person, in the singular number, and the nominative case.

SECT. III [VII.]

A few instances of the same words constituting several of the parts of speech.

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

after a storm To prevent passion, is easier 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

our

damp over sprightliest hours Soft bodies damp the sound much more than hard ones Though 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

rectify some errors The few and the many

Though he is out of danger, he is still afraid

He laboured to still

the tumult Still waters are commonly deepest Damp air is unwhole

have their prepos
sessions

Few days pass without
some clouds
Much money is cor-
rupting

Think much, and speak
little

He has seen much of the world, and been

much caressed

We are too apt to like

His years are more pernicious company than hers; but he has He may go or stay as not more knowledge

he likes

The more we are bles- They strive to learn sed, the more grate- He goes to and fro ful we should be

To his wisdom we owe

The desire of getting our privilege

more is rarely satis- The proportion is ten
fied
to one

He has equal knowl- He served them with edge but inferior judgment She is his inferior in sense; but his equal in prudence

his utmost ability When we do our ut

We must make a like space between the

line

I

most, no more is required

will submit, for submission brings peace

It is for our health to

be temperate

Both of them deserve O! for better times

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, dis order, 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.

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 genitive case plural: brother, child, man, woman, foot, tooth, ox, mouse, goose, penny.

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

Write the possessive singular and plural of the pronouns, 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. Compare the following adjectives: fair,grave, bright, long, short, tall, while, deep, strong, poor, rich, great.

Compare the following adjectives: amiable, moderate, disinterested, favourable, grateful, studious, attentive, negligent, industrious, perplexing.

Write the following adjectives in the comparative degree: near, far, little, low, good, indifferent, bad, worthy, convenient.

Write the following adjectives in the super

G

lative degree: feeble, bold, good, ardent, cold, bad, base, little, strong, late, near, content. Conjugate the following verbs in the indicative mood, present tense: beat, gain, read, eat, walk, desire, interpose.

Conjugate the following verbs in the potential mood, imperfect tense: fear, hope, dream, fly, consent, improve, controvert.

Conjugate the following verbs in the subjunctive mood, perfect tense: drive, prepare, starve, omit, indulge, demonstrate.

Conjugate the following verbs in the imperative mood: believe, depart, invent, give, abolish, contrive.

Write the following verbs in the infinitive mood, present and perfect tenses: grow, decrease, live, prosper, separate, incommode.

Write the present, perfect and compound participles of the following verbs: confess, disturb, please, know, begin, sit, set, eat, lie.

Conjugate the following verbs, in the indicative mood, present and perfect tenses of the passive voice: honor, abase, amuse, slight, enlighten, displease, envelope, bereave.

Conjugate the following verbs, in the indicative mood, pluperfect and first future tenses: fly, contrive, know, devise, choose, come, see, go, eat, grow, bring, forsake.

Write the following verbs in the present and imperfect tenses of the potential and subjunctive mood: know, shake, heat, keep, give, blow, bestow, beseech.

Write the following verbs in the indicative mood, imperfect and second future tenses, of the passive voice: slay, drew, crown, throw, defeat, grind, hear, divert.

Write the following verbs in the second and third persons singular of all the tenses in the indicative and subjunctive moods approve, condemn, mourn, freeze, know, arise, drive, blow, investigate.

Form the following verbs in the infinitive and imperative moods, with their participles, all in the passive voice: embrace, draw, de feat, smite.

SECT. IX.

Promiscuous Exercises in Etymological Parsing. In your whole behavior, be humble and obliging.

Virtue is the universal charm.

True politeness has its seat in the heart. We should endeavor to please, rather than to shine and dazzle.

Opportunities occur daily for strengthening in ourselves the habits of virtue.

Compassion prompts us to relieve the wants of others.

A good mind is unwilling to give pain to either man or beast.

Peevishness and passion often produce, from trifles, the most serious mischiefs.

Discontent often nourishes passions, equally malignant in the cottage and in the palace.