guage was well adapted audience. Words are often pression of strong feelings. more and more alienated attend what is said. the understanding of his The king was every day the people. You should He is averse going much into society. May Heaven avert such a misforus! The gardener bestowed special attenthese flowers; and had good reason to boast tune • tion the prisoner's escape. ness They protested all interference. The following agreement was made the two parties. His fondhis children was remarkable. Let nothing you to make you swerve your duty. his attempts. He penetrated prevail He persevered the heart of the forest. I am convinced his guilt. His apparent innocence imposed everybody. The poor man was robbed his watch. This plan is far preferable the former. I shall adhere principles already declared. I beg duce the you not to consent this arrangement. He has relieved them the pressure of poverty. This will greatly contheir comfort. I could not prevent him doing it. He was invited spend a day with us. This clause was afterwards inserted They were inured hardships. He is deserving all the praise he receives. We were deeply intethe story. They were deprived the will. rested the writing. The discovery was communicated friends. He was perplexed foreign manners. his a long compliance I was much surprised what he said. The vessel was dashed No one should murmur The queen was arrayed entreated to desist the rocks. the decrees of Providence. royal robes. He was the undertaking. Shylock was void mercy. He endeavoured to atone offences. his There is occasionally a difficulty in determining the part of speech of certain words, which are sometimes conjunctions, sometimes prepositions, adverbs, &c. Let the learner determine the part of speech of the words in italics in the following EXERCISE. Both the houses are on fire. Both you and I will go. Neither he nor his master knew of this. Neither of these boxes will suit me. You may plant the trees on either side of the canal. Either he or his friend is wrong. I procured this for my sister. I shall not go out; for the weather is too severe. No one was present but him. I was there; but he was absent. Here is the book that I recommended. We saw that escape was impossible. He was not then old enough to understand the question. Here, then, we draw to a close. This happened long after. We took a walk after we had finished our lessons. After breakfast my uncle called on us. He came to see me before I was up. The pri soner was brought before the magistrate. I never heard that before. The traveller was left behind by his companions. The train will be behind time. The water fell below the level. The princes were in the room below. This is beyond my comprehension. The nian is in the field beyond. He stood by while I wrote the letter. This sonata was played by my sister. They walked down the lane. Lay that book down. Come in, and sit in that arm-chair. Mr. A. lives near us. He is a near relation. The loft is over the stable. He went over to the Church of Rome. Is Mr. B. within? I shall know within three hours. I can do nothing without your assistance. My friend remained without, while I had an audience of the minister. SYNTAX. Syntax is that division of grammar which treats of the relation of words to each other. There are two great principles of syntax; viz. 1, concord; and 2, government. Concord means the agreement of words together. When we say, 'the sun shines,' there is a concord or agreement between the verb ' shines,' and its subject 'sun.' In the expression, a good man,' there is an agreement between the adjective 'good,' and the noun man.' 6 There are two concords, or forms of agreement, in grammar. 1. Between the subject and the verb. 2. Between the adjective and noun. FIRST CONCORD. SUBJECT AND VERB. A verb must agree with its subject in number and person, that is, it must be of the singular or plural number; and of the first, second, or third person, according to its subject. To find the subject to the verb, put the question who or what before the verb, and the answer will be the subject; as, 'The boy reads.' Who reads? Answer: the boy. The house was built.' the house. What was built? Answer: The first person is the one who speaks; as, (sing.) I am coming.' (plur.) We are coming.' The second person is the one spoken to; as, (sing.) Thou art wrong;' (plur.) 'You' are wrong. The third person is the person or thing spoken of; as, (sing.) He is strong;' 'She is good;' It is right.' (plur.) They are good (strong, or right).' EXERCISE. Supply the proper forms of verbs in the blank spaces. old next spring. They fourteen years expelled him from school. What you done with your book? My brother at the head of his class. They won the man.' The mountains covered with snow. You be satisfied. 'Plato thou good reason to well.' The passage The subject of a verb may be either simple (that is, consisting of one word), or complex (consisting of several taken together); as, 1, The people flew to arms' (here the subject is simple); 2, 'Not to know me argues yourselves unknown,' (here the subject is complex; it consists of several words: Not to know me.')· |