet-scented myrtle.
A resolution wise, noble,

disinterested. Consolation'slenient hand. A better world.

A cheerful, good old man.
A silver tea-urn.
Tender-looking charity.
My brother's wife's mo-
ther.

A book of my friend's.
An animating, well-
founded hope.

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